Pakistan has temporarily reopened the Spin Boldak-Chaman crossing for returning Afghans, an official in southern Kandahar province said on Friday. The crossing remained closed since last week’s fierce clashes between Afghan and Pakistani security forces that left dozens dead and wounded on both sides. The gate was reopened on Friday morning for returning Afghans, a More
A truck carrying nomads fell into a ravine in the Swat region of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, leaving at least 15 people dead and eight others injured, reports say. Pakistan’s Geo News reported that the truck veered off the road near the Malakand area on Thursday and fell into a deep ravine. The report said More
United States President Donald Trump says he and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet again for talks on the war in Ukraine. Trump announced on social media on Thursday that he would meet Putin in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, after the two leaders held a lengthy and productive phone call. The meeting will More
At least 46 Afghan civilians were killed and 210 wounded after Pakistan’s air force consecutively struck Kabul and Spin Boldak district in southern Kandahar, in one of the deadliest cross-border attacks since the Taliban’s return to power. Afghan analysts and citizens accuse Pakistan’s military establishment of engineering the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as a proxy force More
Two Afghan Kurash athletes and their coach departed for Bahrain on Thursday to represent the country, the Afghanistan Kurash, Sambo and Wrestling Federation announced. Sayed Mahmood Zia Dashti, head of the federation, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Sayed Bais Farzad will accompany the two athletes as their coach. He added that the 3rd Asian Youth More
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan and called for the protection of civilians. In a statement on X, UNAMA said: “The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has received credible reports of significant civilian casualties, including women and children, resulting from clashes between Afghanistan’s More
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned Pakistan’s attacks on Afghanistan and said “Islamabad should understand that the people of Afghanistan are united and one voice in defending their country and territory.” Karzai condemned Pakistan’s attacks, calling them a clear aggression on Afghan soil and a clear violation of international norms and laws. He wrote: More
The Afghanistan Volleyball Federation (AVF) says that the national volleyball team has traveled to Bangladesh to participate in the Central Asian Volleyball Championship. In a Facebook post, AVF stated that the team left Kabul on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the General Directorate of Sports and Physical Training confirmed that the squad recently concluded a two-and-a-half-month training More
At least 20 civilians were killed and 80 others wounded when Pakistani forces opened fire in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province early Wednesday, officials said. The clash, which has since stopped, also caused casualties among Pakistani forces, though exact figures have not yet been confirmed. According to sources, Pakistani troops initiated the More
Local officials report that intense fighting has erupted between Afghan and Pakistani forces along the Durand Line in the Terewo and Wurmamay districts of southeastern Paktika province. Maulvi Subhanullah Azam, information officer at the Khost Department of Information and Culture, said that around 11 a.m. in Terewo district, fierce clashes broke out at the Durand More
