The death toll from the quakes that devastated the Turkey-Syria border region has risen to nearly 50,000, with close to 8,000 aftershocks recorded. In Turkey, nearly 44,000 people have died and in Syria the death toll has reached…
The toll from last week’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of thousands of people made…
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi talked to his Turkish counterpart on the telephone and offered to send rescue and medical teams to Turkey to help the victims of recent devastating earthquakes. MoFA deputy spokesman Hafiz Zia Ahmad…
The Afghan Embassy in Turkey has sent a delegation to the earthquake-devastated areas of the country to learn the situation of Afghans living there and casualties they suffered. Mohammad Mussadiq Faqiri, deputy of the Afghan embassy in Ankara,…
The death toll from earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria has passed 7,800, the BBC reported on Wednesday. Rescuers are desperately trying to find survivors under the rubble after the 7.8 magnitude quake jolted Gaziantep in the…
Turkey will cooperate with Afghanistan in using the new system in conducting university entrance exam and in this regard, an Afghan delegation will visit the country in near future. The National Examination Authority (NEA) in a statement said…
Nearly 140 illegal Afghan migrants have been deported by Turkey, says a media report The 139 migrants, who did not have valid residency documents, were sent to their home countries by charter flights, Anadolu Agency reported. Turkish authorities…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced the caretaker government's order to ban university and primary education for women as “unIslamic”, promising to follow the issue until it is resolved. “It is inhumane and un-Islamic,” Erdogan said while…
The Turkish general directorate of migration has deported 477 Afghan refugees during the last one week. In 2022, approximately 55,502 Afghan nationals had been deported from Turkey and in the most recent case the country deported 277 Afghans,…
Former president Hamid Karzai has separately met Mohammad Muhaqqiq and Karim Khalili in Turkey and discussed with them the country’s current situation, calling intra-Afghan negotiations the only solution. Mohammad Karim Khalili on his Facebook page wrote that he…
Five Afghan nationals have been found dead inside a house in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, according to Turkish media on Friday. Police on Thursday discovered the bodies of five Afghan nationals who were stabbed to death inside…
The caretaker Afghan government on Monday urged a serious probe by international organization after 92 migrants were found almost naked and bruised near Greek-Turkish border. The migrants were found stripped of their clothes after allegedly being forced across…
The death toll from a coalmine explosion in Turkey’s northern Bartin province reached 40 people, a media report said on Saturday. The explosion on Friday killed 40 people, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday, adding that search…
National Olympic Committee of Afghanistan head Nazar Mohammad Mutmayin has presented Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a goodwill gift on the behalf of Afghan people. The general directorate of sports in a statement said Mutmayin also met Turkish…
ATLANTA (Pajhwok) At least 227 Afghan nationals who entered Turkey illegally were flown back to Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. The government's efforts to combat irregular migration are ongoing, with irregular migrants held in repatriation camps for a short period…
Turkey has shut its air space to Russian military and civilian planes flying to Syria, says a media report. Addressing a news briefing during his visit to Latin America, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced the ban. TASS…
Afghanistan and Turkey have discussed issues concerning Afghanistan international airports, including Kabul airport, and some provisions of the agreement in this regard. Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Mottaqi met his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines…
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has declined Ukraine’s request to stop Russian warships accessing the Black Sea, a media report said on Saturday. Reuters quoted the Turkish foreign minister as saying that Ankara could not stop Russian warships…
The Turkish embassy in Afghanistan on Tuesday said 750 tons of humanitarian aid provided by the country’s Red Crescent Society has reached capital Kabul. AmrManau, advisor of the Turkish embassy in Kabul while handing over the aid to…
Afghan and Turkish foreign ministers have exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan, a media report said on Thursday. Amir Khan Muttaqi and Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke over the telephone on Wednesday, the Anadolu Agency reported, citing information…
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has welcomed the Turkish government and people for dispatching humanitarian aid to Afghanistan Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman for the government, acknowledged on Tuesday that Turkey had always stood by the Afghan people in…
Top Turkish and Qatari diplomats have conferred on the current situation in Afghanistan and Kazakhstan, a media report said on Monday. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani discussed…
Officials say Turkey is willing to buy saffron produced in western Herat province, welcoming the expansion of economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries. Governor Maulana Noor Ahmad Islamyar met Turkey’s Deputy Ambassador Changis Idimir and…
Turkey on Tuesday provided food in assistance to 1,000 needy families in the capital Kabul. During distribution of the aid, Turkish envoy to Afghanistan, CihadErginay, said that his country had assisted the Afghans in various fields since the…
