The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to vote tomorrow (Monday) on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until March 17, 2026. The draft resolution renews UNAMA’s mandate for an additional year without changing its tasks and priorities, UNSC said in a statement. The mission will More
Noted religious scholar Mufti Munir Shakir was killed and three others were wounded in an explosion in Peshawar on Saturday, officials said. Munir Shakir, who founded the banned Lashkar-i-Islam outfit, was hit by the blast as he entered a mosque in the Armar area of the city. Initially wounded in his left leg in the More
The US and Russia have held productive talks on a ceasefire deal in Ukraine, says US President Donald Trump. US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Trump’s proposal in Moscow on Thursday evening, the BBC reported. In a Truth Social post, the US leader said the meeting provided “a very good chance More
The national beach soccer team is set to take on Japan in a friendly match today (Saturday), the Afghanistan Football Federation announced. On its Facebook page, AFF wrote the match was scheduled to commence at 3:30pm local time. In their first friendly encounter, Afghanistan had defeated Saudi Arabia yesterday. The national side had on March More
Afghan boxer Mohammad Zakria Zamani is set to face his Russian opponent in a highly anticipated bout tonight. Zamani announced the fight on his Facebook page, stating: “I hope to bring a great victory to all dear Afghans during these blessed nights of Ramadan.” The fight will take place in Moscow as part of the More
The United States is reportedly considering imposing travel restrictions on citizens from 41 countries, including Afghanistan, as part of a new ban, says a media report. Reuters reported a Trump administration memo divided the 41 countries into three groups,. The first group includes 10 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba, and North Korea, which would More
Russian president Vladimir Putin has said he agrees with the idea of a ceasefire in Ukraine, but that “questions” remain about the nature of a truce – as he set out a number of tough conditions for peace. The Russian leader was responding to a plan for a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine agreed to earlier More
An Afghan couple has been gunned down in the Sohrab Goth area of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi. Police said Mohammed Azam, 50, and Gul Bibi, 40, were shot dead inside their house in Afghan Camp neighbourhood on Wednesday. A lone gunman entered the house and killed the couple, whose bodies were taken to the More
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa business community has called for the immediate reopening of the Torkham crossing and resumption of the Pakistan-Afghanistan trade. Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief Fazal Moqeem Khan issued the call at a meeting with KP Customs Chief Collector Khawaja Khurram Naeem here on Wednesday. Accompanied by several business leaders, the SCCI More
US President Donald Trump has threatened to escalate the global trade war with additional tariffs on European Union (EU) goods, says a media report. Soon after taking office, Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada, though carmakers and some other goods were exempted. On Wednesday, the EU Commission announced that More
