Following the killing of Chinese engineers in a suicide attack in Shangla district, a Chinese firm has halted work on a power project in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. While suspending work on the Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project, the company laid off more than 2,000 workers, Dawn reported on Thursday. On Tuesday, five Chinese engineers More
Spain has air-dropped 26 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to hungry Palestinians in the beleaguered Gaza Strip. The Foreign Ministry in Madrid said in a statement, cited by Reuters, Spain also urged Tel Aviv to open land border crossings to ward off a looming famine. The ministry said Wednesday’s airdrops, conducted in coordination with Jordan, were More
Thailand beats Afghanistan 3-2 in a futsal match on Wednesday, The Football Federation says. The source said that Thailand first scored two goals which were equalized by Afghanistan, but later Thailand scored another goal and won the match 3-2. The Football Federation said that besides host Thailand, Afghanistan, Australia and Malaysia teams participate in the More
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says more than 63,000 people died during migration in last ten years. The IOM in a report “A Decade of Documenting Migrant Deaths” said more such deaths recorded in 2023 than in any prior year. As the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Missing Migrants Project marks its ten-year milestone, More
Amnesty International (AI) has asked Pakistan to immediately halt continued detentions, deportations and widespread harassment of Afghan refugees. From September 2023 to February 2024, Pakistan has deported 527, 981 Afghan refugees with little regard to international human rights law, particularly the principle of non-refoulement. “Thousands of Afghan refugees are being used as political pawns to More
A senior American diplomat has once again taken exception to the restrictions the interim government in Kabul has imposed on Afghan girls and women. “By our count, the Taliban have issued over 50 decrees restricting what Afghan women do, where they go, what they wear, when they can be seen,” says the US chargé d’affaires More
Afghanistan are set to take on the hosts Thailand today (Wednesday) at the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) Futsal Championship. The match would commence at 5:00pm local time, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) wrote on its Facebook account. It said futsal teams from Australia, Afghanistan, Malaysia and Thailand are participating in the event. Afghanistan, having More
Five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver were killed in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, media reports said. Five Chinese nationals and one Pakistani were killed in an attack on a convoy in Bisham tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla, a dawn.com report said citing the local police chief. A suicide More
A paramilitary soldier and four militants have been killed as security forces foiled an attack on a naval base in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The attackers tried to storm the PNS Siddique naval base in Turbat on Monday night, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. A statement from the military’s media wing said the attempt More
Afghanistan have edged past the India in the second round of the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the 2027 Asian Nations Cup. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said on Wednesday the match was played late on Tuesday in India’s Guwahati city. India took the lead by scoring a goal in the first half of More
