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
The Taliban have systematically and intentionally imposed restrictions on the right of access to information and the right to freedom of expression since their return to power in 2021, according to a survey on Thursday. Actions such as the suspension and annulment of previous laws, exerting pressure on media support organizations, and imposing unjustified limitations More
More than 80,000 children are growing illiterate due to lack of schools in their areas in central Uruzgan province. Maulvi Shamsullah Kamran, director of education told Pajhwok Afghan News that currently 258 schools existed in districts and Tirinkot City, but some of them remained closed. He said about 84,000 children were deprived of education in More
The World Bank has contributed 84 million US dollars to the implementation community resilience and livelihoods project in Afghanistan. The WB said in a statement this fund would be spent through the International Development Association (IDA) and Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund (ARTF). The project started in 2022 with a grant of $265 million from the More
