Thousands of people staged protest demonstrations in a number of provinces, including Kabul, against Israel’s attacks on Gaza on Friday. The protests were carried out after Friday prayers in capital Kabul and Balkh, Nangarhar, Paktia, Helmand, Panjshir, Kunar, Herat, Faryab, Jawzjan, Ghazni, Sar-i-Pul and a number of other provinces. The protesters chanted slogans such as More
India has confirmed starting visa issuance process for Afghans and said that the country has discontinued the e-emergency visa system for Afghans and has replaced it with a new module. Indian Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaistwal said: “We have now a new visa module for Afghan citizens and the new visa system will More
India has resumed issuing visas to Afghan citizens, including businesspeople, according to a media report. The Hindu cited a notification on a government website indicating that India had restarted the issuance of several categories of visas to Afghans. India has suspended all visa services for Afghan nationals and closed its embassies and consulates in the More
The suspension of the US foreign aid for humanitarian programs in Afghanistan has a negative impact as recently Washington handed over responsibility for dealing with natural disasters to its State Department’s refugees division. After returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending US foreign development assistance for 90 days More
Seven miners have been killed and two others injured as a result of an explosion in a coal mine in northern Samangan province, police said on Wednesday. In a statement, the police headquarters the explosion left seven people dead and two others wounded in Gola district of Dar-e-Sof district on Tuesday night. It said security More
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) says the World Bank (WB) is set to resume the disbursement of outstanding loans in Afghanistan, with nearly 11 million US dollars to be paid to companies in the first phase, starting today (Monday). Following the return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to power in 2021, several international More
The fourth edition of the European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) is being held today (Monday) and tomorrow (Tuesday) in Brussels, jointly hosted by the European Commission and Poland. The European Union Delegation in Afghanistan wrote on its X handle that, like the previous three editions, this year’s forum was being organised alongside the EU Foreign Affairs More
Uzbekistan’s special representative for Afghanistan has discussed the situation in Afghanistan and humanitarian cooperation with the country with the head of the Swedish Ministry of Justice’s Migration Service. The Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Uzbekistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, Ismatullah Irgashev, met with Sufyan Ostmark. During the meeting, the two sides discussed More
A court in Nairobi, has ordered the extradition of former deputy speaker of Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga Abdul Zahir Qadir, to the United States. However, his lawyer has requested a 14-day delay in carrying out the extradition, according to Citizen Digital. The court determined there were sufficient grounds to proceed with the extradition based on evidence More
Some former members of the British Special Forces have confessed to committing war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, stating that the elite units killed unarmed individuals “while sleeping at night” and even “executed” children who had not yet reached combat age. The BBC World Service today (Monday) published a report titled “Former British Special Forces More
