Six Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) personnel have been wounded during a squabble with Pakistani security guards at Torkham, a media report said on Monday. Sunday’s ugly incident also led to the closure of the crossing for more than four hours, as immigration officials stopped work in protest. According to Dawn, each side blamed the other More
Afghanistan have edged past Australia 5-4 in their second match at the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) Futsal Championship in Thailand. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) wrote on its Facebook page Afghanistan took a commanding lead with four goals in the first half, while Australia managed to score once. However, Australia rallied in the second More
Despite criticism from Kabul and human rights groups, Pakistan is gearing up for the second phase of repatriating Afghan refugees. Nearly one million registered Afghan citizens could be sent back to their homeland, with district authorities and police directed to map whereabouts of the refugees. Directives had been issued to district administrations and police to More
The UN Security Council on Monday finally a adopted resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate, unconditional release of all hostages. “The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional More
The United Nations chief has renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to let global aid flow into the embattled Palestinian city. AFP quoted Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as saying on Saturday: “Palestinians in Gaza — children, women, men –remain stuck in a non-stop nightmare.” On the Egyptian side of Rafah, Guterres said he More
Pakistan reopened the Torkham gate on Sunday to passengers after closing it for three hours, officials in eastern Nangarhar province said. Torkham commissioner Mullah Abdul Jabbar Hikmat said Pakistan closed the Torkham gate for three hours. Earlier, Nangarhar Information and Culture Department’s spokesman Siddiqullah Qureshi said that the Pakistani side had once again closed the More
The National Examination Authority (NEXA) chief says his organisation is discharging its responsibilities in a transparent manner. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, the Sheikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani said the number of students participating in the university entrance exams (kankor) had spiked this year. He suggested the applicants who had repatriated to their More
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has highlighted Afghanistan’s severe water crisis, noting nearly 80 percent of the population lacks sufficient access to drinking water. On the World Water Day, the UN agency emphasised almost 79 percent of Afghans faced inadequate access to water resources. The organisation attributed the crisis to severe drought conditions, economic More
As the death toll from a terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk city near Moscow mounted to 93, Russia announced on Saturday the arrest of 11 individuals, including four suspected. On Friday night, gunmen sprayed civilian concertgoers with bullets at the Crocus City Hall west of Moscow, Reuters reported, citing a Kremlin statement. Earlier, investigators put the death toll atmore than 60. With health officials saying about 145 people had been injured. Sixty of the wounded are said to be in critical More
The death toll from Friday’s attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue near Moscow, Russia has reached 133 people and over 100 others injured, according to media reports on Saturday. “As the rubble was being removed in the concert hall of the Crocus City Hall, the number of people killed in the terrorist attack More
