ISLAMABAD / ISTANBUL (AA) – An earthquake struck Western Afghanistan on Wednesday, claiming at least one life and injuring over 50 others. The injured were shifted to hospitals in Herat city, local media reported. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan’s western province of Herat early Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey. T...
LONDON (AA) – Four UK nationals who had been detained in Afghanistan on allegations of breaking the laws have been released. “We welcome and appreciate the release by the current administration of Afghanistan of four British nationals who were detained on allegations of breaking the laws of Afghanistan,” a Foreign Office spok...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The UN refugee agency has said that the extent of the damage caused by the earthquake in Afghanistan is devastating and sought support for the war-torn country. “As the needs of those affected continue to rise, UNHCR and partners are on the ground providing critical assistance and distributing relief items,” UNHCR said [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from Saturday’s massive earthquake that hit the northwestern part of Afghanistan has shot up to 2,000 with nearly 10,000 injured as rescue workers scrambled to pull out an unknown number of people trapped under rubble, officials and local media reported. Afghanistan Disaster Management Authority said that som...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 15 people were killed and over 100 wounded in a series of earthquakes that hit the northwestern part of Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, fearing the death toll might go up. Afghanistan Disaster Management Authority’s spokesman Mullah Janan Saiq said the death toll could further rise, adding the earthquakes cau...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Amid tensions over Islamabad’s move to expel illegal migrants, Afghanistan has told Pakistan that “mishandling” Afghan refugees can “adversely affect” bilateral relations. Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met Pakistan’s caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani in Tibet’s Xizang city on the sidelines ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Afghanistan protested again on Thursday against Pakistan’s decision to deport undocumented immigrants from the country, with Taliban acting Defense Minister Mawlavi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid calling Islamabad’s decision to set a Nov. 1 deadline “cruel and barbarism.” “International refugee adv...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan said on Wednesday that two of its citizens were killed in firing by an Afghan border guard at a southwestern crossing. The Pakistan Army said in a statement that an Afghan sentry opened “unprovoked” and “indiscriminate” fire on pedestrians going from Pakistan to Afghanistan at the...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi left for China on Tuesday to attend the third meeting of the Trans-Himalayan Forum. According to the Afghan Foreign Ministry, the forum will discuss economic cooperation, regional connectivity, and climate changes in the countries around the Himalayan mountai...
MOSCOW (AA) — Russia’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, has said that US influence in the country was limited to manipulation, asset freezes and threats. Speaking at a news conference in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan Republic, Kabulov said the US “fled” Afghanistan and “stole, but this...
