Afghanistan
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Nearly 1 million Afghan refugees return home in eight months
Kabul: A total of 970,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their motherland from Iran, Pakistan and Turkey in the past eight months. “Among them, about 88,000 are from Pakistan, around 5,000 from…
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Afghanistan refuses arirspace access to Vistara flight due to bomb threat
New Delhi: Afghanistan authorities on Sunday did not permit a Frankfurt-bound Vistara plane to use its airspace as there was a bomb threat, forcing the aircraft to return to Delhi, according to…
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Pakistan holds ‘good’ meeting with Taliban in Qatar amid strained ties
Islamabad: Pakistani diplomats held a “good” meeting with the representatives of Afghanistan’s Taliban-led interim government in Qatar this week during which they discussed bilateral and regional issues, in what was seen as…
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349 prisoners pardoned in Afghanistan before Eid
Kabul: The Afghan caretaker government’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has pardoned 349 inmates before Eid al-Adha, according to a statement by the country’s Supreme Court. The statement noted that 279 other inmates…
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Pak asks Afghanistan to hand over TTP terrorists involved in attack on Chinese workers
Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday asked Afghanistan’s Taliban government to hand over banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) terrorists involved in a deadly attack on Chinese workers to Islamabad, according to a media report. Five…
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Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan visits India
New Delhi: Russia’s special presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov on Wednesday held talks with senior Indian diplomat JP Singh focusing on the overall situation in the war-torn country. Kabulov was on…
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Death toll from Afghanistan’s floods exceeds 330
Kabul: More than 330 people have been killed as rainstorms and flash floods hit major parts of the provinces of Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhshan and Ghor of Afghanistan, according to the Afghanistan office…
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India on move to return private land to Hindu, Sikh minorities in Afghanistan
New Delhi: India on Friday described as “positive development” the move by the Taliban regime to restore private land rights to Afghan Hindus and Sikh minorities. According to reports, the Taliban administration…
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Taliban confirms detention of 2 US nationals in Afghanistan
Kabul: Afghan caretaker government’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has confirmed the detention of two US nationals in Afghanistan, local media said. “A number of foreign nationals, including two US nationals, have been held…
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WC Qualifier: Afghanistan shock India in Chhetri’s 150th international match
Guwahati: Lower-ranked Afghanistan shocked India 2-1 as the home team suffered one of its most embarrassing defeats in recent years despite talisman Sunil Chhetri’s 94th international goal in his 150th match, in…
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Tension flares after Pak airstrikes kill 8 civilians in Afghanistan
New Delhi: Tensions simmered in the South Asian neighbourhood as Pakistan on Monday launched airstrikes in the border regions of Afghanistan, reportedly killing at least eight civilians, including three children. Confirming the…
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‘Expanding cooperation’ with Afghanistan top priority of new Pak govt, says FM
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Saturday that “expanding cooperation” with neighbouring Afghanistan is a “top priority” of the new government. Dar took to X after receiving a telephone call…
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2 Pak Army among 7 personnel killed in terror attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar: At least seven Pakistan Army soldiers, including two officers, were killed when six terrorists launched multiple suicide attacks on a security check post in the restive tribal district of North Waziristan…
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Senior Indian diplomat holds talks with Taliban’s acting foreign minister Muttaqi
New Delhi: India’s point-person on Afghanistan J P Singh held talks with Taliban’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and discussed issues relating to security, trade and ways to counter narcotics, an…
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Afghanistan: Landmine explosion claims lives of 2 children, injures 4
Kabul: In a devastating incident in Paktia province, local officials have reported the loss of two children’s lives and injuries to four others following the explosion of a landmine in the Hesarak…
