Eleven Afghans – mostly former officials and their relatives – own properties worth more than $42 million in the Dubai city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an investigative journalism organisation has revealed. Of these individuals, some have reacted into the report, but the rest are yet to comment on the properties they have in More
Three civilians have been killed, and 10 others wounded in Pakistani forces gunfire in the Dand-i-Patan district of southeastern Paktia province, a source said on Friday. A credible government source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that a clash took place between Pakistani border guards and Afghan forces at around 1:00am on Thursday night. More
One person was killed and 12 others were wounded in a helicopter crush in the capital of western Ghor province on Wednesday, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Enayatullah Khwarzami, spokesman for MoD, wrote on his X page the Afghan Air Force (AAF) helicopter (Mi-17) crashed in Ferozkoh today. He said the chopper, which was More
Former Australian Army lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months for revealing information about Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, says a media report. David McBride, who pleaded guilty in November to three charges of stealing and sharing military information, was given five years and eight months’ imprisonment, Australian media reports More
Pakistani forces have fired missiles into the Zazai Aruob district of southeastern Paktia province which met a similar response from Afghan security forces, residents said on Tuesday. Anwar Sediqi, a triable elder, said that Pakistani forces fired missiles into the Mana Jabba locality at around 5:00 pm on Monday. He said in response Afghan forces More
Three people have been killed and three others injured as a result of a clash between residents and security personnel on a land dispute in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Friday. Qureshi Badloan, deputy head of the provincial Information and Cultural Affairs Department, said: “The clash erupted on Thursday evening in the Kabul More
The World Food Programme (WFP) says three million children suffer from malnutrition in Afghanistan currently and it could support one in three malnourished Children across the country. On its X social media handle the WFP said: “Children bear the brunt of the assistance cuts, Sustained funding is vital. But we can only support 1 in More
Three policemen were killed and five others injured when a bomb-rigged motorcycle hit their convoy in northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said. Badakhshan Information and Culture Director Zabihullah Amiri told Pajhwok Afghan News a sticky bomb affixed to a motorbike was detonated in Jozon area of Faizabad city at 11:00am More
Zakia Wardak, Afghanistan’s consul general in India, has been intercepted at Mumbai airport for allegedly smuggling 25 kilograms of gold from Dubai. In a post on X, Wardak shared her resignation letter, stepping down from the consul general position, in three languages (Pashto, Dari and English). She wrote: “It is with great regret that I More
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) head Roza Otbunbayeva has said Afghan journalists must be celebrated, supported and protected and the US Embassy in Kabul said free press played a pivotal role in maintaining an informed citizenry. In her message on World Press Freedom Day, the UN secretary general’s special representative for Afghanistan said: More
