The suspension of the US foreign aid for humanitarian programs in Afghanistan has a negative impact as recently Washington handed over responsibility for dealing with natural disasters to its State Department’s refugees division. After returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending US foreign development assistance for 90 days More
Seven miners have been killed and two others injured as a result of an explosion in a coal mine in northern Samangan province, police said on Wednesday. In a statement, the police headquarters the explosion left seven people dead and two others wounded in Gola district of Dar-e-Sof district on Tuesday night. It said security More
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) says the World Bank (WB) is set to resume the disbursement of outstanding loans in Afghanistan, with nearly 11 million US dollars to be paid to companies in the first phase, starting today (Monday). Following the return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to power in 2021, several international More
The fourth edition of the European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) is being held today (Monday) and tomorrow (Tuesday) in Brussels, jointly hosted by the European Commission and Poland. The European Union Delegation in Afghanistan wrote on its X handle that, like the previous three editions, this year’s forum was being organised alongside the EU Foreign Affairs More
Uzbekistan’s special representative for Afghanistan has discussed the situation in Afghanistan and humanitarian cooperation with the country with the head of the Swedish Ministry of Justice’s Migration Service. The Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Uzbekistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, Ismatullah Irgashev, met with Sufyan Ostmark. During the meeting, the two sides discussed More
A court in Nairobi, has ordered the extradition of former deputy speaker of Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga Abdul Zahir Qadir, to the United States. However, his lawyer has requested a 14-day delay in carrying out the extradition, according to Citizen Digital. The court determined there were sufficient grounds to proceed with the extradition based on evidence More
Some former members of the British Special Forces have confessed to committing war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, stating that the elite units killed unarmed individuals “while sleeping at night” and even “executed” children who had not yet reached combat age. The BBC World Service today (Monday) published a report titled “Former British Special Forces More
Eight residents of central Daikundi province have died as a result of a gas explosion in a coal mine in Tajikistan, authorities said on Sunday. In a statement, the National Disaster Management Department said the incident happened inside a coalmine in the Sughd province of Tajikistan on Friday. It said five of the victims were More
The second court hearing for former Afghan parliamentarian Abdul Zahir Qadir took place in Nairobi, with a decision on his extradition to the United States expected on May 13. According to the BBC, Zahir Qadir, a former member of Afghanistan’s parliament during the previous government, appeared in court in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya on More
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for increased international support to Afghanistan’s collapsing healthcare system, warning that ongoing funding cuts are putting millions of lives at risk. WHO representative in Afghanistan raised concerns about the deteriorating situation of the Afghan health sector due to significant reductions in international funding, particularly following cuts by the More
