Three security personnel, including an army major, and eight alleged militants have been killed in the Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The killings occurred in a shootout in the Bakka Khel area of the volatile district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. A statement from the army’s media wing said the More
Afghanistan-A have returned to Kabul after clinching the ACC Emerging T20 Teams Asia Cup title, the board announced on Tuesday. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) wrote on its Facebook page the triumphant national squad landed in Kabul this morning. The ACC Emerging Teams T20 Asia Cup, featuring eight teams, was played in Oman. Afghanistan-A, Pakistan-A, More
In a paradoxical step, Israeli lawmakers have passed legislation banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) from operating in the Jewish state and Israeli-controlled East Jerusalem. Also banning contact between Unrwa employees and Israeli officials, the proposed laws would drastically curtail the UN agency’s ability to work in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the More
The Afghanistan under-17 national football team secured berth in the 2025 AFC Asia Cup by defeating Bangladesh. In their final match of the qualifiers, the national team triumphed over Bangladesh with a score of 3-2. The match took place at 1:30 PM today (Sunday), and Afghanistan finished as the group leader with 12 points from More
Afghanistan trounced Macau 9-0 in their second match at the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Under-17 Championship qualifiers on Wednesday. For Afghanistan, Mohammad Norozi and Wariz Shirzai scored two goals, while Arash Ahmadi, Sahil Sarwari, Nasir Ahmad Mohammadi, Navid Mahboubi, Waris Razaghi, and Yaser Safi chipped in with one goal each. Afghanistan are placed in More
The Russian president and the UN secretary-general will discuss the Middle East and Ukraine crises and important international issues after the BRICS summit in Kazan. Representatives from 40 countries, the member states of the BRICS bloc including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are attending the three-day summit in the Kazan city of Tatarstan More
A crisis is on the horizon in Afghanistan and Washington has significant leverage to help fix it Three years after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, many Western countries are unwilling to formally recognize the hardline group as a legitimate government until it ends widely banned practices such as institutionalized oppression of women or extrajudicial More
Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan have surged during the current financial year, The News International reported on Saturday, citing official sources. In September, Pakistani exports to Afghanistan jumped by 94 percent on an annual basis and by 44 percent on a monthly basis. Exports to Afghanistan in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, July More
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS summit to be held in Kazan next week, says the Foreign Ministry in Beijing. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said President Xi Jinping would visit Kazan to take part in the 16th BRICS summit on October 22-24. The presidential visit comes in response to Russian leader Vladimir More
On the crowded streets of Kabul’s Chahar Asiab District, where children should be carefree and full of dreams, many are instead trapped in the harsh realities of survival. Forced into dangerous labor, they sift through trash, working tirelessly to support their families. In a country beset by economic collapse and political instability, their plight is More
