After President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, a Nebraska-bound Afghan has reunited with his spouse and children, a TV channel reported. Abdul Bari, a refugee from Afghanistan, met his wife and two sons this week after months…
A 19-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker suffered serious burns after setting himself on fire at a supermarket warehouse in Bavaria. German police said the man poured gasoline over himself and set himself ablaze early Monday in Gaimersheim, a town between…
Transporters from Afghanistan have conditionally called off a wheel-jam strike after several rounds of negotiations with the political administrations. Protesting against the imposition of a new tax by Afghan border authorities, the transporters had been on strike for…
Kabul is likely to challenge the arrest of Nat Geo's fabled girl Sharbat Gula -- now an ailing woman -- in a Pakistani court, a consulate official said on Thursday. Familiar with contacts between the two sides on…
Pakistan, citing security threats. The crossing in Kharlach area of Kurram Agency has been closed since Friday. The border was shut in the wake of a suicide attack on a check-post in the area, wounding two security personnel.…
The governors of Afghanistan and Iran border provinces held a ‘productive’ meeting on boosting economic, social and cultural cooperation and reducing security challenges, an official said on Wednesday. This was the first meeting between border officials of…
KABUL are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) annual meeting in Tashkent as requested by Islamabad, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Thursday. President Ashraf Ghani, at the head of a…
KABUL’s recitation contest in Saudi Arabia, his father Syed Aminullah Hashimi said on Saturday. The father, talking to Pajhwok Afghan News over the telephone from Saudi Arabia, said he was a resident of Chal district in northern Takhar province and…
Afghan and Pakistani border forces traded gunfire for several hours in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said on Monday. The cross-Durand Line exchange of fire erupted on Sunday in Goshta district after the Pakistani border guards attackedAnarki…
In a rare move, Afghanistan will hold talks on intelligence cooperation next week, a media report said on Sunday. National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar will meet in Islamabad on February 4. Aimed at…
KABUL and Religious Affairs said on Sunday. Faiz Mohammad Mukhtar, the head of the Hajj affairs department, said some 42 Afghans were wounded in the crane incident out which 10 had been discharged from the hospital. Earlier, 107 worshippers were…
The Pak-Afghan youth second conference commenced on Saturday in Islamabad aimed at removing grievances and developing cordial ties between the two neighbouring countries. Samina Imtiaz, head of the Peace Education. “We want to bring the two countries closer…
An Afghan scientist Mohammad Tanha working on an atomic energy project research paper in Germany has been declared top among scientists from 44 countries. Tanha in his message on social media said he got first prize in a…
