Taliban ambassador to Qatar Suhail Shaheen says Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) may be attempting to implicate Afghanistan in the recent shooting near the White House, urging Washington to conduct a neutral and comprehensive investigation into the incident. He added that he does not rule out the possibility of involvement by foreign intelligence networks, including the More
An investigation has revealed that some members of the British Special Forces unit allegedly targeted Afghan men of fighting age, even when they posed no threat. A senior officer said he raised concerns with the director of UK special forces, but a “conscious decision” was made to cover it up, Sky News reported. The officer, More
A base of Pakistani forces came under attack from militants in Chagai district of Balochistan province, a media report said on Monday. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for the attack. Some reports indicate that four armed individuals attacked the Frontier Corps (FC) base on Sunday night. One of them reportedly detonated explosives More
More than 6,500 Afghan refugees have been forcibly deported from neighboring Iran and Pakistan in a single day (Saturday), an official said on Sunday. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for Taliban, shared the High Commission for Addressing Migrants’ Issues report on his X account, stating that 1,188 families, totaling 6,553 individuals, returned to the country on More
Following the Afghanistan’s decision to halt the import of medicines from Pakistan, the Chamber of Industries and Mines says more than 10 pharmaceutical factories in western Herat province now produce over 1,000 types of medicines, helping meet part of the country’s needs. On November 22, the Ministry of Finance announced that based on directives from More
At least 174 people have died due to floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, local media reported on Saturday. The death toll has risen to 174 from the previous count of 94, according to Reuters, which cited the country’s disaster mitigation agency. Dozens of people remain missing. The floods, which struck on More
The US State Department has announced that it is “immediately” pausing the issuance of visas for all individuals traveling on Afghan passports, according to media reports on Saturday. The decision, announced Friday, follows confirmation from US immigration authorities that all asylum adjudications have also been halted for the foreseeable future, Al Jazeera reported. US Secretary More
US President Donald Trump said his administration would work to “permanently pause” migration from all third-world countries to allow the US immigration system to fully recover, Reuters reports. On Thursday, Trump did not specify which countries he considered third-world or clarify what he meant by “permanently pause.” He added that the plan would include cases More
Media reports on Friday said that U.S. National Guard member Sarah Bäckström, who was shot on Wednesday, has died. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has searched several homes in Washington and San Diego, including the residence of the detained suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal. The shooting took place on Wednesday, when two U.S. National Guard More
Rahmanullah Laknwal, the suspect in the shooting of two U.S. soldiers near the White House, was previously a member of Afghanistan’s Special Forces (QSF) in Kandahar. He arrived in the U.S. in 2021 and currently resides in northwest Washington State with his five children, according to reports. The shooting occurred on Wednesday, when two U.S. More
