KARACHI (AA) – Thousands of jubilant cricket fans flooded the streets across Afghanistan to celebrate the blue shirts’ advance to their first-ever T20 World Cup semi-final. The inexperienced but stirred-up Afghan team beat Bangladesh by 8 runs in a rain-affected match at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St. Vincent, West Indies, on Monday...
United Nations, United States – AFP Restrictions on women’s rights continue to prevent Afghanistan’s “reintegration” into the international community, a senior UN official said Friday, noting the Taliban’s participation in upcoming talks in Doha is not legitimization of the isolated government. Since their 2...
Lalamusa, Pakistan — AFP A year after the disappearance of his brother in one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Suleman Tariq wants answers. But, like other young Pakistanis, he is also determined to make it to Europe. Dozens of families gathered at a wedding hall in the Punjabi town of Lalamusa to mark […]
Ghazni, Afghanistan — AFP The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the crater created by the mine, one of the devices that kills a child every other day in Afghanistan. Afghans have been able to return to fields, schools and roads since the Taliban authorities […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed for a sixth consecutive day, despite the de-escalation of hostilities between the two border forces, an official said. Kharlachi crossing that connects Pakistan’s northwestern Kunnar tribal district with Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia province was shu...
Kabul, Afghanistan – AFP The bodies of three Spanish tourists and three Afghans shot dead while visiting a market in Afghanistan were transported to the capital along with multiple wounded, the Taliban government said Saturday. The group was fired on while walking through the bazaar in the mountainous city of Bamiyan in central Afghanist...
Kabul, Afghanistan – AFP Three foreign tourists and an Afghan were killed on Friday in a shooting in the popular tourism destination of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, the interior ministry said. “One Afghan and three foreign nationals were killed,” in gunfire Friday evening in Bamiyan city, interior ministry spokesman Abdul ...
Sydney, Australia – AFP An Australian judge has sentenced a former army lawyer to more than five years in jail for stealing secret defence files on the Afghanistan war and leaking them to the media. David McBride, who pleaded guilty in November to three charges of stealing and sharing military information, was given five years […]
Fulool, Afghanistan — AFP Survivors of flash floods in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province are still searching for their missing people, days after torrents of water ripped through villages, killing hundreds. Heavy rains sparked flash flooding in multiple Afghan provinces on Friday, killing more than 300 people in Baghlan alone...
In Afghanistan, Eid al-Fitr celebrations were marked by tight security measures nationwide as people gathered for prayers amidst concerns of attacks. Significant turnout was observed, especially in prominent places such as the capital Kabul, as well as Herat, and Kandahar, with mosques serving as focal points for the Eid prayers. At the Abdul...
