Five jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders demand free and fair polls

Five jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders demand free and fair polls

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Five senior leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who are currently imprisoned in Kot Lakhpat...

UNHCR expresses concern over widespread and disorganised return of Afghan refugees from Iran, Pakistan

UNHCR expresses concern over widespread and disorganised return of Afghan refugees from Iran, Pakistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 13 (ANI): The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has voiced concern over the widespread and disorganised...

UN warns of humanitarian crisis as Afghan migrants return from Iran, Pakistan

UN warns of humanitarian crisis as Afghan migrants return from Iran, Pakistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 12 (ANI): The United Nations has warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis as up to three million Afghan...

Germany mulls handing Afghan Consulate to "Taliban" to expedite deportations

Germany mulls handing Afghan Consulate to "Taliban" to expedite deportations

Berlin [Germany], July 12 (ANI): Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has said the Afghan consulate in Berlin should be handed...

Thousands of Afghans face deportation as US court rejects delay in ending TPS protections

Thousands of Afghans face deportation as US court rejects delay in ending TPS protections

Washington, D.C. [US], July 12 (ANI): A U.S. federal court has rejected a request to delay the termination of Temporary Protected Status...

Japan pledges $5 million to help immunise 13 million Afghan children against Polio

Japan pledges $5 million to help immunise 13 million Afghan children against Polio

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 11 (ANI): Japan has provided USD 5 million through UNICEF to bolster polio eradication efforts and strengthen...

Japanese envoy urges Taliban to reopen schools for girls, warns of healthcare crisis

Japanese envoy urges Taliban to reopen schools for girls, warns of healthcare crisis

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 11 (ANI): Japanese Ambassador in Kabul, Takayoshi Kuromaya, has called on the Taliban government in Afghanistan...

Viral promo invites Americans to vacation in Afghanistan

Viral promo invites Americans to vacation in Afghanistan

The video features a blend of dark comedy, views of the Afghan countryside, and military visuals A bizarre promotional video targeting...

Asia Album: Organic melons ripe in Afghanistan

Asia Album: Organic melons ripe in Afghanistan

KABUL, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The golden organic melon exudes a tempting aroma, attracting customers to stop and choose at a local market...

WHO warns of rising spread of infectious diseases among deported Afghan migrants, calls for increasing medical resources

WHO warns of rising spread of infectious diseases among deported Afghan migrants, calls for increasing medical resources

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning regarding the rising spread of infectious...

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-MARKET-MELON

(250710) -- KABUL, July 10, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Vendors unload melons at a local market in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 10, 2025. Melon is...

Mohsin Dawar blames Islamabad for crisis in Waziristan, demands end to militarised policies

Mohsin Dawar blames Islamabad for crisis in Waziristan, demands end to militarised policies

Peshawar [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): Mohsin Dawar, Central Chairman of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) and former Member of Pakistan's...

WHO warns of infectious disease surge among deported Afghan migrants amid poor sanitary conditions

WHO warns of infectious disease surge among deported Afghan migrants amid poor sanitary conditions

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 10 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised an alarm over the rapid spread of infectious diseases...

Trump calls Afghanistan withdrawal "most embarrassing moment" in US history

Trump calls Afghanistan withdrawal "most embarrassing moment" in US history

Washington DC [US], July 10 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has once again strongly criticised the withdrawal of American troops from...

Russia seizes the initiative in Central Asia with bold Afghan move

Russia seizes the initiative in Central Asia with bold Afghan move

By recognizing Afghanistan, Moscow confirms its central role in Eurasia Russia's recent decision to officially recognize the Islamic...

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders

The International Criminal Court has long been accused of giving Western crimes a free pass with selective justice The International...

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-POPULATION

(250709) -- KABUL, July 9, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 9, 2025 shows people on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad...

From Kabul to the catwalk - the surprising global history behind fashion's fur revival

From Kabul to the catwalk - the surprising global history behind fashion's fur revival

The winter season of 2024-25 marked a resurgence of fur clothing - both faux and real - in fashion across Europe and North America....

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders

THE HAGUE,9th July, 2025 (WAM) - The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan...

Russia took Afghanistan without firing a shot

Russia took Afghanistan without firing a shot

In the post-American vacuum, Moscow doesn't waste time When Russia recognized the...

UAE-funded maternity clinics bringing hope to Afghan families

UAE-funded maternity clinics bringing hope to Afghan families

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, 26th June 2025 (WAM) -- The UAE-funded maternity clinics are bringing hope to Afghan families. In Jalalabad,...

Director of MoFA's Dubai Office receives credentials of Afghan Consul General

Director of MoFA's Dubai Office receives credentials of Afghan Consul General

DUBAI, 27th May 2025 (WAM) -- Sheikh Maktoum bin Butti Al Maktoum, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Office in Dubai,...

Iran's Mass Expulsion Of Afghans Poses A Dilemma For Many Of Its Supporters

Iran's Mass Expulsion Of Afghans Poses A Dilemma For Many Of Its Supporters

Most of them are opposed to the expulsion of any illegal immigrants, yet self-censoring their criticism of Iran's policy discredits...

US Terminates Protected Status for Afghans

US Terminates Protected Status for Afghans

The Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghans in the United States will take effect on July...

Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade Grows to Nearly 1 bln USD in H1

Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade Grows to Nearly 1 bln USD in H1

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The trade value between Afghanistan and Pakistan amounted to nearly 1 billion US dollars in the first half of 2025,...

Interview Joseph J. Kaminski

Interview  Joseph J. Kaminski

E-International Relations Download PDF Jul 9 2025 1 viewsImage by Joseph Kaminski Joseph J. Kaminski received his PhD in Political...

Afghanistan achieves self-sufficiency in salt production, bans import

KABUL, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan has achieved self-sufficiency in the production of salt and banned its import to the country,...

Afghan police seize 125 kg of methamphetamine in Helmand province

KABUL, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Afghan counter-narcotics police have seized 125 kg of methamphetamine during a series of operations in southern...

Huge weaponry discovered, 58 detained in Afghanistan's Helmand province

KABUL, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Police have discovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province...

Child rescued, 2 kidnappers killed in N. Afghanistan

KABUL, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's security personnel have rescued a child and killed two suspected kidnappers during a military...

Afghanistan-Pakistan trade grows to nearly 1 bln USD in H1

KABUL, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The trade value between Afghanistan and Pakistan amounted to nearly 1 billion U.S. dollars in the first...

GLOBALink | Afghan hand-woven carpets weave success in China's expanding market

Afghan hand-woven carpets drew widespread attention at the just-concluded 9th China-South Asia Expo. For Afghan exhibitors, it offered...

Police discover weapons, ammunition cache in S. Afghanistan

KABUL, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's security forces have discovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including 13 pieces AK-47...

Afghan ministry launches community-based classrooms in Ghor province

KABUL, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's Ministry of Education has launched community-based classrooms for children who have been deprived...

Desperate Afghan refugees return to an unfamiliar home

A chaotic wave of returnees from Iran and Pakistan is straining Afghanistans already fragile capacity under Taliban rule and threatening...

Over 5,000 Afghan refugee families return home in single day

KABUL, July 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 5,000 Afghan refugee families, with the vast majority of them from Iran, returned to their homeland...

Bride, groom among 5 killed in Afghan road mishap

KABUL, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Five commuters, including a bride and groom, have been confirmed dead and another injured due to a road...

1 miner killed, another injured as coalmine tunnel collapses in Afghanistan's Samangan

KABUL, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A coalmine worker lost his life and another sustained injury as a tunnel of a coalmine collapsed in northern...

Police gun down thief, rescue businessman in S. Afghanistan

KABUL, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Police in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province gunned down an armed thief and rescued a businessman...

Afghan police apprehend 16 criminals: official

KABUL, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police have apprehended 16 criminal elements from across Afghanistan during a series of operations...

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Russian-Armenian tycoon launches new movement from jail

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State Silence Fuels Fears Kyrgyz Crypto Boom Busting Russia Sanctions

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Five jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders demand free and fair polls
Five jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders demand free and fair polls

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Five senior leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who are currently imprisoned in Kot Lakhpat...


UNHCR expresses concern over widespread and disorganised return of Afghan refugees from Iran, Pakistan
UNHCR expresses concern over widespread and disorganised return of Afghan refugees from Iran, Pakistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 13 (ANI): The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has voiced concern over the widespread and disorganised...


UN warns of humanitarian crisis as Afghan migrants return from Iran, Pakistan
UN warns of humanitarian crisis as Afghan migrants return from Iran, Pakistan

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