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Around 35,999 Afghan refugees return home from Iran
Kabul: A total of 35,999 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan from neighbouring Iran over one month, local media reported on Wednesday. The Afghan refugees who used to stay in Iran for…
- India
India invited to join regional group on Afghanistan: Lavrov
United Nations: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that India has been invited to join the core group of four countries neighbouring Afghanistan that say they seek to bring stability there.…
- India
India hosts first joint working group meeting on Chabahar port
New Delhi: At their first joint working group meeting on the Chabahar port, India and the central Asian nations reaffirmed that connectivity initiatives should comply with global norms, transparency, local priorities, financial…
- World
Amid cross-border tension, acting Afghan FM to visit Pakistan
Islamabad: Tension is growing between Pakistan and the interim Afghanistan government with Islamabad pointing fingers at Kabul for being the facilitator and supporter of militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), whose continued…
- Pakistan
Banned TTP still using Afghan soil to attack Pakistan: Defence Minister Asif
Islamabad: Amid a surge in attacks by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the banned militant group was still using Afghan soil to carry out attacks…
- World
Biden admin defends Afghan troop pullout, blames ex-Prez Trump for chaos
Washington: Joe Biden’s administration has defended its decision to pull American troops out of Afghanistan and blamed former US President Donald Trump for the chaotic withdrawal from the war-torn country. The White…
- World
UN Women chief blasts Taliban ban on female Afghan UN staff
United Nations: Sima Bahous, UN Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, has condemned the Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan. “We stand in…
- Afghanistan
UN seeks clarity over Taliban ban on female staff
United Nations: The UN is seeking clarity after the Taliban regime in Afghanistan banned female staff of the world body from working in the war-torn country, said a spokesman. “Our colleagues on…
- World
Mortar mine blast leaves 2 children dead in Afghanistan
Kabul: Two children were killed as a mortar mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan’s eastern Wardak province, provincial police spokesman Yusuf Israr said Sunday. The incident took place…
- Afghanistan
Kabul rejects Washington’s claim over IS strength in Afghanistan
Kabul: The Taliban-led caretaker government in Afghanistan has dismissed Washington’s claim over the alleged stronger presence of Daesh or Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan as utterly fabricated. “The statements of US officials…
- Afghanistan
Afghan security forces discover IS weaponry in Jawzjan northern province
Kabul: The Afghan security forces have discovered a weapon cache and mine-making center of Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), in Shiberghan, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province, the provincial police chief…
- Pakistan
Five dead in Afghanistan, Pakistan after powerful quake
Kabul: Five people died in Afghanistan and Pakistan following a powerful earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, which was also felt across north India. According to the US Geological Survey, Tuesday…
- Pakistan
At least 9 dead as powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolts Pakistan
Islamabad:An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude shook parts of Pakistan on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring over 160 others, local media reported. The epicentre of the earthquake was Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region,…