Fighting between Afghan and Pakistani forces in the Dand-i-Patan district of Paktia province is ongoing, an official said on Monday. The movement of travellers and vehicles has also been halted across the Kharlachi crossing because of the fighting. An official in Dand Patan Commissariat confirmed the ongoing clash between Afghan and Pakistani security forces. The More
An Afghan was among five foreign national students injured in a mob attack at Gujarat University in India last night. Videos of the attack on the foreign students have gone viral on social media. At least five vehicles were damaged according to the videos. The students, who are from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, South Africa and Sri More
Former president Hamid Karzai has once again called on the Taliban to allow girls to go to schools and universities so the country could progress and compete with other countries. Soon after returning to power in 2021, the Taliban banned girls above the sixth grade from going to schools and then extended the ban to More
Pakistan’s flawed policy towards Afghanistan is the root cause of its problems, including its current economic woes, says a noted political expert. Former senator Afrasiab Khattak urged Islamabad to balance its policy if it wanted to arrest its economic slide and banish extremism. Speaking at an event hosted by an Islamabad-based think tank on Saturday, he suggested: “To come out of the More
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to extend the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for a year till March 18, 2023, according to a media report on Friday. Resolution 2727 decides that UNAMA and the UN Secretary-General’s special representative will continue to carry out their mandate in support of More
The UN Security Council (UNSC) is expected to vote today (Friday) on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year, until 17 March 2025, according to a statement on Friday. The draft resolution in blue extended UNAMA’s mandate without changing its mandated tasks and priorities, reiterates the Council’s More
The United States has renewed its commitment to continue support individuals who cooperated with them in two decades of conflict in Afghanistan, an official has said. White House Spokesperson John Kirby told reporters: “Even though our war in Afghanistan ended, our commitment to Afghans and our commitment to those who helped us in that war More
The Torkham crossing has reopened only for cancer patients after four days of closure, an official said on Thursday. Afghan and Pakistani officials agreed to allow patients to travel across the Durand Line without passports and visas. Sediqullah Qurashi, an official of the Information and Culture Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News previously all patients were More
Education Department officials in northern Baghlan province say more than 200 out of 570 schools in the province have no buildings and their students face serious problems. Education director Maulvi Mohammad Noor Azizi said 209 schools had no buildings and more than 51,000 students attended classes under the open sky. He said this year surrounding More
US diplomat says the United Nations and donor countries together will assess the effectiveness of assistance to Afghanistan. In a post on X, Chargé d’Affaires Karen Decker wrote: “With UN agencies and donors to review assistance in Afghanistan. Transparency and oversight key focus.” She said: “Afghan women are difference-makers, defenders, drivers of change. Appreciate @IndrikaRatwatte’s More
