Tajikistan has started deporting undocumented migrants, including Afghans, citing “concerns about smuggling and forged documents”. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has deployed teams at Sher Khan port to monitor the process. According to a statement from Tajikistan’s National Security Committee, Tajik authorities during their investigations identified cases involving drug trafficking, the spread of extremism, More
Afghanistan’s private employment agencies and a mixed public company in Qatar have signed an agreement on deploying Afghan workers to the gulf country, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) announced on Monday. Under the agreement, 700 job opportunities have initially been allocated for Afghan workers. In a statement, MoLSA said the agreement was More
Some gardeners in western Herat province say figs, especially yellow variety, has yielded good harvests, showing a 10 percent increase, and asked the government to support them in expanding cultivation and exporting fruits. Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi, head of agricultural extension at the Agriculture and Livestock Department, explained this year, about 10,000 tons of figs would More
At least five people have died after a passenger ferry caught fire at sea in Indonesia, media reports said on Monday. The ferry, KM Barcelona 5, was carrying hundreds of passengers when the blaze broke out on Sunday off the coast of Sulawesi Island, CNN reported. The vessel was en route from Talaud, an island More
At least six people have been killed and several others injured in an armed clash between two tribes over a land dispute in Balochistan, according to media reports on Monday. The clash broke out on Sunday in the Qila Abdullah district, Dawn newspaper reported. Both sides reportedly used modern firearms during the exchange, leaving six More
Afghan cueist Saleh Mohammad Mohammadi defeated his opponents from Bahrain, Kuwait and Scotland in the World Snooker Championship and moved to the knockout stage, the National Olympic Committee said on Monday. On its X handle, the Olympic, Physical Education and Sports Department wrote national cueist Mohammadi defeated players from Kuwait 4-1, Bahrain 4-0 and Scotland More
At least 67 Palestinians have been killed and dozens more wounded by Israeli forces in northern Gaza, a media report said on Monday. Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians who had gathered in northern Gaza on Sunday while waiting for United Nations aid trucks, Reuters reported, citing Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Ministry confirmed that dozens More
At least 30 people were injured after a driver deliberately drove his car into a crowd outside a nightclub in Los Angeles, United States. According to police, bystanders at the scene confronted the suspect, attacked him, and shot him before he was detained by authorities early Saturday morning. Rosario Cervantes, a spokesperson for the Los More
At least 37 people have been killed, with several others still missing, after a tourist boat capsized in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay. The incident, reportedly caused by bad weather, took place in Ha Long Bay, a popular tourist destination in northern Vietnam, the BBC reported. Most of the passengers aboard the vessel were Vietnamese families More
Emerald extraction has commenced at five new sites in the Parian district of central Panjsher province, an official said on Saturday. Saifuddin Laton, a spokesperson for the provincial governor, said the sites had entered the operational phase after completing legal procedures and obtaining official licences. He said the launch of extraction activities at these five More
