Following long but fruitful talks, Afghan national Khan Mohammad has been swapped for two Americans held in Afghanistan, Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) confirmed on Tuesday. “At the conclusion of lengthy and productive negotiations between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and the US, Afghan prisoner Khan Mohammad was freed in exchange for two More
US President-elect Donald Trump has linked US assistance to Afghanistan with the return of US military equipment which leftover after August, 2021 military withdrawal. Experts, however, believed that the leftover military equipment belonged to Afghanistan and if the US wanted them back it should compensate Afghanistan for the war related damages. Addressing a gathering just More
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for $ 1.5 billion for its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA), to support life-saving health interventions worldwide, according to a statement on Friday. “Conflicts, outbreaks, climate-related disasters and other health emergencies are no longer isolated or occasional – they are relentless, overlapping and intensifying,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. More
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 14.3 million Afghans need health services this year, but the agency will be able to provide such assistance to only 9.3 million people. OCHA said in a statement, it needed $279.7 million for health services and other forms of aid in the country More
Former president Hamid Karzai has welcomed the holding of a conference on girls’ education in Muslim countries in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, calling education the undeniable right of girls. The two-day international conference, initiated by the Muslim World League (MWL), and hosted by Pakistan, concluded on Sunday. The conference ended with a strong emphasis More
Muslim World League (MWL) secretary general Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Kareem Al-Issa says Islam imposes no restrictions on girls’ education. He also announced that agreements would be signed at the end of a two-day conference on girls’ education in Muslim countries in Islamabad in order to support girls’ education. He made the remarks on Saturday More
About 894 people inhaled gas and among them 24 people lost their lives this winter season in the country, an official said on Saturday. Ministry of Public Health spokesman Dr. Sharafat Zaman said 984 people were brought to hospitals across the country after inhaling gas and 24 of them died. The dead people included 15 More
Some residents of eastern Kunar province say that Pakistani forces fired rockets into two districts, forcing many families to flee their homes. Afghan forces also carried out retaliatory strikes. However, government sources have yet to comment on the recent attacks. Haji Awal Khan, a tribal elder from the Alkozai area of Sarkano district, told Pajhwok More
The White House says the humanitarian aid sent to Afghanistan after 2021 benefits the Afghan people, not the interim government. On Tuesday, US President-elect Donald Trump strongly criticised the Biden administration, claiming billions of dollars were being transferred to Afghanistan’s caretaker government. Speaking at a press conference in Florida, Trump said: “It’s not even believable. More
The United States (US) has offered releasing a Guantanamo Bay prisoner in return for three Americans detained in Afghanistan, reports CNN. The US has been in discussions with the interim Afghan government for months about a deal to free Ryan Corbett, George Glezmann and Mahmoud Habibi, CNN quoted a source. The three Americans were detained More
