Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, has called on Taliban to respond “realistically and substantively” to a UNICEF report on the consequences of banning girls’ education through 2030. In a post on his X page, Khalilzad urged Taliban leadership to provide a genuine and substantive response to the report, which indicates More

Richard Lindsay, the United Kingdom’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, has described his visit to Kabul as “productive and valuable,” saying he urged Afghan officials to support a return to dialogue and diplomacy between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Lindsay arrived in Kabul earlier this week and held talks with officials of Taliban. Speaking to journalists in Kabul More

A federal jury in Virginia has found Mohammad Sharifullah, an Afghan citizen, guilty in connection with the 2021 attack on Kabul airport. However, a final sentence has not yet been issued. According to Reuters, a federal jury on Wednesday convicted Sharifullah of conspiring to provide material support to a “terrorist organization” in connection with the More

Acting Head of the Office of the Prime Minister, Mullah Abdul Wasi, in a meeting with the UK’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Richard Lindsay, condemned the recent Pakistani military strikes on Kunar, stating that targeting civilians—especially women, children, and residential areas—has no justification. According to reports, Pakistani forces launched attacks on the center of Kunar More

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirms dozens of civilians have been martyred or wounded in recent Pakistani strikes in eastern Kunar province. In a Facebook post, the mission stressed that civilians and civilian sites, including educational facilities, must be protected at all times under international humanitarian law. UNAMA extended condolences to the More

The World Bank has projected that Afghanistan’s economy will grow by 4.0 percent in 2026, driven by stronger domestic demand, higher private investment and the gradual integration of returnees into the labor market. In its latest report, the World Bank anticipates a 4.0 percent growth for Afghanistan’s economy in 2026, fueled by robust domestic demand, More

Three civilians were martyred and 45 others injured in attacks by Pakistani military regime on eastern Kunar province on Monday, the provincial information and culture department said. Najibullah Hanif, the director of information and culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the attacks occurred after midday, around 2:00 pm, when Pakistani forces first launched drone strikes More

At least five members of a family have been killed and two others injured after a hill collapsed onto a house in western Badghis province. In a statement, the governor’s office said the incident occurred on Friday night in the Baghaki area of Qala-i-Naw city. It added that a soil mound collapsed onto two rooms More

Three people have lost their lives and dozens of residential houses have been destroyed. Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of the Baghlan Department of Natural Disaster Management, said that on Thursday night, heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in Khinjan district, killing three people and destroying 15 residential houses. He added that, according to preliminary information, a further More

Official sources say that Wahidullah Asghari, the former head of Afghanistan’s National Snooker Federation, was killed in Kabul city after being abducted near his home. Shakib Sakhi, secretary-general of the National Snooker Federation, confirmed to the media that Wahidullah Asghari was abducted by unknown individuals on Tuesday this week near his residence in Qala-i-Fathullah, Kabul More