Blast in north Afghanistan kills three Taliban security personnel KABUL: Three Taliban security personnel were killed when a motorcycle carrying an explosive device blew up near a... Updated 08 May, 2024 09:35pm
Pakistan Taliban deny Afghan bomber involved in deadly attack on Chinese dam engineers KABUL: The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday denied Pakistan’s allegations that Afghans were involved in an... Updated 08 May, 2024 07:20pm
World Top Afghan diplomat in India quits after $2mn gold smuggling reports NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s top diplomat in India resigned days after she was reportedly caught by airport authorities... Published 05 May, 2024 03:59pm
World Taliban plan regional energy trade hub with Russian oil in mind KABUL: The Taliban has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a logistics hub in western Afghanistan aimed... Published 02 May, 2024 03:01pm
World Taliban join climate change talks for first time: organisers KABUL: The Taliban government has entered its first talks with the United Nations, donors and non-governmental... Published 24 Apr, 2024 07:40pm
Pakistan CPJ calls on Taliban govt to drop plans to restrict Facebook access in Afghanistan NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that the Taliban plans to restrict or block... Published 10 Apr, 2024 02:16am
World Taliban supreme leader urges Afghans to respect Sharia in Eid message KABUL: Afghanistan’s supreme leader on Saturday urged Afghans to respect Sharia law and called for good relations... Updated 06 Apr, 2024 07:31pm
World Taliban govt urges Islamabad to show restraint over Afghan migrants KABUL: Taliban authorities urged Pakistan on Thursday not to make a unilateral decision on repatriating Afghan... Published 04 Apr, 2024 05:42pm
Pakistan US asks Kabul to conduct itself responsibly WASHINGTON: The United States of America has warned the Taliban to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven ... Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Zardari sahib has the best teeth in town “Do you know what is the overarching focus on our airwaves?” “Our fatalities on the 16 March attack by the... Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am
Pakistan Pakistan carries out anti-terrorist operations inside Afghanistan, confirms FO Afghanistan's defence ministry says its security forces targeted Pakistani troops at border in response to air strike Updated 18 Mar, 2024 11:39pm
World Drifting with purpose: sports car enthusiasts rally in Afghanistan KABUL: Mechanic Zabiullah Momand revs his sports car engine outside his garage in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul before... Published 22 Feb, 2024 05:10pm
World Afghanistan envoys aim for future meetings with Taliban: UN DOHA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said international envoys to Afghanistan hope for... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Editorials Unrealistic expectations EDITORIAL: Islamabad would be disappointed that Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s trip to Kabul didn’t quite prove ... Published 14 Jan, 2024 03:13am
Opinion Maulana tries, and fails For what it’s worth, Fazlur Rahman’s trip to Kabul has left me five hundred rupees richer. I bet with a... Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am
Opinion Senators drop a bombshell Whatever the Senate of Pakistan did yesterday was expected, it is highly disappointing nevertheless. With the... Published 06 Jan, 2024 05:17am
World Taliban balk at UNSC plan for special Afghan envoy KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) plan for a... Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:04am
World ‘Alone’: Afghan women fault West for lack of support PARIS: Afghan activist Rita Safi has harsh words for western governments she said have failed to deliver on promises... Updated 28 Dec, 2023 06:57am
Pakistan Pakistan-deported Afghans waiting for US resettlement WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s deportation drive has repatriated scores of Afghans awaiting resettlement in the... Updated 26 Dec, 2023 09:30pm
Pakistan ‘Secret talks with TTP’: FO squashes rumours ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Thursday categorically rejected reports about any alleged secret talks between the... Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:12am
World Taliban intelligence forces detain Afghan journalist NEW YORK: The Taliban must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Abdul Rahim Mohammadi and stop... Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am
World UK defence ministry fined for Afghan data breach LONDON: The UK defence ministry has been fined £350,000 ($440,000) for disclosing personal information of 265... Published 13 Dec, 2023 11:36am
Editorials ‘Gender apartheid’? EDITORIAL: One cannot help but agree with Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai that the Afghan government has imposed ... Published 10 Dec, 2023 03:33am
Pakistan Afghans who worked with Washington: US says wants to accelerate visa processing ISLAMABAD: The United States has conveyed to Pakistan that it is actively exploring all possible options to... Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am
Editorials ‘Stern message’ to Afghanistan EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s “stern message” to Afghanistan, that any further cross-border attacks would elicit a... Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am
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 Long wait for freedom: Afghan refugees in limbo in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Abdullah was a well-known public figure in Afghanistan, a journalist and university lecturer respected by... Updated 30 Nov, 2023 10:09pm
Pakistan Taliban minister raises issue of refugee assets ISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s acting commerce minister met foreign minister in Islamabad this week, an Afghan embassy... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am
Opinion Enough is enough Enough is enough. The growing belligerence of the interim Afghan government had become intolerable, to say the ... Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:14am
Pakistan Undocumented Afghans go underground KARACHI: After living in Pakistan for years, thousands of Afghans have gone into hiding to escape a government order... Published 10 Nov, 2023 03:07am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees
