Co-hosts Sri Lanka have been knocked out of the T20 World Cup after slumping to a comprehensive 61-run defeat against New Zealand in Colombo.

Iran and the United States are due to begin a third round of nuclear negotiations in Switzerland today (Thursday), Al Jazeera reported.

KABUL (Pajhwok): A high-ranking Afghan delegation, led by Director of the Afghanistan Standard and Quality Authority (ASQA) Mullah Faizullah Tamim, departed for Turkmenistan on Tuesday

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has approved a plan to establish a free trade zone linking Iran, Afghanistan and China, reports IRNA.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo has expressed sorrow over civilian casualties caused by Pakistani military airstrikes in Afghanistan and said the matter would be raised with UN member states and other stakeholders.

Amnesty International (AI) has voiced deep concern over civilian casualties caused by Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, calling for a full investigation into the attacks.

A project to rehabilitate and upgrade electricity network has been inaugurated at a cost of more than 51.5 million afghanis in Baharak district of northern Badakhshan province, an official announced on Tuesday

Former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the international community to censure Pakistan’s military strikes on Afghanistan.

A 35-year-old Afghan man has reportedly injured three people in a knife attack in the city of Würzburg, Germany, a media report said on Tuesday.

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett has voiced deep concern over civilian casualties resulting from Pakistani military airstrikes in Afghanistan.

All 15 people on board a military helicopter have died after it crashed in the Arequipa region of southern Peru, a media report said on Tuesday.

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): A number of residents in Ghazni say that although many domestic and foreign tourists visit the southern province, a lack of facilities