Afghanistan and Ireland are all set to square off in the opener of the three-match One-Day International series today (Thursday) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The match would commence at 4:00pm local time, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) wrote on its Facebook page. On the eve of the clash, Afghan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi told a More
The UN’s top diplomat in Afghanistan has reiterated her call for the caretaker government to reverse the restrictions imposed on women and girls. The longer the curbs remained in place, the more damage they would result in, warned Roza Otunbayeva, special representative of the secretary-general (SRSG). Briefing the UN Security Council on Wednesday, she slammed More
Supporters of Mahmood Khan Achakzai rallied against an alleged police raid on his residence in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) workers also announced a strike today (Tuesday) against the storming of their leader’s house. The raid was aimed to recover a piece of government-owned land that had More
CIVICUS Monitor puts Pakistan on its watch list over rapid decline in civic freedoms following the repression against the opposition, the censorship of journalists and attacks on peaceful protests, according to a statement on Monday. CIVICUS, comprised of over 20 organisation, in its statement said a crackdown on opposition voices was documented leading to February More
At least 36 people, mostly children, have been killed and 50 others injured following heavy rains in Pakistan during the past 48 hours, media reports say. The heavy rains caused houses to collapse and triggered landslides in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces since Thursday. At least 30 rain-related deaths were reported in various areas in More
Pakistani police have reportedly raided the residence of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai. But John Achakzai, former caretaker information minister of Balochistan, rejected the allegation, saying police acted to evict the illegal occupants from a piece of in front of Achakzai’s house. Addressing a press conference at the party’s central secretariat More
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) will host a consultative meeting about Afghanistan on Wednesday. According to the UN Security Council work program, the UNAMA-led meeting will be held on March 6 in the Security Council office. UNAMA will also address a press conference the same day The upcoming conference would discuss the United More
The Pakistani parliament on Sunday elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s 24th prime minister for a second term, three weeks after the Feb. 8 national elections. Shehbaz, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and president of his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, received 201 votes from the lower house, 32 higher than More
The head coach of athletic national team, Ahmad Feroz Sakhizada, passed away due to a hemorrhagic stroke in Iran on Saturday. The Afghanistan Athletics Federation (AAF) confirmed the death of Sakhizada on its Facebook page. It said: “Sakhizada held a bachelor’s degree in physical training and sports. He was a professional trainer of the athletics More
The UN food agency has expressed its concern over dwindling assistance to Afghanistan, warning that the situation is getting worse. In a post on X, the World Food Programme (WFP) wrote: “Nearly 4 million mothers and children are malnourished today in #Afghanistan and with assistance cuts, the situation is only getting worse.” The agency also More
