Kabul hails Saudi decision to resume activities at Afghanistan embassy KABUL: The Afghan foreign ministry on Monday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to resume its diplomatic operations... Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am
Editorials The Kurram disaster EDITORIAL: Provincial and federal authorities seem to have been too busy tossing the blame around to prevent the... Published 20 Dec, 2024 02:43am
World 52 killed in two bus accidents in central Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN: Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed... Published 19 Dec, 2024 01:07pm
Sports Ace spinner Rashid Khan back for Afghanistan Tests in Zimbabwe KABUL: Rashid Khan is set to play Test cricket for the first time in nearly four years after the world-renowned... Published 16 Dec, 2024 01:04pm
World Miners rescued from collapsed Afghan coal mine: provincial official KABUL: Rescuers on Sunday freed 22 miners who had been trapped for hours in a collapsed coal mine in northern... Updated 15 Dec, 2024 09:13pm
World Blinken to testify in Congress on Afghanistan weeks before his term ends WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify to a Republican-led House of Representatives committee on... Published 11 Dec, 2024 05:37pm
World Afghanistan’s refugees minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani killed in explosion: govt source KABUL: The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in an explosion at the ministry’s offices in the... Published 11 Dec, 2024 04:50pm
World Russia takes step towards recognising Taliban govt MOSCOW: Russia moved a step closer towards recognising the Taliban government of Afghanistan on Tuesday as ... Published 11 Dec, 2024 06:45am
Pakistan 22 terrorists killed in separate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa operations: ISPR Six soldiers martyred in the intense fire exchange, the military's media wing says Updated 07 Dec, 2024 09:06pm
Pakistan Ambassador Sadiq reappointed Special Envoy in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD: The federal government has reappointed Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq as Special Envoy of Pakistan in... Published 06 Dec, 2024 06:59am
World France denounces Taliban move to block Afghan women’s medical training PARIS: France on Thursday condemned as “unjustifiable” the Taliban government’s reported plan to ban Afghan women... Published 05 Dec, 2024 05:00pm
Pakistan Terrorist outfits may enhance their activities in Afghanistan, moot told ISLAMABAD: There is a danger that the terrorist organisations may enhance their activities and re-enact a 9/11-type... Published 05 Dec, 2024 06:47am
World Afghan training centres say women to be barred from health studies KABUL: Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan on Tuesday... Published 03 Dec, 2024 07:47pm
World US Senate approves promotion of general involved in Afghanistan withdrawal WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Monday confirmed the promotion of Army Lieutenant General Christopher Donahue, who had... Published 03 Dec, 2024 11:15am
Pakistan Afghanistan embassy says concerned over ‘harassment of refugees’ ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Afghanistan voiced its grave concern over the alleged harassment and maltreatment of ... Published 03 Dec, 2024 06:09am
World 100 people arrested for growing poppy in Afghanistan: police FAIZABAD: More than 100 people have been arrested for growing poppy in northeastern Afghanistan, police said Sunday,... Published 01 Dec, 2024 09:13pm
World Afghanistan must participate in future climate talks: Taliban KABUL: An Afghan environment official on Sunday said the country must be allowed to participate in future global... Updated 01 Dec, 2024 09:19pm
Print No engagement with TTP: FO ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday dismissed the impression of engagement with the Afghanistan-based... Updated 30 Nov, 2024 04:41pm
Pakistan Future of over 3m Afghanistan refugees uncertain ISLAMABAD: The future of over three million Afghanistan refugees residing legally in Pakistan remains uncertain, as... Published 29 Nov, 2024 08:25am
World At least 10 killed in Afghanistan attack, interior ministry says KABUL: At least 10 people were killed by gunmen in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, Interior Ministry... Published 22 Nov, 2024 01:53pm
World China says one citizen dead, four injured in attack near Tajik-Afghan border BEIJING: One Chinese citizen was killed and four others injured in an attack near the border between Tajikistan and... Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:29pm
Life & Style Produced by Jennifer Lawrence, Malala: phone documentary details Afghan women’s struggle under Taliban LOS ANGELES: A rare inside account of the Taliban authorities’ impact on Afghan women hits screens next week with... Published 19 Nov, 2024 03:42pm
World Trump’s team drawing up list of Pentagon officers to fire, sources say WASHINGTON: Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to... Published 14 Nov, 2024 10:43am
Sports Pakistan Under-19 looks ahead to tri-series challenge LAHORE: Pakistan Under-19 are all set to take on Afghanistan and hosts UAE in the U-19 tri-series commencing from... Published 13 Nov, 2024 06:33am
World Afghan women not barred from speaking to each other: morality ministry KABUL: Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government’s morality... Updated 09 Nov, 2024 09:47pm
World Afghanistan Taliban govt hopes for ‘new chapter’ with Trump election win KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Wednesday said it hoped for a “new chapter” in relations with the United... Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:21pm
World Afghan opium cultivation bounces and shifts two years after ban, UN says VIENNA: Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world’s dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin,... Published 06 Nov, 2024 10:46am
Pakistan FO rejects ‘advice’ regarding Pakistan, TTP dialogue Mumtaz Zahra Baloch says Pakistan is committed to providing full security to Chinese nationals, projects, and institutions in the country Updated 31 Oct, 2024 06:52pm
World Iran appoints first Baluch governor in restive province TEHRAN: Iran’s government on Wednesday appointed the first governor from the Baluch minority in the country’s... Published 30 Oct, 2024 03:50pm
Pakistan Two policemen killed in attack on polio vaccination teams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Two policemen were killed in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday as unidentified gunmen attacked a health office where... Updated 29 Oct, 2024 07:23pm