A jirga of Pashtun elders in Chaman has urged Pakistan to reopen the Spin Boldak–Chaman crossing to resolve the problems of thousands of stranded passengers and cargo vehicles, a media report said on Wednesday. Amanullah Khan and Malik Abdul Khaliq Lala Ghabizai, Pashtun tribal elders, told a press conference on Tuesday that trade had been More

A gathering of Pakistani clerics, led by Jamiati Ulema Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, voiced concern over recent tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, stressing that the only sustainable and practical way to resolve disputes was through direct dialogue between the two neighbouring countries. The meeting, titled “Unity of the Pakistani Ummah”, was held in More

The Ghor-Kabul highway and Band-i-Bain pass, which link six district with Ferozkoh, the capital of western Ghor province, have been closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall. Public Works Director Mawlawi Abdul Karim Abu Shoaib said: “Kotal Bakak on the Ghor–Kabul main highway and Band-i-Bain pass, which connects six western districts with the provincial capital, More

Mohammad Omar Dawoodzai, former Ambassador of Afghanistan, has described recent remarks by Pakistan’s army chief claiming that “70 percent of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members are Afghan” as a dangerous oversimplification of a complex reality. He stated that if the reference is to Afghans living across the Durand Line, the claim may be debatable to some More

A fire broke out at Mir Alam Market in Kabul’s Mandawi area on Sunday, causing nearly 700,000 US dollars in financial losses. “The initial loss is estimated at around $700,000; however, firefighters salvaged goods worth nearly 150 million afghanis,” the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement. Shah Wali Sahib, police chief of Kabul’s More

At least five people have been killed and 44 others injured after a passenger bus overturned in the Salang area of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Sunday. Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW), wrote on his X account that the incident occurred in the Shawal area, north of Salang, More

India has sent medical aid to Afghanistan, including cancer medicines, vaccines, and a 128-slice CT scan machine, as part of its ongoing humanitarian support. On Tuesday, Afghanistan’s Minister of Public Health, Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali, led a delegation to India at the invitation of the Indian government. The visit aimed to strengthen health cooperation between More

The Minister of Public Health has departed for India at the head of a delegation to strengthen health cooperation. In a statement issued today (Tuesday), the Ministry of Public Health said minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali traveled to India at the official invitation of the Indian government, leading a delegation. The statement added that the More

At a regular meeting of the Technical Committee of the Economic Commission, a proposal to transfer water from the Kunar River to the Darunta Dam was deemed eligible for approval. The transfer of this water will help resolve water shortages affecting large areas of agricultural land in Nangarhar province. In a statement, the Deputy Prime More

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei says his country shares nearly 2,000 kilometres of common border with Afghanistan and Pakistan and any tension between the two neighbours affects Tehran. He made these remarks at a press conference today (Sunday), Tasnim News Agency reported. He said that neighbourhood environment was very important for Iran. He said: “For More