Afghan and American officials held a rare meeting in Doha, the capital of Qatar, and held wide-ranging talks last week, when Afghan and Kazakh traders signed agreements worth $100 million and the World Bank in a report said Afghanistan economically progressed.
The United States and the Europe civil aviation agencies have allowed airliners to fly over Afghanistan at altitudes exceeding 32,000 feet, according to a media report. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted permission to American airliners…
Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan Asif Durrani last week discussed the Afghanistan interim government’s recognition with UN special coordinator Feridun Sinirlioğlu. Also last week, Maulvi Abdul Kabir said the world has no option, but to interact with the…
Acting Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has stressed over the importance of education and hoped that schools would soon reopen nationwide. Addressing a gathering marking the 10th of Moharramulharam on Friday, he alleged US and the…
US state department delegation convened a significant meeting with officials of five central Asian countries on Afghanistan in Astana. US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West tweeted that in this meeting US special envoy for human rights in…
Qatari deputy prime minister and foreign minister and UK foreign secretary have discussed Afghanistan and other issues of mutual interest. In a statement, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met on Tuesday with…
Afghanistan will tour India for a three-match T20I series next year, a media report said on Wednesday. The games would be played in Mohali, Indore Bengaluru -- the venue where Afghanistan started their Test debut in 2018. Before…
Afghanistan will play their second match against Uzbekistan in the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) championship on Monday, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said. The Central Asia Championship (CAFA) commenced yesterday (Sunday) in Tajikistan. AFF wrote on its…
Pakistan last week expressed serious concerns about what it alleged safe havens and liberty of action available to the TTP in Afghanistan, but the caretaker government rejected the claim.
Afghanistan-A cricket team returned to the country from Sari Lanka after participating in the ongoing ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. The ACC men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup commenced in Sari Lanka on July 13 and will continue until…
Deputy prime minister for political affairs Maulvi Abdul Kabair has asked Pakistan to release all Afghan refugees from the country’s jails forthwith. Maulvi Abdul Kabir, who met Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s special Representative for Afghanistan at the Sapidar Palace…
Iran is ready to cooperate with Afghanistan in areas of urban planning and capacity building, an official of the neighboring country has said. Iran Ministry of Roads and Urban Development’s Afghanistan advisor Seyed Hossein Mirshaf called on acting…
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai says the government is committed to completely eradicating the menace of drugs and has proven it in practice, but the international community has failed to discharge its responsibility in…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says at least 668 people contracted Congo fever in the country since March, with 67 of the patients dying. According to a Pajhwok report this month, the World Health Organization said that…
The European Union (EU) on Thursday announced a new €7.6 million project for Afghanistan to support farmers with new techniques to strengthen their incomes. EU Afghanistan tweeted: “Today, #EU & @Afghanaid launched a new €7.6 m project to…
Based on latest global ranking, Afghanistan was ranked as the country with the least powerful passport with visa-free access to just 27 destinations, followed by Yemen, Pakistan, Syria and Iraq. Henley & Partners, a London-based immigration consultancy, compiles…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has fined Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott and all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai 15 percent of their match fees for breaching the Code of Conduct during the second T20 against Bangladesh. Bangladesh won the rain-hit…
Islamabad last week said it would continue interacting with Kabul to address ‘common concerns’ and Uzbekistan expressed its desire to establish positive relations with Afghanistan.
Bangladesh have thrashed Afghanistan in the third one-day match to prevent a series whitewash, a media report said on Wednesday. In the final ODI at Chattogram on Tuesday, Shoriful Islam’s aggressive bowling spell and Litton Das’s half-century helped…
UNAMA officials last week said Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) representatives will be invited to an upcoming UN-organized meeting similar to May meeting in Doha before the end of 2023.
Afghanistan and Bangladesh are set to play their second One-Day International (ODI) match today, the board said on Saturday. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) wrote on its Facebook page the second encounter of the three-match ODI series would…
The Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has provided US$ 10 million to support continuity of children’s learning amidst a learning crisis in Afghanistan, according to a statement on Friday. With this contribution, 71,500…
Afghanistan on Wednesday welcomed the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit and said participating in such meetings was Kabul’s inalienable right. Leaders of SCO member states held a virtual meeting hosted by India on Tuesday. The meeting stressed…
Like many Islamic counties, Afghanistan also strongly condemned Israeli forces’ attacks on Jenin city and Palestinian camps in the West Bank and demanded an immediate halt to the aggression. According to a BBC report, 10 innocent Palestinians were…
