Taliban ban women from working in national, international NGOs KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from... Updated 25 Dec, 2022 10:02am
World Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental... Updated 24 Dec, 2022 08:22pm
Sports Afghanistan’s Farooqi sacked by BBL side after ‘incident’ SYDNEY: Afghan international Fazalhaq Farooqi was fired Friday by his Big Bash League side Sydney Thunder following... Published 23 Dec, 2022 11:52am
World Taliban intelligence officials beat, interrogate journalist Noori NEW YORK: Taliban authorities must investigate the 48-hour detention and cruel assault of Afghan journalist... Published 23 Dec, 2022 07:07am
World Turkey urges Taliban to reverse university ban for women ISTANBUL: Turkey on Thursday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their decision barring women from... Published 23 Dec, 2022 06:53am
Pakistan For sake of regional peace, engagement with Afghanistan to continue: FO ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pakistan believed in peaceful neighbourhood and reiterated that it... Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am
Pakistan Higher education for female students: Pakistan urges Afghan authorities to revisit decision ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed disappointment at Afghan Taliban’s interim government’s decision to... Published 22 Dec, 2022 07:30am
World Armed guards stop women entering universities after Taliban ban KABUL: Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a... Published 22 Dec, 2022 06:44am
Opinion Another action plan? Why did the prime minister feel the need for another “national action plan” when he vowed to deal with terrorism... Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am
Print Afghan side of CASA-1000: Pakistan, Tajikistan discuss financing options ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Tajikistan have reportedly discussed financing options of Afghanistan part in Central Asia,... Updated 22 Dec, 2022 09:45am
Editorials The growing TTP challenge EDITORIAL: If any Jirga or religious leaders’ peace mission wants to meet the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)... Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am
Pakistan Pakistan 'disappointed' but still wants Taliban engagement WASHINGTON: Pakistan's foreign minister on Tuesday voiced disappointment over the Taliban's ban on university... Published 21 Dec, 2022 10:57am
World UN secretary-general ‘deeply alarmed’ by Taliban university ban for women: spokesman UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply alarmed” by the Taliban’s ban on women in... Published 21 Dec, 2022 10:51am
World More visas for Afghans who helped US included in spending bill WASHINGTON: A provision to provide 4,000 more visas for Afghans who worked with the United States was included in a... Published 21 Dec, 2022 07:03am
World Afghan survivors get new homes six months after deadly quake BARMAL DISTRICT: Labourer Rasool Badshah has moved into a new home six months after a deadly earthquake rocked... Published 20 Dec, 2022 12:21pm
Pakistan Hostage talks start after TTP militants seize interrogators PESHAWAR: Pakistani authorities on Monday opened talks to try to resolve a stand-off with militants who were holding... Updated 20 Dec, 2022 10:24am
World Death toll from Afghan oil tanker fire rises to 31 KABUL: The death toll from an oil tanker fire in Afghanistan’s high-altitude Salang Pass tunnel has risen to 31, an... Published 19 Dec, 2022 05:46pm
World 12 killed as oil tanker catches fire in Afghanistan CHARIKAR (Afghanistan): An oil tanker overturned and caught fire in Afghanistan’s high-altitude Salang pass,... Published 19 Dec, 2022 07:13am
Pakistan One killed, scores injured in fresh shelling by Afghan forces QUETTA: Clashes erupted once again between the border forces of Afghanistan and Pakistan near the key Chaman-Spin... Published 16 Dec, 2022 07:39am
Opinion Here comes another war Counterinsurgency (COIN) 101 will tell you that once a beaten insurgent force is able to sneak out of the warzone ... Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:35am
Editorials Unwarranted provocations EDITORIAL: Seven Pakistanis lost their lives and 16 others were injured, some of them critically, on Sunday in the... Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:30am
World Beijing 'shocked' by attack on Afghan hotel hosting Chinese visitors KABUL: Beijing said Tuesday it was "shocked" by a deadly attack on a Kabul hotel popular with Chinese business... Updated 13 Dec, 2022 05:51pm
World Three killed in attack on China hotel in Kabul KABUL: At least three people were killed when gunmen attacked a hotel popular with Chinese business people in the... Published 13 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Print Asif informs NA: Afghan govt apologises over Chaman incident ISLAMABAD: Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday that the interim government in Kabul has apologised... Published 13 Dec, 2022 05:58am
World Attack on Kabul hotel popular with Chinese nationals ends, three assailants killed KABUL: At least three attackers were killed by security forces in Afghanistan on Monday after armed men opened fire... Updated 12 Dec, 2022 06:14pm
Pakistan Chaman attack: Pakistan asks Afghanistan to take ‘strictest possible action’ FO says such unfortunate incidents are not in keeping with brotherly ties between two countries Updated 12 Dec, 2022 11:59am
Print 6 civilians killed, 17 hurt by Afghan border forces CHAMAN: Afghan Taliban forces opened fire at a border crossing with Pakistan on Sunday, killing six civilians, the... Updated 12 Dec, 2022 09:38am
Editorials Confronting the TTP EDITORIAL: Although the terror outfit, so-called Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), hosted by its ideological... Published 10 Dec, 2022 06:00am
World Afghan girls sit leaving exams despite no school for a year KABUL: Afghan education authorities staged secondary-school leaving exams for girls across much of the country... Published 07 Dec, 2022 07:37pm
World Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder, senior officials attend KABUL: The Taliban administration on Wednesday put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its... Published 07 Dec, 2022 07:22pm