Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) says the imported electricity from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan has been cut off due to last night’s earthquake, leaving Kabul and several other provinces without power. In a statement, DABS said on Tuesday that following the earthquake around 1:00am last night, Uzbekistan’s imported power lines were severed in two locations — More
The United Nations says it has dispatched relief teams to northern Afghanistan to assess needs and deliver emergency assistance following Sunday night’s earthquake. At around 1:00 a.m., a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck with its epicenter in Khulm district of Balkh province, while tremors were also felt in Kabul, Samangan, Sar-i-Pul, and Kunduz provinces. According to preliminary More
At least 23 people have died and over 670 others injured, while hundreds of residential houses have been partially or completely destroyed in a powerful earthquake that struck northern Balkh and Samangan provinces, sources said on Monday. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit around 1:00 a.m. (Afghanistan time) on Sunday night, with its epicenter in Khulm district More
At least 20 people were killed and 24 others injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck in southern India, reports say. According to Associated Press, local officials said the accident occurred today (Monday) morning, when a truck rammed into a passenger bus carrying around 70 passengers in Chevella area of Telangana state, as More
About 800 houses were completely or partially destroyed in last night’s earthquake and aftershocks in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Monday. Mawlawi Mohammad Akram Akbari, head of Natural Disasters Management Authority, told Pajhwok Afghan News aftershocks early this morning further damaged homes and properties in the province He said the heaviest damage occurred More
At least 23 people were killed and 11 others injured in an explosion at a supermarket in Mexico, media reports said on Sunday. The blast occurred on Saturday at a Waldo’s store in central Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state, according to Al Jazeera. “Sadly, a number of the victims we’ve found were minors,” Sonora More
At least 21 people have been killed and 25 others injured after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in Kenya, according to media reports. Al Jazeera reported that the disaster occurred in the mountainous Chesongoch area of Elgeyo-Marakwet County, where intense rainfall is common during the short rainy season. Kenyan Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said that More
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has officially announced the schedule and groupings for the upcoming Asia Cup Rising Stars Championship 2025, formerly known as the Emerging Asia Cup, with Afghanistan A set to open their campaign against Sri Lanka A on November 15. Sayed Naseem Sadat, spokesman for the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), told Pajhwok More
The White House has limited journalists’ access to the offices of the press secretary and other senior communications officials in the West Wing, near the Oval Office, a media report said Saturday. According to Reuters, a new regulation issued Friday restricts accredited journalists from freely entering the offices of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and other More
Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to maintain their ceasefire and will hold another round of senior-level talks in Istanbul next week, according to a joint statement from Türkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The statement said representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Türkiye, and Qatar met in Istanbul from October 25 to 30, 2025, to strengthen the ceasefire More
