There is no list barring the resettlement of Afghans who worked with American forces in the United States, says the State Department. The transfer of such individuals to the US remained Washington’s policy, a spokesperson for the State Department told a media briefing on Monday. On March 15, Reuters reported that the Trump administration was More
More than 300 Palestinians, including a top Hamas official, have been killed in new Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, shattering a fragile ceasefire, media reports said on Tuesday. At least 330 people were massacred in the overnight carnage in the enclave, the BBC reported, citing the Hamas-run health ministry. Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the senior More
A joint Jirga was held between representatives of the chambers of commerce of Afghanistan and Pakistan in Torkham on Monday on reopening the Torkham gate, with both sides presenting their views. Participants of the Jirga say there is no exact information about the reopening of the gate, but express hope the gate will be reopened. More
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has voiced his resentment at the treatment being meted out to Afghan refugees in Pakistan. “Afghan refugees have been humiliated,” the chief minister claimed, while taking a dig at the federal government’s policy towards the migrants. Gandapur told a news conference here on Sunday refugee should not be More
At least 53 people have been killed and 98 others injured as a result of fresh US airstrikes in Yemen, media reports said on Monday. According to the BBC, the US said it launched air strikes on Houthis’ hideouts, killing more than 50 people, including a number of leaders of the rebel group. Houthi-run health More
Afghan kickboxer Nessar Ahmad Qazikhani has won a gold medal by defeating his rival in the WAR Championship in the United States. Qazikhani outplayed his Mexican rival Nicholas Martine in the 145 pounds featherweight category in the bout at the Angel of the Winds Casino in Washington. Before overcoming his Mexican opponent, Qazikhani had played More
Afghan taekwondo player Farzad Mansouri has secured second place and won a silver medal by defeating his French and Dutch opponents in the Open Taekwondo Championships held in Belgium. Mansouri told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taekwondo Open Championship took place in Belgium from March 15 to 16, with participants from the United States, Canada, More
Full-time workers of the Voice of America (VOA) and some other US government-funded media outlets have been put on leave following a decree signed by President Donald Trump, reports said on Saturday. According to Reuters, Trump issued an executive order that put the country’s state-run media, including more than 1,300 employees of the Voice of More
Fierce tornadoes have claimed nearly three dozen lives in several south-eastern states in the US, the BBC reported on Sunday. At least 34 people lost their lives, including 12 in Missouri alone, the report said, adding the cyclones flipped cars and razed homes. Over 55 vehicles were involved in a pile-up due to a dust More
Five paramilitary troops were killed and a dozen others wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Sunday. Officials said the Frontier Corps (FC) personnel suffered the casualties in an explosion near their convoy in Noshki area on the national highway. The blast was a suicide attack, local police officer Zafarullah Sumalani More
