At least 70 people lost their lives in 77 militant attacks in Pakistan during April, says an Islamabad-based think-tank. In a monthly security report, the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) the fatalities included 35 civilians, 31 security personnel and four militants. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, particularly its southern districts, bore the brunt of More
More than 80,000 children are growing illiterate due to lack of schools in their areas in central Uruzgan province. Maulvi Shamsullah Kamran, director of education told Pajhwok Afghan News that currently 258 schools existed in districts and Tirinkot City, but some of them remained closed. He said about 84,000 children were deprived of education in More
The World Bank has contributed 84 million US dollars to the implementation community resilience and livelihoods project in Afghanistan. The WB said in a statement this fund would be spent through the International Development Association (IDA) and Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund (ARTF). The project started in 2022 with a grant of $265 million from the More
The United States and Pakistan have pledged to deepen bilateral cooperation on regional security, the Foreign Office says. The agreement came at a meeting between a visiting US delegation led by Under Secretary for Political Affairs John Bass, and Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Rahim Hayat Qureshi, After the meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday, a statement from More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, to be jointly hosted by West Indies and the US in June this year. In the mega short-format event, the national side will be led by spin sensation Rashid Khan. Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah More
The United Nations (UN) has expressed concerns at the police treatment of pro-Palestine protestors at the Columbia University in New York. Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college More
Stakeholders have been urged to join hands for helping exiled Afghan journalists deal with current humanitarian challenges. At a conference in Islamabad on Monday, speakers underlined collective efforts to alleviate the plight of Afghan journalists who fled to Pakistan after the 2021 regime change in their homeland. As many of them have already been resettled More
A delegation of Afghans based in European countries, who visited Kabul for 12 days, discussed with Taliban officials a number of issues including girls’ education and the establishment of social system. A report about the outcome of the delegation’s visit said Taliban leaders agreed with the delegation in many areas and said they had taken More
After two years of suspension, the Turkish Airlines will resume flights to Afghanistan on May 21, a media report said on Tuesday. The airlines would operate four flights a week between Istanbul and Kabul on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, according to Anadolu News Agency. The carrier suspended its flights to the country after the More
The Afghanistan National Volleyball Federation (ANVF) says the national volleyball team will participate in the Central Asian Volleyball Championship in Pakistan. ANVF said the national team will face Pakistan, Iran, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan in the tournament. ANVF secretary Mohammad Nasir Noori said Pakistan will host the event from May 11 to May 17 More
