UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned two to three billion people worldwide have experienced water shortages. Late on Saturday night, the UN chief tweeted that access to clean drinking water was not a privilege. Guterres said, we must…
The United Kingdom (UK) and the acting Afghan government have agreed over practical measures which could help the people of Afghanistan and improve health and education for all, according to a statement on Thursday. UK Chargé d’Affaires for…
Facebook company Meta is set to launch a social media app called Threads to compete with Twitter today, (Thursday). Meta announced the Threads platform would work by connecting with Instagram. Meta said the Threads application would be a…
Nine out of 10 families in Afghanistan do not have adequate access to food, with children and pregnant women the hardest hit, says a senior World Food Program (WFP) official. WFP Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer…
Four Pakistani security forces were killed when armed men attacked a check-point in restive Baluchistan province on Sunday, according to a media report. According to Dawn.com, local official confirmed the incident and losses inflicted on security forces in…
The UN has urged the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to fulfill its international obligations, including ensuring the rights to education and work for its population. Markus Potzel, deputy Special Representative for the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, in…
Some experts and common people have said that right hand vehicles driving in Afghanistan caused traffic accidents and demanded its import to be banned. They also said unregistered vehicles were used in criminal activities and should not be…
At least 3,774 civilians have suffered causalities between 15 August 2021 and May 2023, due to indiscriminate IEDs in populated areas in Afghanistan, said the report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Improvised explosive devices (IEDs)…
Kyrgyzstan has delivered medical supplies as a humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan, according to a media report on Sunday. Kamchybek Tashiev, chairman of State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan, said they had sent a special flight…
As the first US secretary of state to visit China in five years, Antony Blinken held “candid, substantive and constructive talks” with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing and the two agreed to meet again in Washington. Blinken stressed…
A fire broke out in the Qasar market, a largest cloths selling center, in western Herat province and efforts are underway to put out the blaze. Rafiullah Noori, one of the garment shopkeepers in Herat city, said…
Fifteen Afghans have been released from the Al Ghadir prison in the Zahidan City of Iran, according to local sources in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Tuesday. Mawlavi Khayal Mohammad Nasrat, acting head of the Foreign…
Pre-hajj flight operations commenced on zone level from Ahmad Shah Baba Airport to Saudi Arabia in southern Kandahar province on Sunday. The first flight carrying 346 residents of Uruzgan province took off for Saudi Arabia early this morning.…
Farmers say they have no choice but to sell their fruit harvests for throwaway prices due to lack of cold storages. Abdul Samad, a gardener, said: “When our fruit ripens, we must sell it within a day…
The Afghanistan National Standards Authority has denied entry to six tankers importing low-quality petrol from Uzbekistan at Hairtan port in northern Balkh province. ANSA wrote on its Twitter page that it was for the first time in the…
A 12-year-old boy has been killed as a result of clash between two families in the Pasaband district of western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday. Police spokesman Abdul Rahman Badri told Pajhwok Afghan News: “A 12-year-old…
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan says Luxembourg has donated $376,597 to the Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Fund (AHF). Luxembourg made the new contribution to the AHF for 2023 year, OCHA added. With…
Turkmenistan has sent 125 tonnes of humanitarian aid Afghanistan, currently faced with serious economic and food crises. The assistance from the Central Asian nation includes medicine, medical supplies, food items and textile products. In Ashgabat, the Ministry of…
The SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has welcomed the decision on extending China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan. The CPEC extension will deepen trilateral cooperation among Afghanistan, Pakistan and China under the Belt and Road Initiative…
Five robbers who robbed the jewelers’ union in Kabul have been arrested in northern Salang, the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) said on Tuesday. According to GDI, the robbers were arrested in northern Salang along with 1.8 million…
The Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) has activated an antenna for the first time in Chak district of central Maidan Wardak province. The governor’s house in a statement said the AWCC antenna had started working in Chak…
The United Nations says it will continue to keep its Afghan staff working from home after the caretaker government restricted Afghan women working for the world body a month ago. The UN has some 3,300 Afghan staffers, of…
The caretaker government’s restrictions on Afghan women and girls may amount to femicide if they are not reversed, a team of United Nations experts has warned. Since it seized power in August 2021, the IEA has barred women…
Six army soldiers and seven schoolteachers were killed on Thursday during separate attacks in northwestern Pakistan’s province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa near the Afghanistan border. A military statement said Pakistani troops had engaged a "terrorists' location" in the North…
