At least two people have been killed and 33 others injured in a massive explosion inside a warehouse near Karachi’s Taj Medical Complex, media reports said on Friday. Police surgeon Dr. Summaiya Syed told Dawn.com that 20 injured people were taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, including two in critical condition. Fourteen others were shifted More
At least 18 people have been killed and dozens more injured in two attacks in Colombia, both attributed to dissident factions of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), media reports said Friday. In Cali, the country’s third-largest city, a vehicle packed with explosives detonated on Thursday near a military aviation school, leaving six More
At least 24 people have been injured in a traffic accident in northern Baghlan province, officials said on Friday. According to a statement from the provincial police headquarters, the incident occurred on Thursday night when a 580-type bus collided with a cargo truck in the Sangsalakh area of Doshi district. The statement added that all More
About 131 Afghan refugees have returned to the country after being released from jails in Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday. In a post on X, the MoRR stated that these individuals, who had been detained across various parts of Pakistan, returned home this week following their release. A source, More
The bodies of all victims of Tuesday night’s deadly traffic accident in western Herat province, charred beyond recognition, will be transferred to Kabul, local officials said on Wednesday. On Tuesday night, a passenger bus (type “580”) traveling from the Islam Qala border toward Kabul collided with a motorcycle and a Mazda truck on the Herat More
At least 79 people—most of them recently returned refugees from Iran—have died, and three others were injured in a traffic accident in western Herat province, local officials said Wednesday. Mufti Mohammad Yusuf Saeedi, spokesman for the Herat governor, said a 580-model passenger bus travelling from Islam Qala towards Kabul collided with a motorcycle and a More
Former president Hamid Karzai has once again stressed the need to provide educational opportunities to all girls and boys in the country. On the occasion of the 106th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence, Karzai said the country’s freedom and independence lied in national strength achieved through unity and an educated human resource. “We are proud to More
Following Monday’s meetings, US President Donald Trump said he called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and has begun arrangements for a meeting “at a location to be determined” between the Russian president and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat, which would be the two Presidents, plus myself,” More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and a number of leading cricket players have congratulated their countrymen on celebrating 106th anniversary of the country’s independence. Today, August 19, marks the 106th anniversary of the country’s independence. The ACB in a press release said: “The leadership, players and all employees of the cricket board extend their congratulations More
Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said two million undocumented Afghan refugees will be gradually deported by the end of this year. Iranian media reported, quoting Vahidi as saying, that 1.2 million Afghans have been deported from the country mostly through the Khorasan Razavi border and two million more will be deported. He said: “According More
