The World Bank’s (WB) executive board has approved $300 in fresh funds for Afghanistan and the grant would be paid out through the International Development Association (IDA). The new funding would be deployed “through grants to United Nations agencies and other public international organizations, the WB said in a statement. The Bank’s new engagement with More
Tired of a difficult life, 11-year-old Salma is forced by poverty to work in a brick kiln with her ailing father to support her family in eastern Nangarhar province. Khan Mohammad, Salma’s father, a resident of Sultanpur area of Surkhrod district has been suffering from a rheumatic disease. Salma daily comes to the brick kiln More
Over 4,000 Afghans deported or returned voluntarily from Pakistan and Iran in the past seven days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday. On its Twitter handle the MoRR, wrote 729 persons accounted for 190 families have been deported from Pakistan via Torkham and Spinboldak crossing. In the same period 3,352 individuals More
Afghan star cricketer Mohammad Nabi has been ranked No.1 all-rounder in the ICC One Day International (ODI) ranking replacing Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan, the world cricket body said on Wednesday. Cricinfo reported that Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi replaced Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh as the No.1 ranked all-rounder in the ICC rankings, on Wednesday. Prior to this, Shakib had More
Special representatives of Central Asian countries and the European Union (EU) are all set to hold a meeting on Afghanistan today (Wednesday) in Bishkek. Last week, EU special Representative Tomas Niklasson told a press conference during his four-day trip to Kabul that the political, economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan would be discussed at the More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed Nicholas Trevor Lee as the national team’s new strength and conditioning trainer. Hailing from England, Lee is set to join the team on February 23, ahead of Afghanistan’s all-format home series in March against Ireland. ACB wrote on its X handle the 40-year-old was a former right-hand batsman More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has named a 16-member squad for the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. Rashid Khan, Afghanistan’s T20 skipper and ace spinner who is recuperating from a lower-back surgery, will miss the series. Ibrahim Zadran, who led Afghanistan in the previous two T20I series in UAE and India, is set to More
Iranian border forces arrested more than 2,000 illegal refugees in border areas with Afghanistan and Pakistan in the past 72 hours, an official said on Tuesday. Ali Reza Fazli, deputy head of social affairs at Sistan and Balochistan Border Command, told Fars news agency that Iran’s border security forces identified and arrested 2,285 immigrants trying More
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and some other small political parties have decided to form a coalition government and pledged to resolve the country’s deteriorated economic problems, according Pakistani media reports on Tuesday. PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari told reporters that he and other political leaders have decided to form the More
Afghan refugees recently returned from Pakistan said they did not have own houses and have to live rental houses which is difficult for them to pay rent. Although repatriation of Afghan refugees via Spinboldak has been declined now comparing to the past but families that retuned in the past three months complained against high rent More
