UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo will chair the third meeting on Afghanistan in Doha on June 30 and July 1. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, shared at a press conference update on the conference, to be attended by special envoys for Afghanistan, on Wednesday. The meeting would discuss how More
Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup journey on Thursday came to a shocking end, losing an utterly one-sided semi-final match to South Africa on the Tarouba pitch. Bundled out for a paltry 56, Afghanistan became the first side to be dismissed for less than 100 in a T20 World Cup semi-final, according to the ICC news centre. More
Afghanistan will face Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in their group matches in the under 20 Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Championship. Afghanistan are placed alongside with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in group A, while Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are placed in group B of the tournament, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said in a statement. The CAFA More
Afghanistan and South Africa are all set to square off in the first semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tomorrow (Thursday) at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad and Tobago. The match will commence at 5:00am Afghanistan time, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) wrote on its Facebook page. ACB will live broadcast More
Only 26 countries are currently led by women, a modest increase from just 18 countries a decade ago, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The UN Women published global data on women in executive positions as heads of state, heads of government and cabinet members. The agency wrote in its latest report that in 141 More
At least 22 workers of a lithium battery plant have been killed and eight others injured in a blaze in South Korea, reports said on Monday. According to AP, the incident took place at 10:30am local time on Monday in Hwaseong city, south of the capital Seoul. A local official said the fire probably resulted More
The Wikileaks founder has walked out of a UK prison and left for his homeland Australia in the wake of a deal with American authorities, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Under the deal, Julian Assange will plead guilty to criminal charges and go free after a 12-year legal battle against extradition to the United States. More
Afghanistan created history on Tuesday when they stormed into the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024 after beating Bangladesh by eight runs in their last Super Eight clash at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent. Days after their morale-boosting triumph over Australia, Afghanistan won the toss, elected to bat first and set More
At least 15 policemen and several civilians have been killed in an armed attack in Russia’s southern Dagestan region, a media report said on Monday. Gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two cities, the Associated Press quoted Russian officials as saying. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee termed the More
Save the Children on Monday estimated that approximately 21,000 children have been missing in Gaza since October 7, 2023. In its latest report, the British charity said the children included 17,000 unaccompanied and separated minors, with 4,000 buried under rubble. It said approximately 21,000 children were missing in Gaza. “The UN estimates that 10,000 people More
