Two students were killed and nine others injured in a shooting at Brown University in the US state of Rhode Island, media reports said on Sunday. According to Reuters, an armed individual opened fire on students while they were sitting examinations. The suspect fled the scene, prompting a large-scale search by local police, assisted by More
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Taliban has been invited to a regional meeting in Tehran, involving special representatives from neighbouring countries, but it will not attend. MoFA emphasised that it believes in promoting regional understanding and cooperation by strengthening existing regional formats. Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, deputy spokesman for MoFA, told Pajhwok that the More
More than 10,000 Afghan refugees have been forcibly deported from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan over the past two days, an official said on Saturday. Mullah Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for Taliban, shared a report from the High Commission for Addressing Migrants’ Issues on his X account, showing that 1,939 families, comprising 10,043 individuals, returned to More
Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Saeed Iravani has criticised the sharp decline in international assistance for Afghan refugees, saying that Tehran has hosted millions of Afghans for years despite severe sanctions. Addressing a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Afghanistan, Iravani said international funding allocated for Afghan refugees in Iran is projected to More
At least 14 Palestinians have been killed and several others injured after strong winds and heavy rain swept across the Gaza Strip, according to media reports on Saturday. The severe weather, including powerful winds, torrential rainfall, and the collapse of already damaged structures, has further devastated families displaced by Israel’s assault on the enclave. Al More
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Afghans with dual citizenship abroad could enter their homeland without visa, rejecting reports that Taliban has made Afghanistan visas mandatory for them. Ahmad Zia Takal, Director of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote on his X-Page that recently some media outlets claimed that Taliban More
Iran will host a regional meeting on Afghanistan in Tehran next week with the participation of special representatives of neighboring countries, an official says. ISNA news agency quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei as saying that Tehran was continuously consulting with neighboring countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, to establish peace and stability in the More
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, on a two-day visit. TASS news agency reported that President Vladimir Putin will attend an international conference “Peace and Trust: Unity of Goals for a Sustainable Future” and will also hold some bilateral meetings during his visit. Putin will also meet with Iranian More
The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has announced a 17-member squad for the national futsal team’s upcoming training camp and two friendly matches against Kuwait. The team’s goalkeepers are Mohammad Jawad Safari, Alireza Jafari, and Ali Ahmad Mohseni. Squad: Mehdi Nawrozi (captain), Hamid Reza Hossaini, Khodadad Ebrahimi, Reza Hossainpur, Mehran Gholami, Omid Qanbari, Akbar Kazemi, Mohammad More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) says 228 Afghan migrants have returned to the country after being released from prisons in Pakistan and Iraq. In a post on its X account, the ministry said that 224 Afghan migrants were released from prisons in Pakistan and four others from Iraqi jails and they returned to More
