Religion
Taliban issue no-shave order to barbers in Afghan province
The Taliban have banned barbershops in a southern Afghanistan province from shaving or trimming beards, claiming their edict is in line with Shariah, or Islamic, law
India Hinduism
Afghanistan's arc from 9/11 to today: Once hopeful, now sad
It has been 20 years since Taliban-led Afghanistan fell to a U.S.-led coalition in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks
New urgency to airlift after Kabul blasts kill more than 100
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan have resumed with new urgency, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of people desperately fleeing a Taliban takeover and killed more than 100
With black flags, Sri Lanka Christians protest bombing probe
Sri Lanka’s Christian community has hoisted black flags at churches and homes to express anger over the government’s investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks
India Ashoura
Pakistan Ashoura
Afghanistan Ashoura
Bombing hits Pakistan Shiite procession, killing at least 3
Pakistani police say a powerful roadside bomb has exploded among a procession of Shiite Muslims in central Pakistan, killing at least three and wounding over 50 people