At least 15 people were killed and several others injured on Friday as a result of a gas explosion at a factory near Faisalabad’s Malikpur area in Pakistan’s Punjab province Rescue 1122 said the incident took place early in the morning after the boiler of the factory exploded, causing the collapse of the building and More
Air cargo services between India and Afghanistan will be launched soon, an Indian foreign ministry official said on Friday. The announcement came during a visit to New Delhi by Afghanistan’s Trade Minister Nooruddin Azizi, who has urged India to boost trade and open cargo hubs as Kabul seeks access to grains, medicines and industrial goods More
The Afghanistan National Standards and Quality Authority says a 24-ton shipment of low-quality isogam imported from Iran has been returned via the Nimroz border crossing. The authority said in a statement on Thursday that its technical staff at Nimroz port identified the shipment—containing 24 tons of construction isogam—that did not meet national quality standards, and More
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule for 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup. Afghanistan U-19 has been placed in Group D alongside South Africa, West Indies and Tanzania, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) wrote on its Facebook page. It said the tournament would be hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia. The Afghan squad will More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) says more than 565 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 517 Afghan migrants released from prisons in Pakistan and 48 others from Iraqi jails returned to Afghanistan More
As many as 10,405 Afghan refugees have been forcibly repatriated from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran in a single day, an official said on Thursday. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for Taliban, shared the High Commission for Addressing Migrants’ Issues report on his X handle, showing that 1,763 families, comprising 10,405 individuals, returned to the country on More
The vaccination of more than 16.6 million children in Afghanistan through two phases of the national measles campaign underscores a strong commitment to protecting children from preventable diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. In a joint statement issued by the WHO and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the organizations highlighted the successful More
Russian Ambassador in Islamabad Albert Khorev says Moscow is ready to assist in resolving Pakistan’s conflicts with India and Afghanistan, reports TASS. “We are ready to mediate in the conflicts between Pakistan and India, as well as between Pakistan and Afghanistan,” Khorev said during a roundtable discussion organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. More
At least nine Afghan migrants have been killed and seven others injured in a traffic accident in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, a media report said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when a Peugeot 405 carrying Afghan migrants veered onto the opposite lane and collided with another vehicle, the Iranian Students News More
Afghanistan’s Under-19 national cricket team defeated India’s Under-19 ‘B’ side by 71 runs in their first One-Day match of a triangular series. The triangular series between Afghanistan U-19 and India’s U-19 ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams kicked off today. As part of the tournament, Afghanistan played their opening 50-over match today against India U-19 ‘B’ in More
