The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) has condemned the Pakistani military regime’s airstrikes on Afghanistan, calling for an immediate, independent and transparent investigation into the attacks. The Pakistani military carried out airstrikes on a religious seminary in southeastern Paktika province and on a residential house in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday night. According to reports, More
Several Afghan politicians have strongly condemned the recent attacks by Pakistan’s military regime, saying that instead of addressing its internal failures and problems, Islamabad is targeting innocent civilians. On Saturday, Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Paktika on a seminary and in Nangarhar on a residential house. According to reports, in the village of Gardi Kach, More
Three people were killed in a traffic accident on the Kabul–Kandahar highway in Maqur district, southern Ghazni province. Abu Khalid Sarhadi, spokesperson for the Ghazni Police, told Pajhwok that the incident occurred this morning (Wednesday) in the “Bazko” area of Maqur district, when a cargo truck collided with a passenger bus. He added that three More
Five people have been killed and a child injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday. n a statement, police headquarters said the accident occurred when a truck collided with a passenger bus on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in Ab Band district on Monday. It said five people lost their lives More
The European Commission says that over the past 37 years, mines and explosive remnants of war have caused the deaths and injuries of more than 45,000 people in Afghanistan. In a report published today (Monday), the Commission stated that since 1989, more than 45,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured by mines and explosive More
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says that more than 100,000 people have been employed directly and indirectly in gold mining projects in Badakhshan province, and that work has also begun on 17 development projects worth 223 million Afghanis through the social services of contracting companies. The ministry wrote on its X page that during More
The Special Representatives’ Contact Group for Afghanistan is set to meet tomorrow in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The first regional contact group meeting was held in Kabul in February 2024, bringing together representatives of the Islamic Emirate, special envoys, and ambassadors from Afghanistan’s neighboring and regional countries. According to reports, the upcoming meeting of More
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has announced that 4.2 million people in Afghanistan are in urgent need of shelter and non-food items this year. N-Habitat shared the information on its X account, emphasizing that adequate housing is the first step toward a stable future and that immediate action to address this need cannot More
At least four people have been killed and six others wounded after a landslide sent rocks crashing onto a residential house in the capital of central Kapisa province, an official said on Saturday. Police spokesman Abdul Fattah Faiz told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the Shokhi village of Charikar, the provincial capital, More
The United States and Iran are expected to hold a second round of negotiations on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, a media report said on Saturday. Reuters, citing a US official and three informed sources, reported that the two sides were scheduled to meet for a second round of talks on Tuesday. The US delegation is More
