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Afghanistan: Taliban's refugee minister Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani dies in Kabul blast

Dec 11, 2024, at 02:17 pm

Afghanistan's Taliban-led regime's acting minister for refugees, Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, died in a suicide attack that targeted his Ministry's headquarters in Kabul city on Wednesday.

Blast rocks Afghanistan's Dasht-e-Barchi, one dies

Aug 12, 2024, at 02:49 pm

At least one person died and 11 others were injured after a blast rocked Dasht-e-Barchi area in Afghanistan on Sunday.

Tracing the ISI’s narco trail from Afghanistan to Pakistan

Mar 20, 2024, at 08:33 pm

In the murky realm of international espionage and clandestine operations, few tales are as convoluted and sinister as the nexus of narcotics, war, and covert agencies. This is a tale of how the tentacles of drug trade, stretching from the rugged terrains of Afghanistan to the streets of North America, have not only fueled global conflicts but also sustained powerful intelligence agencies, most notably the CIA and Pakistan’s ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence).

Last two Afghan prisoners released from Guantanamo prison, arrive in Afghanistan

Feb 12, 2024, at 11:14 pm

The last two Afghan prisoners who had been in the U.S.-run Guantanamo prison for years were set free and returned to Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Monday, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported.

Blast rocks Afghanistan's capital Kabul, two people die 

Jan 07, 2024, at 08:20 pm

At least two people died after an explosion rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul city on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Explosion in bus leaves seven people dead

Nov 08, 2023, at 07:49 pm

An explosion rocked a bus in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Tuesday which left at least seven people dead.

Kabul blast: Death toll rises to four, seven injured

Oct 28, 2023, at 05:05 pm

Kabul/UNI: Four people were killed and seven others injured as a blast hit the Police District 18 of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Thursday evening, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on Friday.

Afghanistan: Kabul blast leaves four people dead

Oct 28, 2023, at 12:24 am

At least four people died and nine others were injured as an explosion rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan: 30 percent of booksellers have shut down their business

Aug 15, 2023, at 12:40 am

Kabul: An Afghanistani commission has found almost 30 per cent of booksellers have stopped their business due to a lack of good market in the Taliban-ruled country.

Afghanistan: Kabul businesswoman providing professional training to homeless women, students

Aug 02, 2023, at 11:58 pm

A businesswoman in Kabul is fighting all odds in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to provide work and professional training to more than fifty women in the city.

Afghanistan: Shopkeepers in Kabul say sales remain low ahead of Eid

Jun 24, 2023, at 02:32 pm

A shopkeeper in Kabul has said on the eve of Eid al-Adha sales of goods remain low.

Afghanistan: Kabul residents say armed robberies have increased in city

May 28, 2023, at 07:08 pm

Kabul: Some Kabul residents have criticised a spike in armed robberies in some parts of Afghanistan's capital by irresponsible armed robbers.

Taliban detains three British men in Afghanistan

Apr 02, 2023, at 10:18 pm

Kabul: A non-profit organization has claimed that three British men have been detained by the Taliban, a force that has been forcefully ruling Afghanistan since 2021, in the war-torn nation.

Afghanistan: Entrepreneur teaches girls crucial skills in 'secrecy' amid Taliban ban

Mar 27, 2023, at 02:10 am

Kabul: An Afghan woman entrepreneur is touching hearts by trying to provide education to  500 girls on diverse subjects at a time when the Taliban imposed a ban on female education in the country.

Afghanistan: Taliban security forces destroy ISIS hideout in Kabul

Mar 22, 2023, at 08:44 pm

Kabul: The Taliban government has said their security forces have destroyed  an important ISIS hideout in the capital city of Kabul, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Armed forces raid private TV network in Kabul

Feb 17, 2023, at 03:36 pm

Kabul: A group of armed men stomped into the compound of Tamaddon TV network in Afghanistan capital city Kabul and harassed the employees of the media organization, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban bans people from celebrating Valentine's Day

Feb 16, 2023, at 12:24 am

Kabul: The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan had banned people in the country from celebrating Valentine's Day which was observed globally on Tuesday.

Dollar flight to Kabul continues from Pakistan

Dec 29, 2022, at 06:36 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan (Ecap) on Monday revealed that the country has been facing a large-scale outflow of US dollars to Afghanistan ever since the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul last year, media reports said.

‘Unfathomable restrictions’ on women’s rights risk destabilizing Afghanistan

Dec 28, 2022, at 02:43 pm

New York: The UN rights chief, Volker Türk, called on Tuesday for the Taliban de facto authorities to revoke immediately a raft of policies that target the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, saying that they cause “terrible, cascading effects” on their lives and risk destabilizing the nation.

Afghanistan: Kabul witnesses protest as Taliban bans women from attending universities

Dec 23, 2022, at 02:57 pm

Kabul: Thousands of women participated in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Thursday over the Taliban administration's decision to ban female students from attending universities.

China directs nationals to leave Afghanistan after recent attack on Kabul hotel

Dec 17, 2022, at 12:17 am

Kabul: The Chinese government has asked its citizens to leave Afghanistan after a terror attack in a Chinese-owned hotel in the country this week left three people dead.

Afghanistan: Three terrorists die as Kabul hotel attack ends, China calls incident as 'shocked'

Dec 13, 2022, at 10:55 pm

Kabul: At least three attackers, who targeted a hotel in Afghanistan capital Kabul city, have died after Taliban's security forces responded to the incident on Monday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Three terrorists die as Kabul hotel attack ends

Dec 13, 2022, at 10:16 pm

Kabul: At least three attackers, who targeted a hotel in Afghanistan capital Kabul city, have died after Taliban's security forces responded to the incident on Monday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Gunmen attack Kabul hotel which is popular among Chinese travellers

Dec 13, 2022, at 12:50 am

Kabul: Gunmen attacked a hotel, which is popular among Chinese travellers, in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Blast rocks Kabul hotel which is popular among Chinese visitors, casualties feared

Dec 12, 2022, at 10:42 pm

Kabul: Casualties are feared as a blast occurred in Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Monday,local media reports said.

Pakistan Embassy attack in Kabul: ISIS claims responsibility

Dec 05, 2022, at 02:47 pm

Kabul: Islamic State terror group has taken responsibility for the attack on Pakistan Embassy in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan; Kabul blast leaves 2 dead

Nov 22, 2022, at 09:26 pm

Kabul: At least two people died as a blast rocked Kabul city of Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: 30 people hurt in traffic mishap on Kabul-Kandahar highway

Nov 01, 2022, at 02:29 pm

A traffic mishap on Kabul-Kandahar highway has left 30 people, which include mostly women and children, injured in Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Blast rocks mosque in Kabul, seven hurt

Oct 30, 2022, at 12:35 am

Kabul: A blast rocked a mosque in Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Friday, leaving at least seven people hurt, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Blast rocks MoI mosque, 4 die

Oct 06, 2022, at 04:44 am

Kabul: At least four people died and 25 others were hurt as a blast rocked the mosque of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in Afghanistan capital city Kabul on Wednesday.