Afghanistan’s Consulate in Mumbai started distributing passports to Afghan citizens in India on Monday. The consulate in Mumbai, which recently started functioning, wrote on X it started issuing passports to Afghans in the country today. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) announced the consulate would be providing consular services to Afghan citizens in India More
At least five Iranian border guards have been killed in an armed attack in Sistan-Baluchestan province, a media report said on Monday. The ethnic Baluch members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s volunteer Basij force were killed in Saravan city on Sunday night, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. The troops came under attack while performing More
One individual has been killed and 16 others have been injured in a shooting at the Tuskegee University in Alabama, the United States. According to the Associated Press, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reported that Jaquez Myrick, 25, of Montgomery, was arrested while leaving the scene of the campus shooting. Authorities discovered he was carrying More
The US president-elect has asked the Russian leader not to escalate the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, reports The Washington Post. In a phone call, Donald Trump reminded Vladimir Putin of America’s massive military presence in Europe, the newspaper quoted sources as saying. The incoming US president evinced an interest in follow-up discussions on the early More
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has asked UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) to assist the communities facing extreme temperatures and droughts. “#Afghanistan is among the top 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change, despite emitting less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gases,” OCHA wrote on its X handle. It stressed: More
About 325 Afghan refugees returned from Turkey to their homeland in the past two days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) announced on Sunday. On X, MoRR wrote 325 legal and illegal Afghan refugees had been deported and landed in their country on November 8 and 9. Deputy Minister of Refugees Maulvi Abdul Rahman More
Afghanistan hammered Bangladesh by 92 runs in the opener of their three-match ODI series, going one up, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Afghanistan, after winning the toss, chose to bat and were dismissed for 235 runs. The visitors were off to a rocky start, slumping to 35/4 and then further collapsing to 71/5 after 20 More
Star All-rounder Mohammad Nabi has decided to retire from One Day International (ODI) cricket after the Champions Trophy, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said on Thursday. In a video clip, published by the ACB, Mohammad Nabi: “In Shah Allah after Champions Trophy I will call it a day.” ACB hailed Mohammad Nabi’s performance in the More
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his government will legislate a ban on the use of social media for children under 16 years of age. According to Reuters, Albanese told a press conference: “This step will be taken for the parents of children. Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m calling More
The Spanish government has announced an 11.6 billion US dollars aid package for flood victims, a media report said on Wednesday. At least 89 people remain missing after deadly floods ravaged eastern Spain, the regional judicial authorities in Valencia said on Tuesday. Reuters quoted Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as saying he was earmarking 10.6 billion More
