‘Outright lie’: India denies threatening to shut down Twitter

India threatened to shut Twitter down unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts, co-founder Jack Dorsey said, an accusation the Indian government dismissed as an...

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86

Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire media mogul, died on Monday after being admitted to a Milan hospital on Friday for what aides said...

Tahawol: Detention of Afghan refugees in Pakistan discussed

Saar: Afghanistan-India relations reviewed

Poison spread by the enemy still in place, says Haqqani

Addressing a gathering of religious scholars, tribal elders and local officials, the Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani said that the “poison” of the enemies still remains...

AWCC opens another customer services center in Takhar

Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC) on Monday officially opened another customer services center in Taloqan city, the capital of Takhar province. AWCC officials say this new...

Cricket – Asadullah Khan named Afghanistan’s new head selector

Asadullah Khan has been appointed Afghanistan’s chief selector, replacing Noorulhaq Malikzai who stepped down due to family reasons, Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Monday. Khan...

Delegation of Indian Islamic scholars meets Afghan ambassador in Iran

Three days after India announced that it had sent a technical team back to its embassy in Kabul, a delegation of Indian Islamic scholars travelled to...

Sweden appoints new special envoy for Afghanistan

Sweden’s government has appointed Johan Ndisi as its Special Representative for Afghanistan and the new head of the Swedish embassy for the country, a statement said...

India sends additional aid to Afghanistan

The government of India is sending another 20,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan, this time via Chabahar port in Iran. India has already sent 40,000...

Italian tourists visit historical sites in Afghanistan’s Balkh province

A group of Italian tourists visiting Balkh’s historical monuments said on Sunday security in Afghanistan has enabled them to visit Bamiyan, Herat and Kabul in the...

Iran hands over 101 prisoners to Afghanistan

Iran on Sunday handed over 101 Afghans to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) who were serving prison sentences in the neighboring country. The IEA’s foreign...

Kazakhstan declares national mourning for wildfire victims June 12

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared June 12 a day of national mourning for people who died in a forest fire in Abai region, akipress reported....

Tahawol: Concerns over humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan discussed

Saar: Calls for removing travel ban on senior IEA officials discussed

Haqqani calls on Faryab residents to be united in supporting IEA system 

Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Minister of Interior Affairs, said during a gathering with local authorities, scholars, tribal leaders and residents of Faryab that unity among the people...

Boland sparks India collapse as Australia win WTC final

Scott Boland sparked a dramatic collapse as Australia hammered India by 209 runs to win the World Test Championship final at The Oval on Sunday. India,...

IEA’s minister along with dozens of orphans visit Qargha Lake

Abdul Latif Mansoor, Minister of Energy and Water of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), on Saturday spent time with 45 children from Khatam Al-Anbia Orphanage...

UN warns of impending acute food insecurity for the already struggling people of Afghanistan and Pakistan

The Global Report on Food Crisis produced by the Food Security Information Network, an international alliance of the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU) and...

300 street children in Herat included in vocational programs during this year: officials

The Department of Labor and Social Affairs in Herat says it rounds up more than 2,000 street children every year and includes them in technical and...