Two Afghan nationals identified as Mohammad Ramez Rashidi and Naeem Hasemi Qatali were publicly hanged in Iran on Saturday over a deadly attack on a Shiite shrine in October. The attack on Shah Cheragh Shrine in the southern city of Shiraz killed at least 13 people. According to Iran’s state news agency IRNA, the two More
An Afghan man who fled the country in 2021 has been gunned down in Washington DC, reports a major US media outlet. After migrating with his family to the US, Nasrat Ahmadyar was shot to death while on an extra shift as a driver. Police are looking for suspects. CNN quoted police as saying the More
Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 17 runs on DLS method in a rain-shortened first one-day international in Chittagong on Wednesday as opener Ibrahim Zadran struck 41 not out. Rain prevented further play at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium after Afghanistan reached 83-2 in 21.4 overs, chasing a target of 164 runs in 43 overs. Left-arm pacer More
An engineer with the Ariana Afghan Airlines (AAA) has built a plane for the first time which can carry four people. National Radio Television published a video and said that recently Daud Faizi, one of the engineers of the airlines, was able to build a plane with the capacity to carry four people using budget More
Five Afghan youth have been killed and one injured by Iranian security forces firing in the border area between the two countries in Southwestern Nimroz province, local security sources said on Sunday. A Border Security Officer Mohammad Ibrahim Hewad said: “Last night a group of Afghan youth who wanted to illegally cross the border and More
Shinkai Karokhail, a member of parliament in the former government, has said some traditional-minded leaders do not want girls to be allowed to get modern education, but tribal elders and youth should talk to the officials in this regard. Shinkai Karokhail told Wesal Tv’s Sarnawesht Program: “Some traditional-minded officials in the Taliban movement think women More
The Amnesty International (AI) has again demanded the immediate release of education activist Matiullah Wesa and said he was arbitrarily arrested by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA). On its Twitter handle the AI wrote: “Matiullah Wesa was arbitrarily arrested by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) on 27 March 2023, while returning from More
A gunman and a security guard have been killed in an exchange of fire outside the US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, according to a media report on Thursday. “At 6:45 pm (1545 GMT), a man stopped in a car in front of the consulate building and got out with a weapon in his hand,” More
Former President Ashraf Ghani in his Eid message says the Afghan nation reserves the right to ask the warlords why they have wasted the golden opportunities and filled their pockets and bank accounts. In his Eid-ul-Adha message shared on his Facebook page, Ghani stressed: “Here, I would like to say clearly that I’m not ready More
Afghan Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Sher Shah Mubariz has defeated his Turkish opponent in an overnight bout. Last night, Mubariz faced his Turkish rival in Antalya and he shared a video of the fight on his Facebook page. Meanwhile, another Afghan MMA fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz also wrote on his Facebook page: “Last night More
