International community should address challenges in Afghanistan: US Envoy

The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, said he met this weekend with Afghan Future Thought Forum members in Doha on Friday as well as...

Virat Kohli registers another IPL record

Indian star-cricketer and Royal Challengers Banglore’s (RCB) Virat Kohli secured a place in history on Saturday as the first Indian Premier League (IPL) batter to score...

Pakistan’s FM assures Muttaqi of Islamabad’s ‘commitment’ to peace

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday assured the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) minister of foreign affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi of Pakistan’s commitment to a stable...

Pakistan’s religious affairs minister dies in road accident

Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor died in a road accident in Islamabad on Saturday, police said. The accident happened near parliament house, Islamabad police...

Sudan military rivals fight for power, scores of combatants and 56 civilians killed

Sudan’s military launched air strikes on a paramilitary force’s base near the capital in a bid to reassert control over the country on Sunday following clashes...

Gunmen storm Mexican resort, kill 7, including child

Armed men on Saturday killed a child and six others after storming a resort in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities said, in a region...

Tahawol: US’s call for intra-Afghan dialogue discussed

Sudan: Panic grips country as clashes escalate between army and paramilitaries

Travelers at Khartoum International Airport were taken by surprise early on Saturday when a Sudanese paramilitary force attempted to seize control of the facility, forcing passengers...

Saar: China investing in Afghanistan’s lithium discussed

Journalists’ intersection in Mazar completed: officials

The construction of the journalists’ intersection in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, has been completed and put into operation. Balkh municipality says the construction of...

Kazakhstan’s deputy PM visits Kabul, calls for expansion of trade ties

Serik Zhomangarin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan, arrived in Kabul on Saturday and met with senior officials of the Islamic...

Japan PM Kishida evacuated unhurt after explosion at event

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unhurt after a suspect threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at an outdoor speech in western Japan...

Afghans are opposed to armed conflict: US envoy

Afghans are opposed to armed conflict and they support dialogue as a solution to the country’s challenges, US special envoy Thomas West said on Saturday. West...

England sensation Harry Brook’s IPL century seals Sunrisers Hyderabad win

England sensation Harry Brook lit up the IPL with an unbeaten century to set up a 23 run win for Sunrisers Hyderabad over Kolkata Knight Riders...

US military contractor sentenced for taking bribes in Afghanistan

A US military contractor was sentenced this week to three years and 10 months in prison for accepting bribes from an Afghan contractor. Orlando Clark, 57,...

India to send 10,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan

India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) for humanitarian food assistance of 10,000 tonnes of wheat for the...

Chinese firm offers IEA $10 billion investment in lithium reserves

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said on Thursday that a Chinese Company, Gochin expressed its interest in investing $10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium deposits....

Finance Ministry: About 3 billion afghanis ‘lost’ to aid agencies’ tax cuts

The Ministry of Finance of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that last year (1401) it gave tax exemptions to all foreign institutions and organizations...

First image of a black hole gets a makeover with AI

The first image of a black hole captured four years ago revealed a fuzzy, fiery doughnut-shaped object. Now, researchers have used artificial intelligence to give that...

Turkey deports 138 undocumented Afghan refugees

Turkey immigration officials announced on Wednesday that they had sent 138 undocumented Afghan citizens to Afghanistan. The Turkish media reported on Wednesday that as part of...