More than 67,000 registered Afghan nationals will be repatriated to their homeland after Eidul Fitr from Pakistan’s Sindh province, a media report said on Tuesday. The decision on expelling Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders came at a high-level meeting in the port city of Karachi, Dawn reported. Sindh Home Minister Zia Lanjar chaired the meeting, More
Nine children have been killed as a result of an old mine explosion in the Giro district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday. Information and Culture Director Maulvi Mansour Afghan said the war-era mine exploded as children played in the Zadran village of the district on Sunday afternoon. He said the nine More
Two Pakistan Army soldiers have been shot dead and four others wounded in southwestern Balochistan province. The soldiers were part of the army’s bomb disposal squad that came under attack in the Ankara Dam area of Gwadar district on Sunday, a police official said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohsin Zohaib said: “The incident took More
Turkish police have identified and arrested 52 illegal Afghan migrants who were hiding in a truck’s fuel tank in southeastern Gaziantep city, a media report said on Monday. The migrants hiding in the fuel tank of a truck were arrested, with two people losing their lives and seven other in a critical condition for want More
Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz has defeated his French opponent Johan Van de Hel in an overnight bout. The athlete wrote on his Facebook account: “I would like to thank you all for supporting me and congratulate all countrymen.” The fight took place on Sunday night at M2MMA in Thailand. With the More
Rain-induced floods have destroyed 1,500 acres of agriculture land and severely damaged more than 540 residential houses over the last two days across Afghanistan, says the United Nations. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Sunday the flooding also washed away six bridges and destroyed 450 kilometres of More
The Municipality of Tehran has announced a plan for rounding up and deporting Afghan child workers, including scavengers. An Iranian media outlet quoted Tehran Municipality spokesman Abdul Mutahir Mohammad Khani as saying that under the plan, Afghan child workers and drug addicts in the capital would be sent back to their homeland. Meanwhile, Iran’s National More
Afghanistan beat Myanmar 6-1 in a friendly Futsal match on Saturday, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said. The match was played at 1:00 pm Afghanistan time in which the national team scored six goals while the host scored 1 goal. The source said Farzad Mahmoodi scored two goals, Omaid Qanbari, Hasan Hussaini, Ali Jafari, and More
The national squad has moved up to the 61st slot in the latest world rankings, the Afghanistan Volleyball Federation (AVF) said on Saturday. Mohammad Nasir Noori, deputy head of AVF, told Pajhwok Afghan News Afghanistan had moved up three places, in the fresh world rankings. He added the national squad’s standing in Asia remained unchanged at More
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation says more than 3,800 Afghan refugees have been deported or voluntarily returned to the country from Pakistan and Iran in the past seven days. MoRR wrote on its X handle that 301 people, comprising 58 families, deported from Pakistan through Torkham. On the other hand, 3,524 people voluntarily returned More
