At least six children were killed after the roof of a house collapsed in Dand district of southern Kandahar province, officials said on Thursday. Abdul Salam Omari, Director of Disaster Preparedness, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident occurred on Wednesday night in the Karz area of the district. He confirmed that all the victims More
The Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh, has claimed responsibility for a blast in the capital Kabul, the explosion occurred on Monday afternoon at around 3:00pm at a joint Chinese-Afghan restaurant in the Gulfroshi alley of the Shahr-i-Naw neighbourhood. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said at least six people were killed and more than More
Four armed men have been killed in a clash with Tajikistani border forces in Shamsiddin Shohin district, according to a media report on Monday. The men crossed the border at around 12:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, the state news agency Khovar reported, citing the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan. They reportedly ignored More
At least 18 individuals have been detained in Shinwar district of eastern Nangarhar province for using Pakistani rupees. Under the enforced laws of Afghanistan, the use of foreign currency—particularly Pakistani rupees—is strictly prohibited. No individual or business is allowed to conduct transactions in any currency other than sfghanis. According to a police statement, the arrests More
The body of an Afghan PhD student was found in his room in Vadodara city, India, local media reported on Monday. The deceased, Bainullah Ziya, 34, was pursuing a PhD in the Department of Architecture at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MS University) and was living in a residential apartment in the Fatehgunj area, The Times of More
An Indian media outlet has reported that Turkey has withdrawn from mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan after repeated but unsuccessful efforts to resolve disputes between the two countries. According to reports, Pakistan violated Afghan territory about three months ago and carried out attacks near the Durand Line, prompting retaliatory strikes by Afghan forces. Over the More
The former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation says that the interpretation of the Doha Agreement by Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry, spokesperson for the Pakistani army, is “incorrect,” emphasizing that the agreement pertains exclusively to Afghanistan and the United States. Meanwhile, Zalmay Khalilzad said in a message posted on X that Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry, in a More
The Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and China have expressed their readiness to continue utilising the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral foreign ministers’ dialogue. Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, visited China from 3 to 5 January 2026 at the official invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan More
An Afghan national, Abdullah Hajizada, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a United States court for planning an attack on the day of the 2024 US presidential election, media reports said on Monday. In a statement posted on its official X account, The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Hajizada, a More
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed has expressed serious concern about the state of women’s human rights in Afghanistan. In a post on her X account, Mohammed said that millions of women and girls in Afghanistan are facing severe restrictions on their fundamental rights, including access to education, employment, personal security and freedom of More
