The Torkham crossing remained closed for the third consecutive day on Monday, creating difficulties for travellers, truckers and patients. Torkham-based information official Arafat Mohajir told Pajhwok Afghan News the key route between the neighbouring countries stayed shut on Monday. He said: “The Torkham gate was kept shut for the third day on the trot by More
The Torkham crossing has remained closed for the second consecutive day, causing significant difficulties for travellers and patients. Police spokesman Syed Tayeb Hamad confirmed the key route between the neighbouring countries stayed shut on Sunday. He told Pajhwok Afghan News local officials had held talks with the Pakistani side on Saturday on reopening the busy More
Pakistani closed the Torkham crossing for all types of movement today (Saturday), an official announced. Nangarhar police spokesman Syed Tayeb Hammad told Pajhwok Afghan News the crossing was shut this morning. He said the reason for the closure of the busy route had not been assigned by the neighbouring country so far. The police official More
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett will present his report to the 58th regular meeting of the United Nation Human Rights Council next week in Geneva. The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-eighth regular session from February 24 to April 4 at the Palais des More
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funding for hundreds of foreign aid contractors, who said they were adversely affected by a 90-day blanket freeze, according to a media report. The ruling temporarily blocks the administration from canceling foreign aid contracts and awards that were in place before Trump took office on More
The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) says it will convene a briefing on Monday on the Secretary-General’s 20th biannual strategic-level report on the “threats posed by Daesh”. The UNSC said that according to the Secretary-General’s report, the Daesh poses predominant terrorist threat both within Afghanistan and beyond its borders. The report also highlighted the attack on More
Central Asia’s special representatives and envoys have discussed socio-economic and political developments in Afghanistan in Dushanbe. The 6th meeting of the Special Representatives and Envoys of Central Asia states and the European Union for Afghanistan was held in Tajikistan on Wednesday. Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the participants exchanged views on the socio-economic and More
Prince Karim Aga Khan, leader of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, has passed away at the age of 88 in Lisbon, Portugal. Born in Switzerland, he had British citizenship and lived in a chateau in France. In a statement on its X handle, AKDN confirmed the More
Former US special representative for Afghanistan Zamlay Khalilzad says that if reports about former Afghan politicians meeting with Pakistani intelligence officials are true, it is a “bad sign,” and they should not become pawns in ISI’s games. Khalilzad asked the Afghan politicians not to become pawns in the game of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — Pakistan’s More
A security guard was killed, and a UN employee was wounded a shooting incident inside the UN office in Kabul. The incident occurred inside the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) office on Sunday evening. Reuters, citing the UNAMA office, reported that the shooting left one individual dead and another wounded. Abdul Mateen Qani, More
