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Storms, heavy rain kill 14 across Afghanistan

KABUL: Severe storms and a rain-triggered landslide have killed at least 14 people across Afghanistan, officials...

Published 23 Jan, 2026 07:40am

World

Blast in Afghan capital kills at least seven

Among the wounded are four women and a child says NGO's country director

Updated 19 Jan, 2026 08:08pm

Business & Finance

Serena Hotels closes its Swat Valley property

ISLAMABAD: In a major setback to the country’s drive to expand tourism, Serena Hotels announced on Wednesday the...

Published 01 Jan, 2026 06:17am

World

Afghan Taliban intelligence chief’s aide killed

KABUL: Eyewitnesses told Afghanistan International that Mawlawi Noman, an aide to Afghan Taliban intelligence chief,...

Published 29 Dec, 2025 05:16am

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A refusal to engage

EDITORIAL: Walking away from a regional forum rarely looks like confidence; more often it signals avoidance. The...

Published 25 Dec, 2025 06:17am

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EDITORIAL: Kabul’s denials wear thin

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s warnings about militancy operating from Afghan soil have long been contested by Kabul and...

Updated 20 Dec, 2025 07:17am

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Kabul’s persistent inaction fuelling terror

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s repeated appeals to the interim Afghan government to rein in the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...

Updated 30 Nov, 2025 06:07am

Pakistan

Pakistan ready to boost ties if Kabul acts against terrorists, says Dar

Pakistan will not become part of International Stabilisation Force in Gaza unless its mandate or Terms of Reference are clearly laid out, foreign minister says

Published 29 Nov, 2025 11:28pm

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Ceasefire with Kabul not holding: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on Friday that the current ceasefire with Afghanistan is not holding,...

Published 29 Nov, 2025 02:39am

Business & Finance

India and Afghanistan to launch air cargo services to boost trade

Kabul seeks access to grains, medicines and industrial goods

Published 21 Nov, 2025 03:38pm

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The ball is still in Kabul’s court

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s military response along the western frontier was not sudden, impulsive, or unprovoked. It...

Updated 15 Oct, 2025 07:42am

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Kabul visit of Pak delegation ‘delayed’

ISLAMABAD: A much-anticipated visit of a high-level Pakistani delegation to Afghanistan was marred on Monday due to...

Updated 14 Oct, 2025 09:01am

World

Two explosions heard in Kabul: AFP journalists

KABUL: Two powerful explosions shook central Kabul Thursday evening, AFP journalists heard. The first deafening...

Published 10 Oct, 2025 12:12am

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Security concerns dominate talks in Kabul

EDITORIAL: During a trilateral dialogue in Kabul on Wednesday, the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China voiced...

Published 24 Aug, 2025 03:01am

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Kabul upgrades diplomatic mission in reciprocal move

ISLAMABAD: Welcoming the decision of the Government of Pakistan to upgrade the level of its diplomatic mission in...

Updated 01 Jun, 2025 01:02pm

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Dangerous gamble in Kabul

EDITORIAL: The Director General of ISPR has said out loud what the Pakistani security establishment has been warning...

Updated 29 May, 2025 06:22am

Opinion

Dar in Kabul

It is increasingly clear that deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar has successfully done what was...

Published 20 Apr, 2025 02:50am

Pakistan

Afghan FM tells Pakistan’s top diplomat deportations are ‘disappointment’

Dignitaries of Afghan government welcomes the delegation

Updated 19 Apr, 2025 09:08pm

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Dar leaving for Kabul today

ISLAMABAD: At the invitation of interim Afghan Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM)/ Foreign Minister,...

Published 19 Apr, 2025 05:45am

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Dar to visit Kabul to end prolonged deadlock

ISLAMABAD: In a significant diplomatic breakthrough, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has...

Published 18 Apr, 2025 05:52am

World

New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a...

Published 19 Mar, 2025 12:42pm

World

New Trump travel ban could bar Pakistanis, Afghans soon, sources say

Harkens to Trump's first-term ban on travellers from seven Muslim nations

Updated 06 Mar, 2025 01:44pm

World

UN says shooting incident at Kabul compound killed one

ISLAMABAD: Gunshots fired by a member of the Taliban’s security forces at the United Nations’ largest compound...

Updated 03 Feb, 2025 03:51pm

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Iran FM Abbas Araghchi arrives in Kabul in first visit after Taliban’s takeover

KABUL: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Kabul Sunday on the highest-level visit by an Iranian...

Updated 26 Jan, 2025 10:35pm

World

Afghan prisoner in US custody freed in exchange for American citizens, Kabul says

An Afghan prisoner in American custody was freed in exchange for US citizens, Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said on...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 12:27pm

Pakistan

Pakistan strongly rejects Afghanistan’s ‘baseless allegations’ of training Daesh militants

Defense Minister Khawaja Asif urges interim Afghan authorities to fulfil their commitments to international community by dismantling terrorist infrastructure, and not shift blame

Updated 12 Jan, 2025 09:59pm

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Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to defuse prevailing tension

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to defuse prevailing tension, strengthen bilateral relations and...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 07:33am

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Kabul hails Saudi decision to resume activities at Afghanistan embassy

KABUL: The Afghan foreign ministry on Monday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to resume its diplomatic operations...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

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Afghan bread, the humble centrepiece of every meal

KABUL: Every day before dawn, Jamil Ghafori gets to work on the floor of a cramped Kabul bakery with five other men...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 01:42pm

World

52 killed in two bus accidents in central Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN: Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 01:07pm