UN officials highlight massive poverty, humanitarian despair in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
The humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are “alarmingly high” and the international community is in “crisis management mode”, the UN Security Council heard on Friday.
Afghanistan: Taliban assault on women’s rights continues
It has been almost three years since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and women’s rights continue to be under attack.
Afghanistan is ‘not a hopeless crisis’, top UN aid official says
The international community cannot abandon Afghanistan, a senior UN aid official said on Thursday, urging continued engagement and support for the population.
Clashes between Afghanistan, Pakistan military along Durand Line leaves five dead
At least five people died after Islamic Emirate forces and Pakistani military clashed along Durand Line in Afghanistan's Paktia region recently.
Afghanistan: Three Spanish nationals die in Bamyan shooting
At least four people, including three Spanish nationals, died in a shooting incident in Central Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan official says TTP's attacks have increased significantly in past two years
Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan Asif Ali Durrani has claimed that terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan's attacks in the country, emanating from Afghanistan, have spiked significantly ever since the Taliban took control over the neighbouring nation in 2021.
Afghan journalist shot by armed men in Pakistan
Afghan journalist Ahmed Hanayesh was shot by a group of armed men in Islamabad on the evening of April 3, sustaining serious injuries to his leg and head, media reports said.
Reacting to the announcement by the newly elected Government of Pakistan to expand and expedite its plans to unlawfully deport Afghan refugees in the country after the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr next week, James Jennion, Campaigner for the Refugee and Migrants’ Rights at Amnesty International, said.
Uyghur refugees of Pakistan faces deportation after Ramadan
The World Uyghur Congress recently pointed out that Uyghur families are facing possible forceful deportation from Pakistan to China or Afghanistan after Ramadan.
Unexploded ordnance goes off in Afghanistan, nine children die
At least nine children died after an unexploded ordnance left over from past wars went off in east Afghanistan's Ghazni province, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Monday.
Women in Afghanistan to be stoned to death for adultery, says Taliban
Kabul: The Taliban has said that women in Afghanistan would face public floggings and stoning for adultery, proving apprehensions of the country regressing to a grim era under its rule, media reports said.
Putin accuses Ukraine of involvement in Moscow concert attack; Kyiv denies allegations
Moscow/ Kyiv: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday claimed that Ukraine played a role in the fatal Moscow concert attack, which resulted in the deaths of at least 143 people, media reports said.
Three kids killed as unexploded ordnance goes off in Afghanistan
Three children have lost their lives and two others sustained injuries as an unexploded ordnance went off in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday, provincial government spokesman Mawlawi Mohammad Qasim Riaz said.
Tracing the ISI’s narco trail from Afghanistan to Pakistan
In the murky realm of international espionage and clandestine operations, few tales are as convoluted and sinister as the nexus of narcotics, war, and covert agencies. This is a tale of how the tentacles of drug trade, stretching from the rugged terrains of Afghanistan to the streets of North America, have not only fueled global conflicts but also sustained powerful intelligence agencies, most notably the CIA and Pakistan’s ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence).
Pakistani airstrikes leave eight, including women and children, dead in Afghanistan
Airstrikes conducted by Pakistan Khost and Paktia provinces of Afghanistan on Monday left at least eight people, including women and children, dead, media reports said.