At least 53 people have been killed, thousands displaced as a result of wildfires in the US town Lahaina, according to a media report on Friday. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the destruction caused by Maui’s wildfires was the worst natural disaster in the state’s history, turning thousands of people homeless and leveling as many More
Torrential rains and floods have left at least 33 people dead and 18 others missing in Beijing, a media report said on Wednesday. The Chinese capital was hit by flash flooding induced by the heaviest rains in six decades from July 29 to August 2, the Global Times reported. One government official told a press More
Security forces have arrested 64 more Afghan migrants in Turkey for entering the country illegally, according to reports on Tuesday. The Turkish media reported the unlawful Afghan migrants were caught in a truck along with its Iranian driver. Turkey has deported about 138 Afghan nationals to their homeland since June 2023. The Turkish government has More
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in a report says about 118.5 million girls around the world are deprived of education. The UN agency said in a fresh report today that there was a need to increase the budget for educational equality between men and women and such action should be implemented More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board on Sunday announced a 16-member squad for a three-match one-day international series against Pakistan in Sari Lanka. Asadullah Khan, ACB selection committee chairman, told a meeting in this regard that the ODI series against Pakistan would help Afghanistan prepare for the Asia Cup and the World Cup. He said the coaches More
Afghan taekwondo player Rohullah Nikpai has been appointed as coach of New Zealand’s national taekwondo team. Tamim Hotak, deputy director of referees committee of taekwondo federation, confirmed the development. He said Nikpai currently held no job in the federation, but previously he coached the junior national taekwondo team. Nikpai has won two medals for Afghanistan More
Representatives from 40 countries will attend a summit that kicked off in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday to discuss a set of common principles to end the war in Ukraine. The aim of the meeting is to draft key principles on how to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Al-Jazeera reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on More
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested by police after a court found him guilty of “corrupt practices” and sentenced him to three years in prison. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman was arrested by Punjab police from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore shortly after the Islamabad court ruled Khan’s dishonesty had been More
Afghan Taekwondo players have won two silver and four bronze medals in an open competition held in South Korea on Thursday. Zabihullah Shahzad, a spokesman for the Taekwondo Federation, said 220 players from about 30 countries participated in the competitions in South Korea. He said the Afghans defeated their rivals from US, Korea, Australia, Iraq More
Afghanistan have moved up 10 places in world futsal rankings after winning the second place in the Central Asia Futsal Association (CAFA) Championship. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said after winning the second place in the CAFA championship, the national squad had drawn international attention. According to the latest rankings, AFF said in a statement, More
