Afghan schools restart, with girls barred for third year running KABUL: Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday, the education ministry said, with girls... Published 20 Mar, 2024 11:47am
Pakistan Fighting halted on Afghanistan-Pakistan border: Taliban govt KABUL: Fighting has stopped on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border after Pakistani air strikes sparked skirmishes, a... Updated 19 Mar, 2024 08:38pm
World Afghanistan special envoys to meet in Doha DOHA: National and regional special envoys to Afghanistan are to convene in Doha Sunday in the second UN meeting of... Published 18 Feb, 2024 12:20pm
Pakistan Pakistan-Afghan border crossing reopens after negotiations Torkham border closure came after Islamabad imposed tighter controls requiring drivers from both sides to have visas and passports Updated 23 Jan, 2024 10:55pm
World Afghanistan’s Taliban government slams lack of invite to COP28 KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Thursday condemned a decision not to invite its representatives to the... Published 30 Nov, 2023 07:23pm
Pakistan Afghan border trade resumes after Pakistan suspends new visa rule PESHAWAR: Cross-border trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan was back to normal on Wednesday, officials in both... Updated 22 Nov, 2023 10:46pm
Pakistan Taliban calls for more time for Afghans to leave Pakistan KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Wednesday urged Pakistan to give undocumented Afghans in the country more... Published 01 Nov, 2023 01:37pm
World India says Afghan embassy still open NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s embassy in New Delhi continues to function, India’s foreign ministry said on Thursday,... Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am
World Afghan embassy in India suspends operations NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s embassy in India suspended operations on Sunday, more than two years after the Taliban’s... Updated 01 Oct, 2023 10:23pm
World Russia hosts Taliban talks as it seeks regional influence MOSCOW: Russia hosted Taliban leaders for talks on regional security Friday as it seeks to forge ties with... Updated 30 Sep, 2023 08:53am
Markets Afghanistan’s currency emerges as world’s best performer this quarter: report Ruling Taliban have unleashed series of measures to keep afghani in stronghold Updated 26 Sep, 2023 09:47pm
World UN records torture, deaths of detainees in Taliban custody The United Nations has recorded over 1,600 incidents of rights violations against people detained by the Taliban... Published 20 Sep, 2023 01:41pm
World Swiss NGO says 18 staff members detained in Afghanistan KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained 18 staff members of a Swiss-registered NGO, including a... Published 16 Sep, 2023 01:52pm
Opinion Growing Afghan belligerence against Pakistan That this time the Taliban rulers in Kabul have gone too far is a valid statement without any exaggeration as they... Published 08 Sep, 2023 06:01am
Editorials Need to engage with the Afghan Taliban EDITORIAL: Representatives from 25 countries among them Pakistan, the US, China, Russia and major European aid ... Published 07 May, 2023 03:21am
World Taliban authorities warn UN over Afghanistan talks exclusion DOHA: UN chief Antonio Guterres held a second day of talks with world powers Tuesday on how to deal with... Published 02 May, 2023 05:53pm
World UN holds Afghanistan crisis talks without Taliban DOHA: Afghanistan's Taliban authorities will be absent from UN-led talks that open Monday on how to handle the... Updated 01 May, 2023 07:26pm
World Taliban leader says UN Security Council ‘pressure’ won’t work KABUL: A senior Taliban leader warned the United Nations Security Council Friday to give up its “failed policy of... Published 28 Apr, 2023 04:33pm
World Taliban kill IS ‘mastermind’ of Kabul airport attack: White House WASHINGTON: The Taliban government has killed the alleged mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the... Published 26 Apr, 2023 09:06am
World UN chief demands Taliban revoke ban on world body's women staff KABUL: Top UN officials warned Wednesday that a Taliban government order banning Afghan women from working for its... Published 06 Apr, 2023 12:08am
World Founder of Afghan girls’ school project arrested in Kabul: UN KABUL: The founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban... Published 28 Mar, 2023 01:10pm
World Taliban governor of Afghan province killed in blast: police KABUL: The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province was killed in a blast at his office on Thursday, police... Published 09 Mar, 2023 01:40pm
World Taliban’s persecution of women could be ‘crime against humanity’: UN report GENEVA: The Taliban’s treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan could amount to a crime against humanity,... Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:21pm
World Afghan universities reopen but women still barred KABUL: Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter... Published 06 Mar, 2023 12:17pm
Editorials Breakthrough in Kabul? EDITORIAL: The proof of the pudding will lie in the eating, no doubt, even as a high-level Pakistani delegation... Published 05 Mar, 2023 03:36am
World UN urges Taliban to end ‘terrible’ restrictions on women GENEVA: The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights... Published 28 Dec, 2022 04:12am
Editorials Attack on hotel in Kabul EDITORIAL: Seemingly, the Islamic State in Afghanistan is all set to disrupt the Taliban interim government’s... Published 18 Dec, 2022 03:36am
Pakistan Unprovoked shelling: Strong protest lodged with Taliban govt ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday conveyed to the Afghan Taliban’s interim government that it remains committed to... Published 17 Dec, 2022 07:11am
World Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital KABUL: The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital’s public parks and funfairs, just months after... Published 10 Nov, 2022 11:58am
World Afghan central bank gets fresh banknotes after US helps clear payment A Polish firm has delivered Afghani banknotes to Kabul this week after the United States paved the way for the... Published 09 Nov, 2022 06:34pm