Afghanistan emerges as world's most unhappiest nation
Mar 20, 2022, at 08:01 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan has emerged as the most 'unhappiest' nation in the world for the second consecutive year.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt forms commission to facilitate return of political leaders
Mar 20, 2022, at 03:40 am
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has established a commission to pave the way for the return of the Afghan political leaders who left the country since the insurgents captured power in the South Asian nation last year.
Afghanistan: Four minors die in rocket explosion in Kandahar
Mar 19, 2022, at 11:06 pm
Kandahar: At least four children died when a rocket explosion hit southeastern Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban detain 2 journalists, says source
Mar 18, 2022, at 09:47 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) detained two staffers of leading Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews, a source told Sputnik on Friday.
New World Bank Survey offers a snapshot of living conditions in Afghanistan
Mar 18, 2022, at 08:45 pm
The World Bank today released results of a household survey conducted in Afghanistan in the fall of 2021 to assess changes in basic living conditions in the early days of the interim Taliban administration. The survey was conducted by phone and provides a representative sample of Afghan households covering all regions of the country.
World must deliver support to Afghans: UN refugee chief
Mar 18, 2022, at 06:37 pm
New York: UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi called on Thursday for sustained international support for Afghanistan’s people, where the country’s humanitarian crisis is worsening.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt halts insurance industry
Mar 18, 2022, at 03:55 pm
Kabul: Th Taliban government of Afghanistan has suspended the operations of the insurance companies in Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.
Mar 17, 2022, at 04:35 am
Kabul: A large number of women demonstrated in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday against the Taliban when they also distanced themselves from prominent women’s rights activist Fatima Gailani, stating that she does not represent them.
Afghanistan: Food insecurity and malnutrition threaten ‘an entire generation’
Mar 16, 2022, at 07:21 pm
New York: People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of “unparalleled proportions”, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Businessman killed under 'mysterious' circumstances
Mar 14, 2022, at 11:26 pm
Kabul: A businessman has been murdered in Afghanistan under mysterious circumstances.
Afghanistan: Demonstrators protest in Kabul, demand for women's access to education, work
Mar 13, 2022, at 11:24 pm
Kabul: A large number of women demonstrated in Afghanistan capital city Kabul on Saturday where they demanded for women’s access to education and work.
Afghanistan: Seven members of family, including children, hurt in blast
Mar 12, 2022, at 11:46 pm
Kabul: At least seven people of a family, including children, were hurt as a blast rocked Marja district in Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai facing trouble in travelling in Afghanistan: Reports
Mar 12, 2022, at 01:32 am
Kabul: Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said that he himself and former head of Afghan reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah are facing restrictions in travelling in Afghanistan.
Over one million Afghan women, children addicted to narcotics: Taliban
Mar 11, 2022, at 10:19 pm
A key Afghanistan Taliban leader has said there are over one million Afghan women, children addicted to narcotics in the country.
Women must be given space to lead if Afghanistan is to find peace: Bachelet
Mar 11, 2022, at 04:09 pm
New York: Whether as peacebuilders, humanitarians or pivotal actors courageously pushing their communities forward, Afghan women must be given the space to lead if the country is to find peace and progress, the UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet stressed in a statement on Thursday.
Afghanistan-Iran forces clash in Nimroz
Mar 10, 2022, at 04:31 am
Nimroz, Afghanistan: Clashes occurred between Taliban government's forces and Iranian border guards in Kang district of Nimroz province of Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: US B-52 bombers target ISIS hideouts
Mar 09, 2022, at 12:09 am
Kabul: The US Air Force has carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS hideouts using the B-52 bombers in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, media reports said on Wednesday.
Taliban threatening provincial media in Afghanistan: HRW
Mar 08, 2022, at 01:33 am
Kabul: Taliban authorities have carried out far-reaching censorship and violence against Afghan media in district and provincial centres, drastically limiting critical reporting in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today.
Afghanistan: Blast near Paktika mosque leaves three dead
Mar 07, 2022, at 06:38 pm
Kabul: At least three people died and 20 others were wounded as a bomb rocked Afghanistan's Paktia province on Friday, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan university professor, who is known for criticising Taliban, goes missing
Mar 07, 2022, at 05:47 pm
Kabul: A professor of an Afghanistan university, who is known for criticising the Taliban government, has gone missing.
Unknown people behead five members of a family in Afghanistan
Mar 06, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Herat: Unknown people have beheaded five members, including children, of a family in Afghanistan's Herat province, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt asks people to handover weapons, govt property
Mar 06, 2022, at 04:39 am
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has asked people to voluntarily hand over government-related weapons and other property and get them confiscated as they continue operating house-to-house sweeps in Kabul city.
Afghanistan: Poppy cultivation rises in Kandahar, Helmand
Mar 06, 2022, at 04:35 am
Kabul: Afghanistan farmers have said cultivation of poppy for production of opium has surged in southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar this year compared to previous years.
Afghanistan: One killed as Taliban affiliates open fire at checkpost
Mar 06, 2022, at 04:30 am
Kabul: Taliban affiliates in the Shigal district of eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan opened fire at civilians on Thursday, leaving a young man dead and another person injured, media reports said.
To spare Afghanistan, world must engage with Taliban, Lyons tells Security Council
Mar 04, 2022, at 03:22 am
New York: Six months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, it is time for concerned countries to deepen their engagement with the country’s new authorities and take action to prevent an irreversible economic collapse, the top UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban ban evacuation of Afghans amid massive security sweep
Mar 02, 2022, at 05:03 am
Kabul: A Taliban spokesperson has said their administration will not allow any more evacuations of Afghans until the situation improves abroad for those who have already left.
Afghanistan: Blast in Kunduz leaves 2 dead
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:39 am
Kunduz, Afghanistan: At least two children died as an explosive went off in Khanabad district of the northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan on Sunday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Khost province residents ordered to remove Afghanistan’s flags from residences, cars
Mar 01, 2022, at 01:26 am
Kabul: The provincial governor of the eastern Khost province Muhammad Nabi Omari directed residents of the province to collect and remove Afghanistan flag from the rooftops of their homes and houses and from their vehicles, media reports said.
Pakistan-Afghanistan trade volume move down to USD 1 bn
Feb 28, 2022, at 10:46 pm
Karachi, Pakistan: A report of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has voiced its concern over the “shrinking” trade volume from $2.5 billion to $1 billion between the two countries, media reports said on Monday.
UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan
Feb 26, 2022, at 04:28 am
New York: The United Nations has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks since nationwide immunization campaigns resumed last November.