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An Indian media outlet has reported that Turkey has withdrawn from mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan after repeated but unsuccessful efforts to resolve disputes between the two countries.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
Local sources in Herat province say that five members of a family lost their lives after the roof of a house collapsed in the Oba district of the province. Mufti Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, spokesperson for the Herat provincial governor, confirmed the incident to Pajhwok, saying it occurred yesterday due to heavy rainfall, resulting in the More
Security forces have rescued passengers from a bus after it was swept away by floodwaters in Shindand district of western Herat province on Tuesday. In a statement, the 207 Al-Farouq Army Corps in western Afghanistan said that at around 3:00 a.m. today, a 580-model passenger bus in the Azizabad area of Shindand district was hit More
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has said there are opportunities to expand ties with the United States across various fields through sustained dialogue. He made the remarks during a meeting with former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in Kabul, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Sunday. In More
The Afghan Embassy in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, has announced it would suspend its activities after January 31, 2026 following consultations with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a statement, the embassy said all activities and services of the embassy, including political, economic, cultural and consular affairs, will be suspended after January 31, More
