Pakistan once again violated the ceasefire on Friday night, resulting in civilian casualties and triggering a response from Afghan forces. Meanwhile, Russia reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening ties with Afghanistan and the Afghan Foreign Minister warned that certain groups were trying to damage trust between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
The Pakistani military bombed Khost province and carried out airstrikes in Paktika and Kunar provinces last week, killing nine people. Also last week, the minister of industry and commerce visited India and Turkey, and Afghan officials said that…
Last week, offiicals said the third round negotations between Kabul and Islamabad ended without any agreement due to Pakistan’s “irresponsible and uncooperative” attitude. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) also halted trade with Pakistan in the previous week…
Last week, on the occasion of August 15, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) supreme leader instructed ministers and cabinet members to remove the term “acting” from their official titles. Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan signed agreements, while theUnited Nations…
Last week, Afghan officials participated in six international meetings held in Russia, China, Iran and Uzbekistan. The World Bank resumed the process of disbursing its remaining loans to Afghanistan.
A number of people reportedly suffered casualties when Pakistani soldiers opened fire at protesters in Bannu districts of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday. Tens of thousands of people staged a protest demonstration against a recently launched military…
Seven members of a family, including women and children, were killed when their house was swept away by gushing floodwaters in Kajaki district of southern Helmand province. Information and Culture director Hafiz Abdul Bari Rashid told Pajhwok floods…
Last week, more than seven million dollars assistance was pledged to Afghanistan, a two-day conference held in Doha and the US slapped a ban on two officials of IEA -- a decision slammed by the caretaker government in Kabul
One person died and nine others sustained injuries in two separate traffic accidents in Bamyan and Paktia provinces. Paktia Information and Culture director Sawab Jan Islamyar told Pajhwok Afghan News one person was killed and another injured in…
Over 370 people were killed and 3,105 others injured as a result of traffic accidents in the past six months in 32 provinces, according Pajhwok Afghan News reports during this period. More than half of the casualties from…
At least 31 people have been killed, 41 missing and another 74 wounded in rains-induced floods during the past four days across the country, Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA) officials said on Monday. Shafiullah Rahimi, ANDMA spokesman,…
Four people died including a woman and nine others were injured in four separate traffic accidents in Ghazni, Nuristan and Parwan provinces. Ghazni police spokesman Abu Khalid told Pajhwok that two motorcycles collided head-on in Qala Qadam area…
Five people were killed and 28 others injured in a traffic accident in the Aliabad district of northern Kunduz province, police said on Sunday. Kunduz police in a statement said the predawn accident took place in Zanjir…
Both sides suffered casualties as Afghan and Pakistani forces clashed near the Durand Line over construction of a new post by the Pakistanis, an official said on Wednesday. Pakistani forces against the rules attempted to set up a…
Some major countries traded barbs with the US over Afghanistan last week, when the entry of US drones into Afghanistan’s territory sparked discussions and different countries once again insisted on the opening of girls’ schools. Major events last week…
The presence of US aircraft in Afghanistan airspace and an American judge’s recommendation that victims of the 9/11 attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of assets belonging to Afghanistan's central bank hogged headlines last week.…
Eight civilians were killed and 18 others wounded as a result of a bomb blast in the Sarkarez area of central capital Kabul on Friday, police said. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosives…
Recent floods killed nearly a dozen people, destroyed 500 homes and crops on 1750 acres of land in eight provinces of the country, the Ministry of Natural Disasters Management said on Wednesday. Deputy minister for natural disasters management,…
Positive things happened in Afghanistan’s economic and security sectors last week as causalities declined by 60 percent, while $96 million cash assistance also arrived in the country.
At least 73 people were killed and injured in Afghanistan last week, while a decree banning poppy cultivation and Russia's acceptance of a diplomat from the new Afghan government were other important news. Decree banning poppy cultivation in…
Officials of Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) say that 1,016 people, mostly children, were killed and injured by landmines and IEDs countrywide last year. QariNooruddinRostamkhel, in charge of demining coordination at ANDMA, made the remarks today, Thursday,…
