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Afghan Taliban brokers peace talks between Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban
May 19, 2022 02:35Afghanistan's Taliban group says it is hosting peace negotiations between the Pakistani government and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an attempt to end more than two decades of deadly conflict between the two sides.
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US-Taliban deal, chaotic exit triggered collapse of Afghan forces: Report
May 18, 2022 13:23Washington’s deal with the Taliban and the subsequent botched exit of US troops from Afghanistan was “the single most important factor” in the rapid collapse of the war-ravaged country's military last year, according to a report by a US oversight agency.
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Afghan families move to Iran to defy Taliban's education ban for girls
May 15, 2022 09:43A rising number of Afghan families have moved to neighboring Iran after the Taliban government failed to deliver on its promise to allow girls to recommence their education at schools following a disgraceful US pullout.
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Afghan families move to Iran to defy Taliban's education ban for girls
May 14, 2022 06:57A rising number of Afghan families have moved to neighboring Iran after the Taliban failed to deliver on its promise to allow girls to recommence their education at schools, according to media reports.
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Almost 20 million people in Afghanistan face acute hunger, says UN report
May 12, 2022 00:34Almost half of the population in Afghanistan is battling acute hunger amid lingering drought and deep economic crisis in the war-ravaged South Asian country, according to global humanitarian agencies.
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At least four Somalians killed in al-Shabab suicide attack
May 11, 2022 12:16A suicide bomber hit a checkpoint near the airport in Mogadishu, killing at least four people, according to Somalian authorities.
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Heavy rain, floods in Afghanistan kill 22, destroy hundreds of homes
May 05, 2022 07:19Heavy rain and flooding has killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged crops in Afghanistan, which is already facing a humanitarian crisis, a disaster management official said on Thursday.
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Iran reiterates need for inclusive government in Afghanistan
May 02, 2022 01:31Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian expressed hope that the immediate formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan would help the neighboring country in the fight against terrorism and broaden its cooperation with regional states.
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US using Daesh to create insecurity in Afghanistan: Qalibaf
May 02, 2022 01:20Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf held the US culpable for the intensification of terrorist attacks targeting Afghans, slamming Daesh terrorists as a proxy fomenting insecurity in Afghanistan.
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Ten dead as blast rips through mosque in Kabul
Apr 29, 2022 11:58At least ten people have been killed and more than a dozen wounded in an explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, just a day after two separate bomb explosions rocked the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.