Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people in an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital. Afghanistan’s Deputy Government Spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat, noted in ...

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government has rejected accusations by the United States Department of State that it detains foreign nationals in order to gain leverage over other countries, insisting that individuals ...

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has called for de-escalation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. In a statement delivered by his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, it was disclosed that the UN Secretary-General is closely ...

Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul have failed, having ended without agreement, with the sides trading blame for the breakdown in negotiations aimed at easing border tensions and ...

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has killed at least 20 people as it struck northern Afghanistan near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The Taliban Ministry of Public Health reported the death toll, ...

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has asserted that Pakistan does not seek further escalation of hostilities with Afghanistan but expects the South Asian country’s Taliban rulers to address its security concerns by taking action against ...

A huge communications blackout has hit Afghanistan after Taliban authorities began severing fibre-optic connections in several provinces to prevent “vice.” Netblocks, a watchdog organisation that monitors cybersecurity and internet governance, said, ...

Calls for international aid have been made as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured. Rescuers searched into the night on Monday for ...

A number of countries have sent their condolences as more than 800 people have been killed and 2,500 injured after an earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan. The magnitude 6 earthquake hit ...

Authorities in Pakistan have resumed the forced deportations of Afghan refugees after the federal government declined to extend a key deadline for their stay. The decision affects approximately 1.4 million Afghans holding Proof of ...