The national taekwondo team has left for Kazakhstan to participate in the International Taekwondo Open Championship, the Afghanistan Taekwondo Federation said on Monday. The ATF wrote on its Facebook page the Afghan team, comprising 13 athletes and two coaches, departed for Kazakhstan to participate in the International Taekwondo Open Championship. It said Afghan athletes would More
Australia will recongnise Palestine as an independent state at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting next month, Reuters reports. “Australia will recognize the State of Palestine at the 80th Sessions of UNGA in September, to contribute to international momentum towards a two-state solution, a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages,” Prime Minister More
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside four colleagues in what is being described as a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza, media reports said on Monday. According to Al Jazeera, seven people were killed in the strike on the tent, which was located outside the main gate of More
About 15 tonnes of unusable lemons imported from Pakistan were denied entry at Torkham crossing in eastern Nangarhar province, a press statement said on Sunday. In a statement, the Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department wrote the lemons were infected with pests and were returned to Pakistan by the quarantine management. Head of Agriculture Maulvi Mohammad More
Former Afghan national jujitsu player Sohail Fidayee has defeated his American opponent in a freestyle competition match. The competition took place last night at the PFC organization. Fidayee was able to knock out his American opponent via submission in the first round and win the match. PFC organization for free competitions in a video clip More
Six members of a family have been killed in a traffic accident on the Kandahar-Herat highway in southern Helmand province. Gul Ahmad, an eyewitness and driver, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the accident occurred in the Shorab area of Washir district late on Friday. He said the collision involved a car and a truck, resulting More
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Alaska on 15 August to discuss ending the three-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine, media reports said on Saturday. Trump announced the 15 August meeting on social media, and it was later confirmed by a Kremlin spokesperson, who described the location as “quite More
At least 25 people have been killed and 25 others injured in a traffic accident in southwestern Kenya, according to a media report on Saturday. Al Jazeera reported that the accident occurred on Friday while the bus was travelling from the city of Kakamega to Kisumu. The driver lost control of the vehicle as it More
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it supports the local economy and domestic production in Afghanistan to prevent the production of goods that cause child malnutrition. On its X page, the General Directorate of the Office of the Prime Minister wrote Deputy Prime Minister for Administration Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi met with UNICEF deputy More
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has issued an urgent call for international support to scale up its response to the largest return movements in recent history of Afghanistan. Since September 2023, more than four million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan, with over 1.5 million returning in 2025 alone. A further one million More
