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Earthquake leaves 2,000 die 9000 injured, thousands under rubbles in Afghanistan

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Hooriya Qureshi

KABUL Oct 08 (Online): As a result of the disaster caused by the earthquake in Afghanistan, the death toll has exceeded 2 thousand while the number of injured has exceeded 9 thousand. According to media reports, the spokesman of the Afghan government has said that […]

UN agencies express readiness to provide support to Pakistan in managing Afghan nationals

Posted on October 8, 2023 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, OCT 07 (ONLINE): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration have expressed their readiness to provide support to Pakistan in registering and managing Afghan nationals. In a joint statement in Bangkok on Saturday, the UN agencies said they […]

Afghanistan’s opium sales increased from $425 million to $1.4 million

Posted on October 7, 2023 by News Desk

New York OCTOBER 06 (Online): Afghanistan’s opium sales have increased from $425 million to $1.4 million. All reports of Afghan government turned out to be baseless. Should Afghanistan not be held accountable on the global level for spreading havoc with drugs around the world? 80% […]

Afghan Embassy suspends its operation in India

Posted on October 2, 2023 by News Desk

KABUL Oct 01 (Online): More than 2 years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the Afghan embassy in India has suspended its operations. According to the foreign news agency ‘AFP’, most of the countries including India do not officially recognize the Taliban government […]

Days after its representatives depart the country; Afghanistan closes its embassy in India

Posted on October 1, 2023 by News Desk

New Delhi (PNI) On Sunday, the Afghan embassy in India took a significant step by officially ceasing all of its operations after the ambassador and many senior officials left the country in search of asylum in Europe and the US. The majority of foreign countries, […]

Afghan Taliban provides logistic support to TTP: US

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Hooriya Qureshi

KABUL Sep 30 (Online): United States special representative to Afghanistan Thamos West has supported Pakistan opinion on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) actions in Pakistan. According to international news agencies, Thamos West expressed his views in seminar in Stimson centre and said that TTP is severe threat […]

Number of Afghan citizens living in Pakistan reached 3.7 million

Posted on September 25, 2023 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD (Online) Pakistan continues to be one of the largest refugee hosting countries in the world due to which the number of Afghan nationals living in the country has reached 3.7 million. For more than 40 years, numerous illegal Afghan citizens have been trafficked in […]

Torkham border opened for traffic and cargo vehicles after 9 days

Posted on September 16, 2023 by News Desk

KHYBER, SEP 15 (ONLINE): Torkham border has been reopened after 9 days with Afghanistan assurance that its territory will not be used against Pakistan. According to sources, 2 vehicles have entered to Pakistan from Afghanistan. Traffic has also started. The opening of gates on both […]

Deep, negative effects of Pak-Afghan transit trade on the country’s economy

Posted on September 14, 2023 by News Desk

RAWALPINDI Sep 13 (Online): Pak-Afghan transit trade is having deep and negative effects on the country’s economy. Afghan transit trade has to work according to international laws for economic recovery of Pakistan. According to the report, Afghanistan transit trade is one of the main causes […]

Human rights in Afghanistan ‘in a state of collapse’, warns UN rights chief

Posted on September 13, 2023 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 12 (APP):The “shocking” and “cruel” oppression of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban against the backdrop of a severe humanitarian crisis has put the country’s future in jeopardy, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned Tuesday. “Human rights in […]

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