Shast Bandari, Afghanistan — AFP Chinese engineers and the Taliban government broke ground in Afghanistan on a project to mine the world’s second-largest copper deposit after a 16-year delay caused by war. Surveyors estimate Mes Aynak, 40 kilometres southeast of Kabul, contains 11.5 million tonnes of copper ore, a vital electronics...
Kabul, Afghanistan — AFP Flipping his flailing judo sparring partner to the mat, Afghanistan’s judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad is the only Olympic athlete training for the Games in the country. Six Afghans — including three expatriate women– will compete at the Paris Olympics this month in cycling, athletics, swimming and ...
Kabul, Afghanistan – AFP At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured on Monday after heavy rain in eastern Afghanistan, a local official said. “On Monday evening, stormy rains killed 35 people and injured 230 others in Jalalabad and certain districts of Nangarhar” province, Quraishi Badloon, head of the department of infor...
Kabul, Afghanistan — AFP On a stage inside Kabul Stadium, dozens of bodybuilders take turns flexing and posing in a bid to clinch the title of Mr Afghanistan — albeit with their legs modestly covered to just below the knee- in accordance with rulings for modesty for men prescribed by Islamic law. Gone are the […]
London, United Kingdom – AFP Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai called for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans, saying she was especially concerned about the “dark future” awaiting women and girls sent back. “It is deeply concerning that Pakistan is forcing Afghan refugees based in Pakistan back into Afghanista...
Moscow, Russia – AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Taliban, a banned group in Russia, are Moscow’s “allies” in fighting terrorism because they are in control of Afghanistan. “We must assume that the Taliban controls the power in the country. And in this sense the Taliban are, of course, o...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Afghanistan’s interim administration has said that Saudi Arabia intends to reopen its embassy in the capital Kabul. “Saudi Arabia wants to reopen its embassy in Kabul as soon as possible,” interim government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on X. Mujahid, who is in Doha for a UN meeting on Afg...
Kabul, Afghanistan — AFP Taliban authorities have said that women’s rights were “Afghanistan’s issues” to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the ...
Atlanta, United States – AFP A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults. A bombastic Trump lashed out at his successor, calling him a failure on the economy and the world […]
A cholera outbreak is devastating Afghanistan following recent floods and a crumbling healthcare system. More than 47,000 Afghans have been infected this year alone, with at least 25 deaths reported. The World Health Organization has highlighted Afghanistan’s highest global cholera cases in 2024, which have become worse due to natural di...
