Afghanistan
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Hashmatullah Shahidi to lead Afghanistan in Champions Trophy
Kabul: Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead Afghanistan in their maiden ICC Champions Trophy campaign as the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) named the 15-member squad on Sunday. Prolific top-order batter, Ibrahim Zadran, who was…
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Ex-Australian Taliban hostage Timothy Weeks dies in Afghanistan
An Australian professor, who converted to Islam during his three-year captivity under Taliban rule between 2016 and 2019, passed away at the age of 54. Jibra’il Omar (previously known as Timothy Weeks)…
- India
India condemns Pak airstrikes on Afghanistan
New Delhi: India on Monday condemned the recent Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan, emphasising that it is Islamabad’s “old practice” to blame its neighbours for its own internal failures. “We have noted the…
- Middle East
After 3 years, Saudi Arabia resumes activities at Afghanistan embassy
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has announced the resumption of diplomatic activities at its embassy in the Afghanistan capital, Kabul, for the first time since the Taliban movement took control of…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia provides shelter aid to 1,800 Afghans
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) continues its robust humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan and distributed 300 shelter kits on Monday, December 16, in several…
- Sports
Rashid Khan makes comeback to Afghanistan Test squad for Zimbabwe series
New Delhi: Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan has made a return to the Test squad for the upcoming two-match series in Zimbabwe, said the country’s cricket body. Afghanistan are currently playing the white-ball…
- Middle East
35 miners trapped under rubble in Afghanistan
Aybak: About 35 miners were trapped under the rubble of a coal mine in Afghanistan’s Samangan province, local officials said on Sunday, December 15. The provincial health director, Sayed Usman Hamidi, counted…
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Kurram district violence: 18 killed amid ongoing sectarian tensions
Peshawar: At least 18 people were killed and 30 others injured in sectarian violence in northwest Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the last 24 hours, police said. The clashes between the…
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Eight dead as passenger vehicle plunges into river in Afghanistan
Kabul: At least eight passengers lost their lives after a vehicle carrying them from a wooden bridge plunged into a river in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province, provincial authorities said on Monday. The accident…
- India
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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Afghanistan: 4 arrested, 33 kg illicit drugs seized
Charikar: Four people were arrested along with 33 kg of illicit drugs from Afghanistan’s Parwan province, police said. The contraband, which included hashish, was seized during routine operations conducted by police on…
- World
Taliban imposes new restrictions on women, bans public speaking
With the enactment of new laws on “vice and virtue” by a government ministry that forbids women’s voices and bare faces from public life, women’s lives in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan have become even…
- Middle East
UAE accepts credentials of Afghanistan’s Taliban envoy
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accepted the credentials from the official of the Taliban-headed interim government in Afghanistan to serve as envoy of the “Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” to Abu Dhabi.…
- Pakistan
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…
- World
Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolts Afghanistan
Kabul: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter Scale struck Afghanistan on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the epicentre of the earthquake was located at…
