Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu says the deployment of US and NATO military infrastructure in Afghanistan or neighbouring countries is unacceptable, a media report said on Thursday. Shoigu made the remarks at the third meeting of Central Asia-Russia Security Council secretaries on Wednesday, NAMPA TV reported. He said in light of recent developments in More
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are among Tehran’s concerns, and it supports any measure aimed at reducing hostility and easing tensions between the two neighbouring countries. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, in response to a question about the possibility of mediation between Kabul and Islamabad, said Iran’s More
Kabul police command says four people, including Ehsanullah, the son of Allah Gul Mujahid, a former member of the Wolesi Jirga during the previous government, were killed in a shooting in the Sarai Shahzada area. Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Kabul police command, told Pajhwok that the incident took place today at around 2:00 p.m. More
The bodies of two men and two children have been recovered from a river following a traffic accident on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in the Surobi district of Kabul province, the National Disaster Preparedness Authority (NDPA) said on Saturday. In a statement, NDPA said two vehicles collided in Surobi district on Friday before plunging into the More
Six people were killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in the Daman district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Saturday. The accident occurred on the Kandahar–Kabul highway when a Corolla passenger car collided with a trailer truck. Police spokesman Mullah Asadullah Jamshid told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took More
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations said at a UN Security Council meeting that Pakistani forces caused hundreds of civilian casualties in Afghanistan during the first three months of this year and also ignored the UN Secretary-General’s call to protect civilians. According to reports, around 770 civilians were martyred and nearly 720 others injured More
Two people have been killed after lightning struck in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, a police official said on Thursday. Police spokesman Mullah Asadullah Jamshid told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place on Wednesday night. The incident comes after heavy rainstorms and strong winds swept through Kandahar on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in More
Two children were killed and their mother injured in an explosion of an unexploded shell in Khanshin district of southern Helmand province on Wednesday, a police official said. Police spokesman Mullah Nasir Ahmad Muhajir told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place this morning. He added that the children had found an unexploded shell More
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov has said that the security of Central Asia is inseparable from stability in Afghanistan. Japarov made the remarks in an address to heads of state ahead of the election of non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which will be held on June 3 in New York, News Brief More
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that on the occasion of World Hypertension Day, high blood pressure is a “silent killer”, but early detection, regular monitoring and continued treatment can prevent most complications and deaths caused by the disease. World Hypertension Day is observed every year on 17 May and forms part of Hypertension Awareness More
