Pakistan cautiously lauds IEA’s moves to counter terrorism

Pakistan is optimistic the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) will effectively combat cross-border terrorism to emulate the kind of cooperation that U.S. President Joe Biden recently...

Gurbaz, Zadran tons power Afghanistan to 142-run win over Bangladesh

Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran both scored centuries as Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 142 runs on Saturday to seal their three-match one-day international series. Afghanistan’s...

Tahawol: Karzai’s call for lifting restrictions on Afghan girls’ education discussed

Saar: Pakistan envoy’s remarks over IEA’s recognition discussed

First Qashqari oil well extraction starts in Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) says a test extraction from the first Qashqari oil well has kicked off in Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul province. In a...

Efforts underway to set up fund to support private sector

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce says that work has begun on the creation of a fund to support the private sector. The spokesman of the...

Kandahar reports rise in melon yield

Officials in the Directorate of Agriculture and Livestock in Kandahar say that the yield of melons and watermelons in the province has increased this year. They...

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over new Threads platform

Twitter has threatened to sue Meta over its new Threads platform in a letter sent to the Facebook parent’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Twitter’s lawyer Alex...

حکومت هالند در پی اختلاف بر سر سیاست مهاجرتی سقوط کرد

حکومت هالند روز جمعه پس از ناکامی در رسیدن به توافقی برای محدود کردن مهاجرت سقوط کرد و قرار است انتخابات جدید در این کشور در...

Dutch government collapses over immigration policy

The Dutch government collapsed on Friday after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration, which will trigger new elections in the fall. The crisis was...

Iran executes two Afghan men over shrine attack

Iran publicly executed two men on Saturday over an attack on a shrine in October, Iranian state media reported. Mohammad Ramez Rashidi and Sayed Naeem Hashimi...

Karzai, German FM call for lifting restrictions on girls’ education in Afghanistan

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in a video call have stressed the need for lifting restrictions on girls’ education in...

4-day polio vaccination campaign planned for eastern zone of Afghanistan

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says a polio vaccination case response campaign will be implemented in the eastern region of Afghanistan, which includes Nangarhar, Laghman,...

150 couples tie the knot at mass weddings in Kabul and Herat 

A mass wedding of nearly 150 young couples took place in Kabul and Herat was held in Kabul and Herat provinces on Friday. Organizers said they...

Pakistan prime minister urges OIC to draw up strategy to deter Islamophobia

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to draw up a comprehensive strategy on raising global awareness about...

Recognition of IEA by neighbors ‘a good proposition’: Pakistan envoy

Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Asif Ali Durrani has said that simultaneous recognition of the government in Kabul by all the neighboring states is a good...

De Leede propels Dutch past Scots into Cricket World Cup

A magnificent all-round performance by Bas de Leede secured The Netherlands the final spot in the Cricket World Cup after they beat Scotland by four wickets...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize commercial ship in Gulf

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “forcibly seized” a commercial ship in international waters in the Gulf on Thursday and the vessel was possibly involved in smuggling, a U.S....

Chinese mining firm to invest $350 million in Afghanistan

Fan China Afghan Mining Processing and Trading Company (FAMPTC) will invest $350 million over the next few months in various sectors including power generation, construction of...

Beauty salons banned because they offer forbidden services: IEA

Women’s beauty salons were banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms’ families during wedding festivities, the Islamic Emirate of...