Wildfires have burned down at least 95 acres of forest cover in eastern Kunar and Nuristan provinces, the Ministry of Natural DisastersManagement Authority said on Monday. Shafiullah Rahimi, MoNDMA spokesman, said: “Based on initial reports of the disaster management departments of Kunar and Nuristan provinces, forests caught fire in Pech Dara and Kamdesh districts of Kunar province, destroying trees on 95 acres of land.” Rahimi added MoNDMA had dispatched several units and volunteer teams to the forests in More
Afghan citizens in Pakistan could return to Afghanistan on the bases of their National Identity Card (NIC), an official said on Saturday. Torkham Township Commissar Esmatullah Yaqoubi confirmed the agreement with Pakistani official reached on Friday night in this regard. They assured officials in Pakistan to allow Afghans living in Pakistan without legal documents to More
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on Saturday announced the arrival of 192 Afghan refugees in a chartered flight to Canada from the United Arab Emirate (UAE). Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, tweeted: “Today, a charter flight with 192 Afghan Government-Assisted Refugees arrived safely in Halifax.” “Welcome to 🇨🇦! Thank you to More
The US Coast Guard has declared five people onboard in the Titan Vessel dead as search operation for the missing vessel concluded, according to a media report on Friday. “The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” said Rear Admiral John Mauger. Officials said that the location of the debris field was More
The federal government of Germany has decided to resume the evacuation process of Afghans at risk from next week, according to a media report on Friday. Deutsche Welle reported the German Foreign Ministry officials that each month 1,000 vulnerable Afghans at risk would be evacuated in this process. The German foreign ministry spokesperson said that More
A computer science faculty student in the university of eastern Nangarhar province has made glasses and cane that can help blind people walk and do other things in life. Bashir Ahmad Omarkhail, a resident of Omarkhail area of Narkh district of central Maidan Wardak province, says if supported he will make other technological inventions. Omarkhail More
At least 41 women have been killed after a deadly riot broke out at a women’s prison between gangs in Honduras, media reports said on Wednesday. Authorities found dozens of bodies after the violence on Tuesday at the prison in Tamara, about 30 miles (50km) north-west of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, said Yuri Mora, More
At least 78 people from Afghanistan and Pakistan were confirmed to be among those killed in last week’s shipwreck off the coast of Greece, the Afghanistan Embassy in Italy said. The fishing trawler that capsized on Wednesday was carrying about 800 people, according to reports. The Afghanistan Embassy in Italy wrote on its twitter page, More
Marking World Refugee Day, Amnesty International on Tuesday asked Pakistani authorities to urgently stop harassing and arbitrarily arresting Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers Many Afghans, who went to Pakistan after the regime change in 2021, they have been subjected to waves of arrests, arbitrary detentions and the threat of deportation. Amnesty International said due to considerable More
Security forces on Monday once again arrested Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) senior leader and lawmaker Ali Wazir in North Waziristan. Idris Pashteen, a friend of PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen, wrote on his Twitter that Ali Wazir was ‘abducted’ from North Waziristan. He added the security forces took Ali Wazir to the Spilga military base. According More
