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Flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill 29 in eastern Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2022 06:38Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 29 people in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.
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Republican report knocks Biden’s Afghanistan retreat, eyes post-midterm scrutiny
Aug 15, 2022 01:06US Republican senators are planning to use an interim report about President Joe Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan to scrutinize him if the party clinches the majority in Congress this year.
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Pentagon contractors in Afghanistan pocketed $108 billion over 20 years (1)
Aug 12, 2022 15:51Pentagon contractors operating in Afghanistan over the past two decades raked in nearly $108 billion—funds that "were distributed and spent with a significant lack of transparency".
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On 24th anniversary of Mazar-i-Sharif terrorist attack, Iran calls for trial of those behind deadly attack
Aug 12, 2022 01:35Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called on the Taliban government in Afghanistan to bring to justice those behind the 1998 deadly terrorist attack against the Islamic Republic’s consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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International economists urge US to release Afghanistan frozen assets
Aug 11, 2022 09:31A group of prominent international economists have called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to release Afghanistan's Central Bank assets amid unfolding economic and humanitarian catastrophes in the country.
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Turkey's border wall causing serious environmental problems for Iran: Senior official
Aug 11, 2022 07:14A senior Iranian official has criticized Turkey for creating “serious” environmental problems by constructing a wall along the two countries’ border.
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Iran’s energy minister in Kabul after Taliban releases water from Helmand
Aug 10, 2022 23:43Iran’s Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian has traveled to Afghanistan days after Taliban authorities finally ordered the release of water from the country’s Helmand River into Iran based on a long-stalled water treaty between the two neighbors.
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Muslims in Afghanistan observe Tasua, Ashura in large processions
Aug 09, 2022 01:50Like every other Muslim nation in the world, Afghans passionately marked the 10-day mourning ceremonies for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions.
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Muslims hold mourning ceremonies to mark Ashura worldwide
Aug 08, 2022 03:14Millions of Muslims across the world are observing Ashura, which commemorates the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shias' Imam and the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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Iran commemorates diplomats martyred in ‘unforgettable’ Mazar-i-Sharif terrorist attack
Aug 08, 2022 06:05Iran has marked the 24th death anniversary of eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist who lost their lives in a terrorist attack in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif.