News Reports

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Kerala: Two women arrested for pro-ISIS activities in Kannur

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2021

Shifa Harris and Misha Siddique were arrested from Kannur by a team of National Investigation Agency(NIA)

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99% people in Afghanistan favour making Sharia the law of the land, most favour corporal penalties: Pre-Taliban Pew Research shows

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2021

The survey by Pew Research Centre conducted in 2013 suggests that 79% of the Afghani Muslims considered it to be okay to award death penalty to those who quit Islam

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Facebook confirms ban on Taliban as it is a terrorist organisation under US Law

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2021

Facebook has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to remove content and accounts favouring Taliban, the tech giant has informed.

Sports

‘Shut up and hide’: Afghanistan’s female footballers in tears, afraid and desperate after Taliban’s return, reveals former captain

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2021

Former captain Khalida Popal said that the lives of women footballers in Afghanistan are in danger after the return of Taliban.

Social Media

Watch: Congress workers fry a bird in hot oil to protest against Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account being locked, chant ‘down down BJP’

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2021

After the dish was cooked, the son of ex-Congress MP Harsha Kumar put it in a tightly packed box for it to be sent via courier to Twitter's headquarters.

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Indian Air Force evacuates ambassador, staff and ITBP personnel from Afghanistan: Details

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2021

The aircraft departed the Hamid Karzai International Airport under 'challenging circumstances', given that the local Afghans were desperate to escape from their country and were creating chaos at the airport.

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