Afghanistan

Pakistan announces 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday said a 48-hour ceasefire has been agreed with Afghanistan, amid border clashes between the two countries that have killed dozens of people on both sides. “A temporary ceasefire…
‘Insult to women’: Oppn slams govt over women journalists’ absence from taliban meet

New Delhi: The opposition on Saturday termed the absence of female journalists from a press conference of visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi “unacceptable” and “an insult to women”, and asked…

India upgrades Kabul mission to embassy, restarts Afghanistan projects

New Delhi: India on Friday announced the upgrading of its technical mission in Kabul to the status of an embassy and decided to restart its development projects in Afghanistan with External Affairs…
Taliban government blames Pakistan for strike on Kabul

Islamabad: The Taliban government on Friday blamed Pakistan for striking the Afghan capital and bombing a market in the country’s east, accusing its neighbor of violating national airspace. A blast struck before…
Internet blackout hits Afghanistan as Taliban enforce morality crackdown

Islamabad: An internet blackout hit Afghanistan on Monday, with local media reporting a potential nationwide cut of fiber-optic services as part of a Taliban crackdown on immorality. It’s the first time Afghanistan…
Afghanistan: US citizen released by Taliban after prisoner-swap deal

Islamabad: The Taliban on Sunday freed a US citizen from an Afghan prison, weeks after they said they had reached an agreement with US envoys on a prisoner exchange as part of…
13-year-old Afghan boy lands in Delhi by hiding in plane’s landing gear

New Delhi: A 13-year-old Afghan boy’s “curiosity” brought him to Delhi from Afghanistan after he somehow managed to get inside the landing gear compartment of an aircraft that took off from Kabul,…

Taliban leader bans Wi-Fi in Afghan province to ‘prevent immorality’

Jalalabad: The Taliban leader banned fibre optic internet in an Afghan province to “prevent immorality”, a spokesman for the administration said Tuesday. It’s the first time a ban of this kind has…
Afghan foreign minister Muttaqi’s India visit called off

New Delhi: A planned visit to India by Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi this month has been called off in view of an existing travel ban he faces under UN Security…
Over 2200 killed in Afghanistan earthquake, Aid agencies warn of crisis

Jalalabad: Hundreds more bodies have been recovered from houses in mountain villages destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan early this week, pushing the death toll to over 2,200, a Taliban government…
Afghanistan has its ‘sharpest surge’ ever of child malnutrition, says UN

Islamabad: Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed USD 539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost 10 million…
Afghanistan: 6 workers killed, several injured in coal mine explosion

Kabul: The death toll in an explosion at a coal mine in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province has increased to six as several other injured workers continue to battle for life, the local officials…
US court denies stay, thousands of Afghans face deportation

Washington: Thousands of Afghans in the US are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court refused to postpone the Trump administration’s decision to end their legal status. A three-judge…
Afghan authorities destroy 65 tonnes of expired food items in Kabul

Kabul: Afghan authorities collected and destroyed 65 tonnes of expired and low-quality food items in the capital Kabul on Tuesday, officials from the Ministry of Public Health said. “Today, 65 tonnes, approximately…
ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women, girls

The Hague: The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on charges of persecuting women and girls since seizing power…