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Afghanistan: Tragic Minibus Explosion Rocks Kabul, Causes Huge Damage | Full Report | Oneindia News Credit: Oneindia Duration: 02:07Published | |
Afghan embassy in India suspends operations Credit: AFP English Duration: 00:50Published | |
Afghan-Pakistan border crossing reopens a week after fighting Credit: AFP English Duration: 02:26Published | |
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UN raises alarm on surging malnutrition in Afghan women and childrenThe UN world food programme in Afghanistan raises concerns over escalating malnutrition rates among women and children, with Kabul witnessing a tripling of cases in three years. Decreased humanitarian..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Pakistan rules out talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban PakistanPakistan refuses talks with militants despite Afghan Taliban's plea. Kabul calls for direct Pakistan-TTP negotiations to end the conflict. Strained relations persist post-retaliation against Afghan..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Pakistan air strikes kill eight, including children, in Afghan border areas, says KabulPakistani air strikes on Monday in Afghan border areas killed eight people, including three children, according to a Taliban government spokeswoman, who strongly condemned the incident. According to..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Religious scholars, tribals call for reopening of schools for Afghan girlsThe Taliban has been called upon by religious scholars and tribal leaders to open the country's institutions and universities to women right away, as their basic right to attain education continues to..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears under Taliban ruleBahara Rustam, 13, took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec. 11 knowing it was the end of her education. Under Taliban rule, she is unlikely to step foot in a classroom again. In..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Pakistan asks Afghanistan to probe links to attack that killed 23 soldiersPakistan has protested to Afghanistan's Taliban regime over the killing of 23 soldiers in an attack on a military base, demanding action against the perpetrators, Islamabad said as it grapples with..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Nearly 400,000 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan in past two monthsNearly 400,000 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan in the past two months, according to the Taliban's consul in Karachi. However, the detention of Afghan refugees in Pakistan..IndiaTimes - Published | |
As deadline to leave Pakistan expires, official says over 100,000 Afghans gone homeOver 100,000 Afghan nationals have returned to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan in the past two weeks as the deadline for undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan approaches. Pakistani officials have warned..IndiaTimes - Published | |
All registered political parties eligible to take part in polls: Pakistan PMPakistan's interim Prime Minister, Anwaarul Haq Kakar, has stated that all political parties registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan will be allowed to participate in the upcoming election...IndiaTimes - Published | |
Pakistan to go ahead with eviction of illegal immigrants: ReportThe Pakistan government has decided to evict all illegal immigrants, including Afghan refugees, from the country by October 31. The government claims that this decision is in line with international..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Kabul calls Pakistan’s move to evict refugees ‘unacceptable’Afghanistan has called on Pakistan to reconsider its policy of forcefully expelling Afghan refugees, deeming it "unacceptable". Pakistan had ordered all "illegal immigrants" to leave the country by..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Afghan-Pakistan border crossing reopens a week after fightingThe Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopened to pedestrians and vehicles early Friday, a senior official told AFP, more than a week after it was closed following a gun battle..IndiaTimes - Published | |
'Nothing allowed for them': Afghan women demand education rights in UN appealThe UN's Education Cannot Wait global fund has launched a campaign, called #AfghanGirlsVoices, to raise awareness and combat the crisis faced by Afghan girls and women as the Taliban government has..IndiaTimes - Published | Afghan’s Atal hits seven sixes in an overThe onslaught overcame as the Shaheen Hunters were playing Abasin Defenders at Kabul’s Ayobi Cricket Stadium in the country’s domestic Twenty20 competitionMid-Day - Published |
Watch: Afghan batter Sediqullah Atal smashes 48 runs in one over in Kabul Premier League 2023Sediqullah unleashed an onslaught of 7 sixes in just 8 balls, all against the left-arm spinner Amir Zazai.DNA - Published | Afghan women protesters urge against foreign recognition of TalibanAfghan women protested in Kabul on Saturday, calling on foreign nations not to recognise the Taliban government ahead of a UN summit next week. Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, protesters..IndiaTimes - Published |
Pakistan Defence Minister Warns Of Action Against Terrorists' Hideouts In AfghanistanPakistan has witnessed a resurgence in terror attacks led by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan since the Afghan Taliban's takeover of Kabul in August 2021.Zee News - Published | Afghan orphaned toddler Maryam finally reunited with familyAn Afghan toddler who was bundled onto an evacuation flight from Kabul in 2021 after her parents died in a bomb blast has been reunited with relatives at a Qatar orphanage.IndiaTimes - Published |
UN says Afghan girls' education activist Matiullah Wesa held in KabulThe UN mission in Afghanistan said Matiullah Wesa, founder and president of Pen Path - a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library - was arrested in..IndiaTimes - Published | Taliban government reaches out to India, embassy to train Afghan diplomats in KabulIndia plans to hold a four-day training programme for Afghan foreign ministry officials in Kabul beginning Tuesday. The news regarding the training was issued by the Taliban government's ministry of..IndiaTimes - Published |
Afghan territory must not be used for terrorist activities: India and 5 central Asian countriesIndia and five central Asian countries on Tuesday asserted that Afghanistan's soil must not be used for any terrorist activities and pressed for formation of a "truly inclusive" political structure in..IndiaTimes - Published | Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance examThe Taliban-run ministry of higher education ordered private universities in Afghanistan not to allow female students to sit university entrance exams next month, underscoring its policy to restrict..IndiaTimes - Published |
Police: Ex-Afghan female lawmaker, guard shot dead at homeA former Afghan female lawmaker and her bodyguard were shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the capital, Kabul, police said Sunday. Mursal Nabizada was among the few female parliamentarians..IndiaTimes - Published | Kabul: Massive blast outside Afghan foreign ministry office, 20 killedTaliban Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Nafee Takkur said the explosion caused injuries close to the military airport’s main gate in Kabul. The war-torn county has witnessed increasing security..Zee News - Published |
Afghan educator who quit over women ban in universities vows to fightIsmail Mashal, a lecturer in journalism for more than a decade at three universities in Kabul, shred his qualifications and resigned from the institutions after the ban was issued this month.IndiaTimes - Published | Afghan women weep as Taliban fighters enforce university banRahimullah Nadeem, a spokesman for Kabul University, confirmed that classes for female students had stopped. He said some women were allowed to enter the campus for paperwork. Despite initially..IndiaTimes - Published |
19 killed in fuel tanker tunnel blast in KabulAt least 19 people were killed and 32 injured when a fuel tanker exploded in a tunnel north of the Afghan capital Kabul, a local official said on Sunday. According to Said Himatullah..IndiaTimes - Published | China urges citizens to leave Afghanistan after Kabul attackThe Chinese advisory appeared to be a setback for Afghanistan's Taliban rulers who seek foreign investments in hopes of halting the downward spiral of the Afghan economy since their takeover of the..IndiaTimes - Published |
ISIS bomb targets Chinese diplomats, executives in AfghanistanTwo armed members of the Islamic State-Khorasan, a local affiliate of the militant group operating in the Middle East, detonated explosive devices inside the Kabul Longan Hotel in a posh district of..IndiaTimes - Published | BREAKING NEWS: Loud blast, firing near guest house frequented by Chinese in Afghanistan's KabulResidents of the Shahr-e Naw area of Kabul confirmed the blast and sporadic gunfire guest house popular with Chinese business visitors in Afghan capital, reported the TOLOnews.Zee News - Published |
Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girlsAfghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week, an official and documents from the Taliban government indicated on Tuesday — even though they have been banned from..IndiaTimes - Published | Blast in Kabul hits bus carrying Taliban admin employees, injures sevenA blast hit a bus carrying Taliban administration employees in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning, police said, injuring seven people. "Due to a blast on a mini bus from the ministry of rural..IndiaTimes - Published |
46 girls and women among 53 killed in Friday's Afghan suicide bombing: UNAt least 46 girls and young women were among the 53 people killed in Friday's blast at the education centre in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the United Nations said on Monday. This surge in the Kabul..IndiaTimes - Published | Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking educationIndiaTimes - Published |
India exports over 40,000 metric tonnes of wheat to AfghanistanIndia has sent over 40,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan, solidifying its status as Kabul's contiguous neighbour and longtime collaborator. The nation's Permanent Representative to the UN,..Zee News - Published | Taliban restricts female students to leave Kabul for studiesThe Taliban has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, reported Sputnik citing sources. Both female and male students were planning to..IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA |
Another setback for Afghan women: Can't leave Kabul for higher studies, orders TalibanWhile male students were allowed to depart Afghanistan for higher studies, the Taliban ordered female students to stayZee News - Published | Afghanistan: At least 20 killed, 40 injured as huge blast rips through mosque in KabulA bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 20 people.Zee News - Published |
Afghan Gurdwara terror attack: Kabul Gurdwara president reaches Delhi with familyIndian Express - Published | In Kabul, Afghan students wait for passage to India: Don’t shut us outIndian Express - Published |
Taliban fighters fire in air to disperse women's protest in KabulTaliban fighters fired into the air Saturday to disperse a rare women's protest in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of the hardline Islamists' return to power. About 40 women-..IndiaTimes - Published | Afghan girls face uncertain future after 1 year of no schoolAt a house in Kabul, dozens gathered on a recent day for classes in an informal school set up by Sodaba Nazhand. She and her sister teach English, science and math to girls who should be in secondary..IndiaTimes - Published |
Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani killed in blast in Kabul: Intelligence officialAbdul Rahman, the head of intelligence for the district in the Afghan capital where the blast took place, confirmed the death. Four Taliban sources told Reuters the attack had taken place in a..IndiaTimes - Published | 30 Afghan Sikhs arrive in India, 110 still stuckA group of 30 Sikhs, including two minor children, arrived in Delhi from Kabul on Wednesday as evacuation of Afghan minorities to India continues in the wake of rising religious persecution in..IndiaTimes - Published |
30 more Afghan Sikhs set to arrive in India todayAt least 30 Afghan Sikhs including children and infants, fleeing from the Taliban are scheduled to arrive in Delhi on Wednesday as religious persecution escalates in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. A..IndiaTimes - Published | US conducted 'successful' op on 'significant Al-Qaeda target' in AfgAl Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan, US officials told Reuters on Monday, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was..IndiaTimes - Published |
Al Qaida leader Zawahiri killed in CIA drone strike, US officials sayAl-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan, US officials told Reuters on Monday, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was..IndiaTimes - Published | 69 per cent of Afghan people believe India `best friend` to Kabul, says a surveyIndia has been the largest donor in Afghanistan among the countries in the region, doling out about $3 billion, and it is the fifth largest donor (for Afghanistan) in the world. India`s help has been..Zee News - Published |
Afghan Sikh, Hindu community donates 1 lakh Afghani for family of Muslim security guard killed in Kabul gurdwara attackIndian Express - Published | Days after Kabul gurdwara attack, 11 Afghan Sikhs arrive in Delhi: ‘Lost my everything there, can’t afford to lose myself’Indian Express - Published |