Two journalists have been injured in gunfire by Pakistani forces at the Torkham crossing in eastern Nangarhar province. Local sources say the incident occurred in Momand Dara district on Wednesday afternoon when several journalists had gone to the area to cover the ongoing clashes at the key border crossing. Pajhwok Afghan News journalist Wali Mohammad More
Afghanistan will meet Greenland in their first match in a four-nation futsal tournament tomorrow (Friday). The match in Brazil would commence 12:30pm Afghanistan time, reports a news website. As per the tournament schedule, Afghanistan will take on Brazil in their second match, followed by a final game against Iran. The event, featuring Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran More
About 132 Afghan nationals have been flown on a charter flight from Pakistan to Germany, a media report said on Thursday. Deutsche Welle (DW) reported another 25 Afghan citizens, who were supposed to be shifted to Germany on the same flight, were not allowed to fly due to flaws in their documents. The report explained: More
Forty-seven Daesh (ISIS) suspects have been detained in 22 cities across Turkey in a series of targeted operations called “Mace-48”, the interior ministry in Ankara said on Thursday. Daily Sabah said Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote on his social media page that “Mace-48” operations in 22 cities led to the incarceration of 47 suspected ISIS More
A fresh clash broke out between Afghan and Pakistani forces at Torkham crossing on Wednesday noon, sources in eastern Nangarhar province say. The clashes erupted at around 12 noon after the Pakistani forces attacked a checkpoint on this side of the crossing with heavy gunfire could still be heard. A source told Pajhwok on condition More
At least 12 people have been killed and 30 others wounded in two car bombings targeting military facilities in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the wall around the sprawling military area in the southern city, the Associated Press reported. The report quoted a security official More
Russia has offered to mediate between Washington and Tehran to defuse tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme, a media report said on Wednesday. Kremlin officials pledged to do everything possible to peacefully address issues around Tehran’s nuclear programme, the Reuters news agency reported. Russian authorities reportedly offered to mediate between the US and Iran, while the More
Arab leaders have endorsed Egypt’s plan for the Gaza Strip, aiming to ensure the Palestinian people can remain on their land without being displaced, says a media report. On Tuesday, the leaders approved Egypt’s post-war plan for Gaza, which would allow approximately 2 million Palestinians living there to stay. The roadmap is a counterproposal to More
The mastermind behind the 2021 attack on the Kabul airport has been apprehended with the help of Pakistan, US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday. More than a dozen US troops and scores of Afghans had been killed and wounded in the suicide attack during the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan four years ago. American More
Hundreds of families have been displaced by fighting between Afghan and Pakistani forces in Torkham township of Momandara district in eastern Nangarhar province and they seek urgent assistance. The fighting broke out intermittently last night and the night before, with Afghan officials accusing Pakistani militias of initiating the conflict and also targeting commercial and residential More
