More than 400 Afghan refugees returned to the country this week after being released from prisons in neighboring Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry, citing a report from the Transfer Department in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, said around 426 individuals had been detained for More
The Malaysian government has announced stricter regulations for foreign workers to reduce reliance on overseas labor and boost domestic employment. According to Al Jazeera, the new plan, effective from June, will raise the minimum salary required for a work visa and limit the duration of stay for foreign workers to between five and ten years. More
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing would maintain an “objective and fair position” and oppose violations of other countries’ sovereignty. In a post on X, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said Wang had held a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi. Wang urged all parties to make use of every More
More than 200 people were injured in Israel over the past 24 hours amid ongoing attacks by Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah on the country, a media report said. Al Jazeera, quoting Israel’s Health Ministry, reported that 204 injured people were admitted to hospitals during this period. No further details on their condition were provided. On More
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett has called for an independent and transparent investigation into a Pakistani military regime airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in the capital Kabul. In a post on X, Bennett urged Kabul and Islamabad to agree on a permanent ceasefire. He called for More
At least two civilians have been martyred and eight others wounded after Pakistani military regime fired 85 artillery shells into eastern Kunar province, an official said on Wednesday. Zia-ur-Rahman Spinghar, spokesperson for the Information and Culture Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Pakistani military regime fired 85 shells over the past 24 hours. He More
The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran, a media report said on Wednesday. The plan was submitted to Iran through intermediaries from Pakistan, who have also offered to host renewed negotiations between Washington and Tehran, a person familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity, told More
United Nations human rights experts have called on Pakistan and Afghanistan to immediately declare a ceasefire and work towards a lasting peace agreement following renewed clashes along the border. In a statement issued from Geneva, the experts urged both Pakistan and the de facto Afghan authorities to commit to a permanent ceasefire, address the root More
Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on 28 February, Reuters reports. Here are the reported death tolls as of 23 March, which Reuters said it had not independently verified. A US‑based rights group, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), said More
Taliban has released American citizen Dennis Coyle on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. He had been detained for violating Afghanistan’s applicable laws, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Tuesday. The ministry’s statement read: “On the occasion of Eid and based on a request for mercy and pardon from the respected leadership of the Islamic More
