A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and some top government officials has crashed in the country’s northwestern mountainous region on Sunday, according to Iranian media reports. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Governor of East Azerbaijan province Malek Rahmati and others were also onboard the convoy, which comprised of three helicopters, of which the other two More
Fourteen members of a family, including nine children, have lost their lives and 12 others were wounded as a result of a traffic accident in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a media report said on Sunday. The accident occurred when a passenger van fell into a ditch on Panj Pir Manawan Road in Khushab district, the Express More
At least 47 people lost their lives and a number of others sustained injuries in flash floods that inflicted heavy financial losses on people in northern Faryab province. Mufti Ismatullah Muradi, the governor’s spokesman, said the rain-induced floods hit Balcharagh, Chehelgazi, Qaisar, Almar and Pashtunkot districts and Maimana on Saturday night. He said dozens of More
From political inconstancy to military interventions, bad governance, dominance of particular groups, non-adherence to the regional and international environment and many others are the problems faced by Afghanistan which are highlighted in this report by Kabul Dialogue Group a research Centre of Afghan experts. The report said that good governance must be based on the More
At least 18 people lost their lives and two others sustained injuries due to flash floods that inflicted heavy financial losses on people in northern Faryab province. Mufti Ismatullah Muradi, the governor’s spokesman, said that rain-induced flash foods hit Pashtonkot, Balchiragh, Almar, Khayber and Qiasar districts of the province on Friday afternoon. He said the More
At least 12 undocumented Afghans have been released from jail in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, says the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR). In a post on X, the ministry wrote: “According to the information from the border department in Torkham of Nangarhar province, these individuals had been arrested for lacking valid documents. They were More
Three Spanish tourists have been killed and a fourth injured in a gun attack in central Bamyan province, says the foreign ministry in Madrid. In Kabul, the Ministry of Interior said without giving details three foreign tourists and one Afghan citizens had been killed in an armed attack. It said four foreign nationals and three More
At least 50 people, including women and children, have been killed and thousands of residential houses destroyed by heavy floods in western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday. Information and Culture Director Maulvi Abdul Hai Zaeem said the flash floods hit parts of Ferozkoh and a number of districts on Friday. He said at More
Three foreigners and one Afghan were killed, four foreigners and three Afghans were injured in an armed attack in central Bamyan province on Friday, an official said. The incident happened when foreign tourists came under attack, Abdul Matin Qani, spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior said. nh Views: 9
Eleven Afghans – mostly former officials and their relatives – own properties worth more than $42 million in the Dubai city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an investigative journalism organisation has revealed. Of these individuals, some have reacted into the report, but the rest are yet to comment on the properties they have in More
