AWCC opens new customer services center in Nangarhar

Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC) on Monday officially opened another customer services center in Jalalabad city, the capital of Nangarhar province. AWCC officials say the company...

Pakistan army general among three sacked over violence by Imran Khan’s party

Pakistan’s army has sacked three senior officers, including a lieutenant general, for failing to prevent violent attacks on military assets by ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s supporters...

US to spend $42 billion to make internet access universal by 2030

The White House on Monday divvied up $42 billion among the nation’s 50 states and U.S. territories to make access to high-speed broadband universal by 2030,...

Tahawol: Kabul-Islamabad relations discussed

Saar: Counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan discussed

IEA ‘values its ties’ with Pakistan and hope to expand relations

The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the IEA values its ties with Pakistan and hopes that relations and cooperation between the two countries will expand....

Zimbabwe rout USA and Netherlands crush West Indies in World Cup Qualifier

Sean Williams hit 174 off 101 balls as Zimbabwe crushed the United States by 304 runs on Monday at the Cricket World Cup qualifiers, the second...

Authorities destroy 100 tons of expired, low-quality food items in Kabul

A total of 100 tonnes of expired and low-quality food items were set on fire in Kabul on Monday, Afghanistan Food and Drug Authority said. The...

Doctors report rise in cancer patients seeking treatment in western Afghanistan

Doctors from a cancer treatment facility in Herat province say they have seen a 30% increase in the number of patients seeking treatment for cancer in...

More than 200 Afghan families return from Pakistan

The Ministry of Refugees of Afghanistan said that 230 Afghan migrant families living in Pakistan returned to their homeland on Sunday through Torkham crossing in Nangarhar...

Iranian official claims most foreigners in Iranian prisons are Afghans

Askar Jalalian, a senior official from Iran’s interior ministry, has said the majority of foreign prisoners in his country’s jails are Afghans. According to Jalalian, there...

Sri Lanka advance in World Cup qualifying as Ireland crash out

Sri Lanka powered into the Super Six stage of the Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament with a crushing 133-run win over Ireland on Sunday that eliminated...

Continuation of sanctions against IEA is ‘cruel and unjust’

The Deputy Spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) Bilal Karimi describes the continuation of sanctions on the travel of the Islamic Emirate’s senior officials...

One killed, nine injured in roller coaster crash in Sweden

One person was killed and nine injured, including children, in a roller coaster accident at the Grona Lund amusement park in the Swedish capital on Sunday,...

Tahawol: IEA supreme leader’s Eid ul-Adha message discussed

Tahawol: IEA supreme leader’s Eid ul-Adha message discussed

Saar: Calls for removing travel ban on IEA officials discussed

Widespread fire rages through Nuristan and Kunar forests

More than 180 hectares of forest in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar and Nuristan provinces is on fire, officials said on Sunday. Shafiullah Rahimi, a spokesman for the...

Private companies start extracting marble at newly regulated Baghlan mine

Two private companies have started extracting marble from a mine in Baghlan province that was mined illegally in the past, officials confirmed.  The companies have a...

ODI World Cup Qualifiers: West Indies penalized for slow over-rate vs Zimbabwe

West Indies have been fined 60 percent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Zimbabwe in their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier...