Afghanistan: Journalist dies during Kabul blast
Nov 14, 2021, at 07:48 pm
A bomb explosion in Kabul city in Afghanistan on Saturday left a media worker dead, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Taliban replace statue of Hazara leader in Koran
Nov 14, 2021, at 01:19 pm
Kabul: Bamiyan residents have complained that the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have replaced the statue of a Hazara leader, who was declared a national martyr by the former government, with a replica of the Koran.
Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage
Nov 13, 2021, at 06:37 pm
New York:The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in return for a dowry.
Afghanistan: Woman journalist forced to work as street vendor in Kabul to face economic crisis
Nov 13, 2021, at 02:27 pm
Kabul: A woman journalist in Afghanistan is now forced to work as a street vendor to support her family members who are facing economic crisis ever since the Taliban regime came to power in August.
Nov 13, 2021, at 02:16 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday told an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan delegation led by Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that Islamabad would “favourably consider” the request by the Afghan Taliban to allow trucks carrying Indian wheat through Pakistan “on exceptional basis”.
Afghanistan: 2 die as blast rocks mosque in Nangarhar
Nov 13, 2021, at 02:08 am
At least two people died as a blast rocked inside a mosque in Nangarhar region of Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said.
Common Afghans impersonated as journalists to flee Afghanistan: Reports
Nov 12, 2021, at 06:31 pm
Kabul: National Union of Journalists in Afghanistan has claimed that a large number of common people have impersonated as journalists to flee the war-torn country.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt announces to form military court
Nov 12, 2021, at 02:04 pm
Kabul: The Afghanistan government, which is now ruled by Taliban, has said they would form a military court within the structure of the current government.
Salaries for Afghanistan health workers sends ‘message of hope’ to millions
Nov 10, 2021, at 11:36 pm
New York: By the time the Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August, at the main hospital in Maidan Shar, a city of 35,000 in the center of the country, many of the staff had been paid in months. Essential supplies such as medicine and food were scarce and disappearing fast.
Kabul's Afghan-Japan Hospital medical staff start protesting as they remain unpaid for months
Nov 10, 2021, at 11:27 pm
Kabul: The Afghan-Japan Hospital, the only active center treating COVID-19 patients in Kabul, might soon shut down if medical staff do not receive their five months' worth of unpaid wages within the week, media reports said.
Jobless Afghanistan journalists now selling fruits on Kabul streets
Nov 10, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: Several Afghanistan journalists, who have lost their jobs ever since the Taliban seized the control of the country, are now forced to sell fruits on the streets of the Afghan capital of Kabul.
'Optimistic' about Delhi Dialogue, says Taliban spokesperson
Nov 10, 2021, at 09:18 pm
Kabul/UNI: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the Islamic Emirate “is optimistic” about the Delhi Security Dialogue on Afghanistan being held in India.
Taliban Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi to visit Pakistan today
Nov 10, 2021, at 02:10 pm
Taliban Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi is scheduled to visit Pakistan on Wednesday.
Taliban say US support of Afghan resistance would violate Doha agreement
Nov 09, 2021, at 11:03 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Support for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) by the United States would constitute a breach of the 2020 Doha agreement between Washington and the Taliban, the movement's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Tuesday.
China-Afghanistan resumes trade despite no rush in recognizing Taliban govt
Nov 09, 2021, at 01:34 am
China and Afghanistan, a country now ruled by Taliban forces, seem to be resuming trade relationships and it is evident after the arrival of 45 tonnes of Afghan pine nuts at Shanghai’s international airport on Monday, media reports said.
Kabul witnesses rise in vendors amid accelerating poverty
Nov 08, 2021, at 11:41 pm
Kabul: Kabul city is witnessing a spike in vendors amid rising poverty and unemployment.
Afghanistan: Blasts in Nangarhar, Jalalabad leaves three people dead
Nov 08, 2021, at 08:22 pm
Nangarhar: Two separate blasts in Nangarhar and Jalalabad left three people dead in Afghanistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Taliban sets up commission to begin reform in military in northern Afghanistan
Nov 08, 2021, at 05:53 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government in Pakistan has set up a commission to purge the ranks and bring reforms within the military in northern Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan govt mediating between TTP, Islamabad: Reports
Nov 08, 2021, at 05:43 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan is mediating talks between Tahrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamabad, media reports said on Monday.
UN voices concern over deaths of women right activist Frozan Safi in Mazar-i-Sharif
Nov 08, 2021, at 05:35 pm
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed deep concern over the killing of activist Frozan Safi in Mazar-i-Sharif.
US govt not ready to give Afghanistan financial aid via current authorities: Security Advisor
Nov 08, 2021, at 05:27 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States is not prepared at this stage to give financial aid to Afghanistan via those who are currently in power, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told the CNN broadcaster.
Taliban-appointed acting Foreign Minister to visit Pakistan: Source
Nov 08, 2021, at 03:58 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi from the Taliban government plans to visit Pakistan, a source in the foreign ministry told Sputnik.
Taliban blocking female aid workers in Afghanistan: HRW
Nov 06, 2021, at 10:26 pm
Taliban rules prohibiting most women from operating as aid workers are worsening the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Countrywide restrictions mean that aid will reach fewer families in need, particularly women-headed households, says Human Rights Watch.
More than half of Afghans face food insecurity at ‘crisis’ or ‘emergency’ levels
Nov 06, 2021, at 09:51 pm
Kabul: Nearly 23 million people, or 55 per cent of the Afghan population, are estimated to be in crisis or experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity between now and March of next year.
Ordinary Afghans ‘broke and broken’, warns UN migration agency chief
Nov 05, 2021, at 07:37 pm
New York: A stark warning for the people of Afghanistan has been issued by UN migration agency chief António Vitorino who on Thursday said that ongoing conflict, grinding poverty and climate-related emergencies, have pushed the country to the brink of collapse.
‘Climate of fear’ prevails for human rights defenders in Afghanistan
Nov 05, 2021, at 05:14 pm
New York: Human rights defenders in Afghanistan report that they are now enduring a “climate of fear”, threats, and becoming increasingly desperate over conditions in the country, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday.
Six killed in separate explosions in Afghanistan
Nov 04, 2021, at 12:57 am
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: At least two Taliban security force members and four civilians were killed and nine people wounded in two separate explosions in Afghanistan on Wednesday, multiple sources confirmed.
Afghanistan Islamic State group claims responsibility for Kabul hospital attack
Nov 03, 2021, at 11:01 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack on a hospital in Kabul city which left seven people dead.
Taliban govt bans use of foreign currency in Afghanistan
Nov 03, 2021, at 10:14 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has banned use of any foreign currency in any internal trade deals, marking yet another bizarre diktat issued by the regime.
Pakistan not to attend Nov 10 NSA meet on Afghanistan convened by India
Nov 03, 2021, at 05:07 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said he will not be visiting India for the November 10 NSA-level regional meet on Afghanistan.