A number of residents of Kabul complain about hours of long power outages in sizzling summer days, while officials say efforts are underway to address the issue. People from various police districts of Kabul say electricity supply has become problematic in the capital and the light remains off for more than 10 hours daily. Ahmad More
As no presidential wannabe could win 50 percent of votes, Iran will hold a runoff election on Friday, a media report said on Monday. Iranians cast votes on Friday to elect a successor to President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed along with several senior officials in a helicopter crash last month. Reformist hopeful Massoud Pezeshkian More
India have clinched the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title after beating South Africa by seven runs in a sensational final at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. India won the toss and decided to bat first. Star opener Virat Kohli hit a half century to help his side set a 176 runs target for opposition. More
The House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman has scorned President Joe Biden’s statement that no American troops have been killed in Afghanistan under his administration. In his remarks on the house floor, Michael McCaul blasted Biden’s claim that no US soldiers had died under his watch. McCaul named the 13 service members killed in the Abbey More
Two Afghan nationals have lost their lives in a road accident the Mansehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A dozen other people were wounded on Friday when a car collided head-on with a passenger van on the Hazara Expressway. The car carrying an Afghan family to Dodial from College Doraha area rammed into a passenger More
Afghanistan and Morocco will play two friendly futsal matches in July, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) announced on Saturday. AFF wrote on its Facebook page the national futsal squad would play two friendly matches with Morocco on July 10 and 13. It said the matches will be hosted by Morocco behind closed doors and were More
As part of his trip to Central Asia, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is scheduled to arrive in Uzbekistan today (Saturday). On Friday, UN chief’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric told a press conference Guterres would visit Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan after a trip to Tashkent. Guterres would meet heads of state and other senior officials of More
Reformist hopeful Massoud Pezeshkian is leading the race for Iran’s presidency, early election results suggested on Saturday. Iranians cast votes on Friday to elect a successor to President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed along with several senior officials in a helicopter crash last month. Mohsen Eslami, spokesman for the Iranian poll panel, said ballot boxes More
A tribal peace jirga has voiced its deep aversion to the government’s planned military operation against terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Sponsored by the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-(PTI), the jirga branded the so-called Operation Azm-i-Istehkam as an attempt at seizing mineral wealth in the Pakhtun-inhabited belt. The tribal forum opposed the looming offensive at an More
Both US special representatives for Afghanistan Thomas West and Rina Amiri will attend the third UN-convened meeting in Doha on Afghanistan, the State Department says. Special envoys for Afghanistan and other officials are expected to attend the huddle scheduled for June 30 and July 1 in the capital of Qatar. An Taliban delegation, led by More
