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US delegations to address Afghan immigration concerns in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A senior Biden Administration official dealing with refugee issues will begin a four-day visit to Islamabad on ...

Children Injured in Pakistan Blast

Islamabad - A roadside blast using a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, or IED, wounded seven people Tuesday, including four children ...

Taliban appointed minister criticizes poor quality of education in Afghanistan's religious schools

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Education Habibullah Agha has criticized the poor quality of education ...

"The roof of the world is melting": ADB launches initiative to safeguard Hindu Kush Himalayas from climate risks

New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has unveiled an initiative to address climate and disaster ...

International sanctions on banking sector affect trade: Head of Afghan business council in UAE

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): The head of the Afghan business council in the UAE, Haji Obaidullah Sader Khail has ...

UNSC to hold meeting on Afghanistan this month

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): The UN Security Council (UNSC) has said that it will convene for its quarterly open ...

Pakistan: 253,068 illegal Afghan immigrants repatriated from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], December 4 (ANI): As part of the ongoing drive to repatriate illegal Afghan immigrants in Pakistan, a ...

Torkham Border closed for Afghan nationals sans visas, passports

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 3 (ANI): The Torkham border, a crucial crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, has been shut for Afghan ...

US officials to visit Pakistan in December to discuss Afghanistan, other issues

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): United States officials will visit Pakistan in December to hold consultations about several issues including ...

Iran prohibits entry for Afghan migrants in 16 provinces

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 3 (ANI): Iran has prohibited the entry of Afghan nationals and their settlements in 16 provinces of ...

Pakistan: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari urges Nawaz Sharif to fight polls on "ideology", not "with the help of administration"

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari (PPP) urged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif ...

Paris Police Arrest Suspect in Attacks that Killed 1, Injured 2

PARIS - French police arrested a man who targeted passersby in Paris on Saturday night, killing a German tourist with ...

VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Nov. 26Dec. 2

Editor's note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA ...

Pakistan: Balochistan caretaker Minister alleges Taliban of playing 'double game'

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Balochistan caretaker Minister for Information, Jan Achakzai alleged Taliban of playing the double game instead ...

Islamist stabs three people in central Paris interior minister

The assailant shouted ?Allahu Akbar?, Gerald Darmanin saidOne person was killed and two others were wounded in a stabbing attack ...

Passenger Bus Comes Under Deadly Attack in Pakistan

Islamabad - Unknown gunmen in northern Pakistan shot at a bus on Saturday, killing at least eight passengers and wounding ...

Pakistan sends back 4,02,312 'illegal' Afghans to their homeland

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): At least 4,02,312 illegal foreigners, including Afghans, have so far been repatriated to their home ...

Afghan women still face arrests, threats, suppression: Human Rights Watch

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): Human Rights Watch has said women in Afghanistan still face arrests, threats and suppression, TOLO ...

Power in Afghanistan in hands of religious scholars: Taliban

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has said that the power in Afghanistan is ...

Pakistan reports another Polio case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], December 2 (ANI): Pakistan has reported another case of Polio after a nine-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's ...

World Food Programme requires USD 26 mn to continue aiding one mn Afghan migrants: Report

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): As Afghanistan continues to battle a poor economy, the World Food Programme has said that ...

Afghanistan: At least 6 killed, including two clerics in Herat province

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): In an attack by unknown armed assailants, at least six people were killed, including two ...

US supplied bunker-buster bombs to Israel WSJ

The media outlet, citing unnamed officials, claims Washington has given its ally 100 of the 2,000-pound munitions since October 7The ...

US shipped bunker-buster bombs to Israel WSJ

The media outlet, citing unnamed officials, claims Washington has given its ally 100 of the 2,000-pound munitions since October 7The ...

Afghanistan to receive humanitarian aid of 60 million euros from Germany

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 1 (ANI): Germany has announced humanitarian aid of 60 million euros for Afghanistan. The monetary assistance will ...

The Azadi Briefing: Many Afghans Forced From Pakistan Are Homeless

Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here.I'm Abubakar ...

More explosive power used against Gaza in a month than on Hiroshima

Israel's offensive against Hamas has also been deadlier than years of US assaults on Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a ...

"Gyan of CAA is because of ...": JDU's Afaque Ahmed Khan

Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], December 1 (ANI): Janata Dal-United national general secretary Afaque Ahmed Khan slammed Union Home Minister Amit ...

Sydney Sixers signs Izharulhaq Naveed after Rehan Ahmed withdraws

Sydney [Australia], December 1 (ANI): In a boost to their spin bowling stocks the Sydney Sixers have signed Afghanistan legspinner ...

"I haven't given up": Australia's Glenn Maxwell on Test comeback dream

Melbourne [Australia], December 1 (ANI): Australia star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has stated that he has not 'given up' on his ...

Israeli spies in Iran exposed Palestinian militant official

Islamic Jihad fighters have seized servers containing details of an espionage network, the group's envoy to Iran has claimedIslamic Jihad ...

Ban on education, work drives girls and young women away from Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 30 (ANI): The restrictions placed on women and girls in Afghanistan have prompted them to move away ...

Israeli spies exposed in Iran Palestinian militant official

Islamic Jihad fighters seized servers containing details of an espionage network, the group's envoy to Iran has claimedIslamic Jihad militants ...

Want good relations with world, member countries of EU: Taliban

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 30 (ANI): Taliban-appointed second Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi has said the Taliban wants good relations ...

UAE sends urgent relief aid to people affected by earthquake in Afghanistan

ABU DHABI, 14th October, 2023 (WAM) -- The UAE today sent two aircraft carrying 53 tonnes of relief aid to ...

UAE opens mobile hospital to treat quake-affected people in Afghanistan

ABU DHABI, 14th October, 2023 (WAM) - In implementation of directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al ...

UAE dispatches urgent humanitarian aid to people affected by earthquake in Afghanistan

ABU DHABI, 13th October, 2023 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates sent urgent relief aid to Afghanistan to help those ...

UAE expresses solidarity with Afghan people and offers condolences over earthquake victims

ABU DHABI, 8th October, 2023 (WAM) -- The UAE has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Afghan people ...

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes northwestern Afghanistan

KABUL, 7th October, 2023 (WAM) -- A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit western Afghanistan this morning, with no reports of casualties ...

Colombian Disability Rights Activist Honored

(New York) - Mariana Lozano, a young activist from Colombia, is the 2023 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca ...

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Pentagon secretly providing bombs for Israeli bombardments

The U.S. has supplied Israel with scores of BLU-109 bunker-buster bombs since October 7, the Wall Street Journal has reported, ...

Junior World Boxing Championships: Payal, Nisha, Akansha strike gold as India end impressive campaign with 17 medals

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Young boxers Payal, Nisha and Akansha put up dominating performances to emerge champions at ...

Children Injured in Pakistan Blast

Islamabad - A roadside blast using a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, or IED, wounded seven people Tuesday, including four children ...

The everyday life of Russia's TALLEST man

On the subway, he has to lower his head and, on airplanes, he is upgraded to business class free of ...

Vitamin D supplements do not shield children's bones from fracture: Research

California [US], December 4 (ANI): According to a significant clinical experiment conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public ...

Taliban appointed minister criticizes poor quality of education in Afghanistan's religious schools

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Education Habibullah Agha has criticized the poor quality of education ...

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