Afghanistan

Kabul: The Taliban have ordered female Afghan TV presenters and other women on screen to cover their faces while on air, BBC reported. Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto.…

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan said that it will speak to American officials about the fate of the Mi-17 choppers which were designated for Kabul but were given to Ukraine instead. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid…

Islamabad:  Pakistan has dispatched one C-130 aircraft to Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Afghanistan's Balkh province, carrying emergency relief items for the people hit by flash floods, the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad said. "Pakistan as a…

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan have separated weekday classes for male and female students of the Kabul University and Kabul Polytechnic University in a bid to further end co-education, a media report said. Based on a…

Kabul:  Dozens of people have been killed or injured in four explosions across Afghanistan on Thursday, BBC reported. At least 31 people were killed, and 87 were wounded, a health official told the BBC. The first explosion tore…

United Nations: The UN Security Council has strongly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attack against a school and an education center in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. According to the statement issued by council president for the…

Kabul: Afghanistan has reported a death toll of at least 47 after Pakistani military air strikes hit the provinces of Khost and Kunar provinces, Pajhwok News reported. Pakistani security forces carried out airstrikes on Waziristan…

Herat: At least two people were killed and eight others wounded in a car bomb blast in Afghanistan's western province of Herat on Friday, a provincial public health official confirmed. "Based on initial information, two were killed and…

New Delhi: US pressure would not affect the India-Russia relationship, visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday, adding that if India wants to mediate for resolution to the Ukraine problem, such a process can be…

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for urgent action to support the humanitarian response in Afghanistan. The already dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated alarmingly over the past…