Despite burgeoning calls for a halt to deportations, the repatriation of illegal Afghan nationals from Pakistan continued. Official data suggested on Tuesday 7,041 Afghan citizens left Pakistan from April 13 to April 22, including 2,967 men, 1,834 women and 2,240 children. As of April 22, 2024, the number of illegal Afghans leaving Pakistan soared to More
The United States has expressed concern about the human rights situation in Afghanistan, noting significant deterioration in women’s rights in 2023 due to edicts restricting access to education and employment. However, the Taliban brushed aside the US concern and reaffirmed its commitment to the rights of people in line with the Shariah law. In its More
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due in Beijing today (Wednesday) to discuss a range of bilateral, regional and global issues with Chinese officials. “Blinken will travel to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) April 24-26,” the US State Department said in a statement. Blinken will meet senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing More
Afghan all-rounder Gulbadin Naib will play for the Delhi Capitals franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed on Wednesday. ACB verified to Pajhwok Afghan News that the Delhi Capitals (DC) had approached all-rounder Naib and he would join the franchise soon. Naib would be the ninth Afghan player to take More
About 80 earthquakes and aftershocks jolted the eastern coast of Taiwan, including the capital city of Taipei, on Monday night. The biggest tremor had a magnitude of 6.3 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale, the Taiwanese Meteorological Authority announced. Reuters reported the quakes were centred largely on the rural eastern county of Hualien. The aftershocks were felt More
The United Kingdom’s Parliament has approved the plan to deport illegal migrants, including Afghans, to Rwanda, media reports said on Tuesday. Express Tribune reported British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July. The government More
Afghanistan have edged past Bahrain by 3-2 in their last group encounter, securing a spot in the quarterfinals at the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) Futsal Championship in Thailand. Farzad Mahmudi, Akbar Kazmi and Mehran Gholami scored one goal each for Afghanistan in Monday’s match to help their side advance. The national squad will take More
Pakistan and Iran have decided in principle to ban terrorist outfits operating in the two countries and beef up border management cooperation. At a meeting in Islamabad on Monday, interior ministers of the two countries decided to take steps for the prevention of smuggling and drug trafficking. The state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported Interior More
Afghanistan are set to take on Bahrain today (Monday) at the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) Futsal Championship in Thailand. The match would commence at 6:30pm Afghanistan time, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) wrote on its Facebook page. Futsal teams from Afghanistan, Iran, Kuwait and Bahrain are participating in the event. Earlier, Afghanistan had lost More
The NATO chief has ruled out sending combat units to Ukraine although some allies of the bloc have military advisers in the former Soviet republic. “There are no plans for any NATO combat presence in Ukraine, but of course several NATO allies have men and women in uniform at their embassies giving advice,” he said More
