Afghanistan: Two security personnel hurt in magnetic mine blast in Kabul
Nov 24, 2021, at 03:46 pm
Kabul: At least two security personnel were injured as a magnetic mine blast hit Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Durand Line dispute raises major existential concerns for Pakistan
Nov 24, 2021, at 03:37 am
Islamabad/IBNS: The dispute over the Durand Line region, which is a strategic concern for both Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been posing a major existential concerns for Islamabad, according to media reports.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt names 25 new members in its interim Cabinet
Nov 23, 2021, at 11:48 pm
Kabul: The Taliban have included 25 new members to its interim Cabinet in Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghan students demonstrate outside Pakistan embassy in Kabul for not getting visas
Nov 23, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Kabul: A section of Afghan students demonstrated in front of the Pakistani embassy in the capital Kabul after they were not issued Pak visas despite winning educational scholarships from the neighbouring country.
China calls international community to unfreeze Afghanistan's assets frozen abroad
Nov 23, 2021, at 11:33 pm
Beijing: China has urged the international community to ensure release of Afghanistan's assets frozen abroad as the south Asian country is still struggling to fight against the growing poverty.
Afghanistan: Armed men claiming to be Taliban members harass Kandahar residents
Nov 23, 2021, at 02:16 am
Kandahar: Some residents of Kandahar city in Afghanistan have complained that armed men, who are claiming themselves to be Taliban members, are harassing them.
Afghanistan hospital razes trees for fuel amid severe economic crisis
Nov 23, 2021, at 01:55 am
Kabul/IBNS: An Afghanistan hospital, which is facing a severe economic crisis, has cut down trees to use as cooking fuel in its kitchen, media reports said.
Urgent measures needed to restore Afghanistan's chaotic financial system, says UN
Nov 23, 2021, at 12:01 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The problem of financial and bank payment systems in Afghanistan, which are currently "in disarray", must be resolved quickly to minimise negative impacts on the population, according to a new situation report published by the United Nations Development Program on Monday.
Afghanistan: Media employee beaten up by armed men in Kabul
Nov 22, 2021, at 03:04 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistani media employee has claimed he was beaten up by armed men in PD 9 region of Afghanistan's Kabul city recently, media reports said on Monday.
UNESCO world heritage site Minaret of Jam is now on brink of collapsing: Afghan Officials
Nov 22, 2021, at 05:01 am
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has said the Minaret of Jam, which is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-declared world heritage site, is on the brink of collapse, media reports said.
Opium prices hike in Afghanistan, force farmers to cultivate more poppy
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:52 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Farmers in Afghanistan's Helmand province said they will cultivate opium as its products make better profits than other crops.
Airfield in Afghanistan's Jalalabad ready to receive humanitarian aid from Iran: Governor
Nov 21, 2021, at 02:39 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The airfield in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad is ready for operation and will soon receive humanitarian aid from Iran, the provincial governor's office announced on Saturday.
Prices of food items, fuel soar in Afghanistan
Nov 21, 2021, at 02:03 pm
Kabul/UNI: A number of Afghanistan's Kabul residents and businessmen have said that the prices of several primary items, mainly food and fuel, have increased by almost 100 percent compared to last year.
Unicef 'goes dark' in Afghanistan on World Children’s Day
Nov 20, 2021, at 07:29 pm
Kabul/UNI: UNICEF Afghanistan on Saturday closed its digital channels, and went dark to reflect the challenges that Afghan children have been facing, said the UN body's press note adding the United Nations Children Fund will not celebrate the World Children’s Day in the Taliban-captured South-Asian nation this year.
Afghanistan’s farmers, herders desperate for seed, food and cash
Nov 20, 2021, at 05:17 pm
Kabul: “Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Abducted doctor Nadir Almi killed
Nov 19, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Kabul: An Afghan psychiatrist has been killed by kidnappers in northern Balkh province, Pajhwok Afghan News reported on Friday.
Afghanistan: New media watchdog formed in Kabul
Nov 19, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Kabul: Amid increasing attacks on journalists in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, a new media watchdog has been formed in the Afghan capital of Kabul which pledged to protect freedom of expression and the country's media community, media reports said on Friday.
Anxiety in Afghanistan as Taliban struggles for legitimacy
Nov 19, 2021, at 04:48 pm
New York: Despite a crisis of trust both within the country and abroad, three months after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, it is taking halting steps to pursue international legitimacy, a senior UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Afghan people may face extreme poverty by mid-2022: UN body
Nov 19, 2021, at 01:27 am
New Delhi/UNI: People in Afghanistan may become victims of extreme poverty by mid-2022, International Organisation for Migration- UN Migration (IOM) said in a statement.
Afghanistan witnesses spike in opium production under Taliban regime
Nov 18, 2021, at 01:36 am
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan farmers in the southern provinces are saying they are happy about their opium productions in the fall season of this year.
Pakistan responsible for humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan: Al Arabiya
Nov 18, 2021, at 01:28 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan is solely responsible for the dire humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, according to an Arabic media outlet.
Pakistan to train Afghanistan aviation staff: Reports
Nov 18, 2021, at 01:25 am
Islamabad: The Afghanistan Embassy in Pakistan has said Islamabad will provide professional training to the Afghan aviation staff in areas of security, traffic controlling, firefighting, air forecast, and airport management, media reports said on Wednesday.
Facebook says hackers in Pakistan targeted Afghan users during former govt collapse
Nov 17, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Social media giant Facebook said hackers from Pakistan used the platform to target people in Afghanistan with connections to the previous government during the Taliban's takeover of the country.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt urges US to unfreeze its central bank assets
Nov 17, 2021, at 10:01 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan's Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in a letter to the US Congress has urged for the release of its central bank assets that were frozen by the American government.
Taliban will be invited to high-level meeting of Afghan neighbors: Pakistan's top diplomat
Nov 17, 2021, at 09:49 pm
Islamabad: The Afghan cabinet appointed by the Taliban will be invited to attend the third ministerial meeting of Afghanistan's neighboring states, Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said.
Afghanistan: Taliban arrest 11 IS-K members from Daikundi province
Nov 16, 2021, at 11:38 pm
Kabul: The Taliban have arrested 11 suspected members of Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP), a regional affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group, from Afghanistan's Daikundi province, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban launches large-scale ops against IS-KP in Kandahar
Nov 16, 2021, at 04:13 am
Kandahar, Afghanistan: The Taliban have conducted operations against the fighters of Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP), a regional affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group, in four districts of Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Two people injured as blast hits Kabul
Nov 15, 2021, at 10:40 pm
Kabul: At least two people were wounded as a blast rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul leaves two people hurt
Nov 15, 2021, at 08:05 pm
At least two people were hurt as a magnetic bomb blast hit Kabul city of Afghanistan on Monday, sources told Pajhwok Afghan News.
ISIS-K takes responsibility for Kabul blast
Nov 15, 2021, at 06:56 pm
Kabul: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan branch (ISIS-K) has claimed responsibility for the blast which took place in Kabul city on Saturday.