Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality and stoking political polarisation on a global scale, the UNDP said on Thursday. A new UNDP report said the result was a dangerous gridlock that must be urgently tackled through collective action. The 2023/24 Human Development Report (HDR) is titled “Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining cooperation More
The Torkham crossing has reopened only for cancer patients after four days of closure, an official said on Thursday. Afghan and Pakistani officials agreed to allow patients to travel across the Durand Line without passports and visas. Sediqullah Qurashi, an official of the Information and Culture Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News previously all patients were More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has named a 15-member squad for the three match T20 series against Ireland. Afghanistan T20 captain and veteran leggie Rashid Khan has returned to the squad for the first time since the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. Rashid has not played a competitive game since the tournament in India More
The precious stones and gems market has been improved recently following an increase in the number of foreign tourists in the northern Balkh province. Shopkeepers associated with the precious stones business said as a result of an increase in the number of foreign tourists to the province and the halt of precious stones smuggling the More
Education Department officials in northern Baghlan province say more than 200 out of 570 schools in the province have no buildings and their students face serious problems. Education director Maulvi Mohammad Noor Azizi said 209 schools had no buildings and more than 51,000 students attended classes under the open sky. He said this year surrounding More
Afghanistan have trounced Ireland by 117 runs in the third One-Day International, clinching the three-match series by 2-0 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Ireland won the toss and invited Afghanistan to bat first. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi hit half centuries to help their side to post a total of 236 runs for More
Afghanistan and Ireland are all set to square off in their final One-Day International today (Tuesday) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The match would commence at 4:00pm local time, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) wrote on its Facebook page. Earlier, Afghanistan had trounced Ireland by 35 runs in the first ODI. However the second match More
US diplomat says the United Nations and donor countries together will assess the effectiveness of assistance to Afghanistan. In a post on X, Chargé d’Affaires Karen Decker wrote: “With UN agencies and donors to review assistance in Afghanistan. Transparency and oversight key focus.” She said: “Afghan women are difference-makers, defenders, drivers of change. Appreciate @IndrikaRatwatte’s More
Nearly half of the state-run schools in northern Badakhshan and central Daikundi provinces are without buildings and the students of these schools study in the open air, according to local officials on Sunday. Enayatullah Sahar, head of the Daikunid Education Department, said total of 431 schools existed in the province out of which 170 schools More
Eighty percent of school-age Afghan refugee children in Pakistan have no access to school, a non-governmental organisation says. Alif Ailaan, a non-profit organisation promoting education, It said around 570,000 Afghan refugee children between five and 16 years were not going to schools in Pakistan. It said the numbers were also registered with the United Nations More
