The Peshawar-Torkham highway has been shut for a week for cargo trucks, inflicting massive financial losses on Afghan traders, the Afghan embassy in Islamabad says. The embassy wrote on its X page: “After the closure and opening of Torkham crossing for several times during the fruit and vegetable season, the Peshawar-Torkham highway has been blocked More
The Canal Department in eastern Nangarhar province says recent rains and natural disasters destroyed 98 percent of date yield this year. The Canal Department had earlier estimated this year’s date harvest to reach 26 tons —four tons more than last year. However, Nangarhar Canal Department spokesman Sayed Humayun Gharibmal said that recent rains and severe More
Iran has reportedly intensified expelling documented Afghan refugees. According to media report, the forced deportation of Afghan migrants from Iran has intensified, with a number of migrants with visas and legal documents also crossing the border into Afghanistan. The forcibly deported refugees told media that security was ensured in Afghanistan and if work chances were More
Scores of people have lost their lives while many more have been missing following the collapse of a dam in Sudan, says a media report. At least 60 people were killed in the rain-induced dam burst in the war-torn country, where rescuers are conducting search operations to find the missing individuals. The BBC reported the More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Afghanistan says the organization is responding to monkeypox as a high priority. WHO in Afghanistan wrote in its Facebook page what is #Mpox? Monkeypox is a viral disease that can be transmitted through close contact with an infected person or contaminated items. Symptoms include high fever, muscle pain, and skin More
The United States (US) and Uzbekistan have agreed on the fate of the military helicopters and airplanes hijacked by Afghan Air Force (AAF) pilots to the Central Asian country in 2021. US Ambassador in Tashkent Jonathan Henick told Uzbek Kun News Washington and Tashkent had reached an agreement on the status of fighter jets and More
Unidentified gunmen have shot death 23 passengers after offloading them from buses in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, a media report said on Monday. The attack took place in the Musakhail district of Balochistan on Monday morning, Dawn reported, citing local sources. Assistant Commissioner Najeeb Kakar was quoted as saying: “Armed men blocked the inter-provincial highway More
The European Union (EU) has contributed €13 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the United Nation International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday. In a statement, UNICEF said: “Over 78,000 children in Afghanistan will benefit from additional funding for nutrition and education in emergencies from the European Union’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)”. More
At least 20 people have been killed and more than five million affected as a result of flash floods caused by monsoon rains in Bangladesh, a media report said on Monday. The floodwaters have left many people isolated and in urgent need of food, clean water, medicine and clothes, particularly in remote areas where blocked More
As part of a UAE-mediated prisoner swap deal, 115 Russia servicemen have returned from Ukraine, a media report said on Sunday. The Russian soldiers had been captured by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, TAAS reported, citing a statement from the Ministry of Defence in Moscow. The servicemen returned from the territory controlled by the More
