The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has ordered a halt to gur (jaggery) exports to neighbouring Afghanistan. While directing the Customs Department to enforce the Export Policy Order of 2022, the court sought from it comments within a fortnight. Muttahida Enterprises, a private company, has petitioned PHC against the authorities’ refusal to let it export jiggery More
The Al Habtoor Group chairman says the security forces of the Taliban have barred female students from travelling to the United Arab Emirates for studies, but the caretaker government has not yet reacted to the claim. Al Habtoor Group is one of the leading commercial companies in the UAE, operating in fields of cars, real More
More than two dozen people have been killed and several feared missing following the collapse of a railway bridge in northeastern India. The bridge under construction caved in near the Sairang town of Mizoram state, killing at least 26 individuals, the BBC reported, citing local officials. Abou 40 workers were at the site when the More
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recorded 4,752 pediatric firearm deaths in the United States in 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains a publicly available data query system called Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER).14 The system provides access to an array of public health data, including demographics, mortality, More
CARE-Afghanistan says 2.5 million girls are currently out of school and have no access to education. But the Ministry of Education (MoE) says education has been suspended for about 1.3 million girls over grade six. In its latest report Despite enormous challenges, some girls in Afghanistan are still finding ways to learn, the organisation having access More
The Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster of former king Zahir Shah has clinched prestigious ‘Best of Show’ award at the US Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance. Ordered by Zahir Shah of Afghanistan in May 1937, this 540 K Special Roadster was delivered in September and remained in his ownership until he bestowed it to his UK-based More
Afghanistan have outplayed Iran by 2-1 in their third game of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) U-17 Championship. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said the tournament was underway in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Iran are participating in the event. Afghanistan stayed ahead 1-0 in the first half. In More
Afghan athlete Zabihullah Shahzad has won the gold medal in a concrete board-breaking international taekwondo competition in South Korea. The 32-year-old athlete, also a sports journalist and spokesperson for the Taekwondo Federation, defeated his Korean rival, who has won the world championship several times, by breaking 12 concrete boards. After the match, he wrote on More
Nine Afghan athletes are participating in the ongoing “University International Sports Festival” in Yekaterinburg (Russia), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. MoFA deputy spokesman Zia Ahmad Takal wrote on his X handle 4000 students from 282 universities of 36 countries will contest for 191 medal events across 14 sports in the festival that commenced on More
Pakistan on Tuesday defeated Afghanistan by 142 runs in the first limited over match played in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, according to a media report. Pakistan Captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first. His team managed to set the target of 202 for Afghanistan to win. Afghanistan’s spinners did well to restrict More
