Police foil secret burial attempt after woman’s murder in Afghan Basti

In a disturbing incident of domestic abuse, a 17-year-old, also the mother of a minor baby girl, was murdered in Karachi’s Afghan Basti allegedly by her own family members. The incident took place near Afghan Chowk within the limits of the...

Lindsey Graham: Trump reversed the damage done by Afghanistan withdrawal under Biden

US announces reward for info on Afghan-American taken by Taliban

Afghan national who entered the U.S. legally detained during an immigration hearing in San Diego

An Afghan national who served as a translator for the U.S. military and entered the U.S. legally was arrested during his immigration hearing in San Diego and is now being detained. On June 12, Sayed Naser, whose full name is being withheld because...

Kabul Is A Fascinating Insider’s View Of A Tipping Point In The Middle East

IN THE SECOND EPISODE of Lionsgate Play’s Kabul, a frenzied hospital corridor is suddenly interrupted by gun-toting men of the Taliban regime. Chaos suddenly hits a brick wall as turbaned men, hiding behind scarves, urge the doctors to separate....

Slovenia calls against discrimination of women in Afghanistan

New York, 23 June - Slovenia called on the Taliban in Afghanistan to stop discriminating practices against women, as the UN Security Council discussed the situation in the country on Monday. The rest of this news item is available to subscribers....

$5M reward for information on Afghan-American taken by Taliban

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. on Monday announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the location and release of Mahmoud Habibi, an Afghan-American businessman who was detained by the Taliban’s intelligence service on August 10,...

REPLAY: Afghanistan War Commission Holds Public Hearing

Congress’s Afghanistan War Commission holds a public hearing at 8:30 a.m. ET on June 23. Expert witnesses who served in senior military, intelligence, diplomatic, and policy roles during the administration of former President Barack Obama, as well...

NIA team visits Cuttack for info on Afghan nat’l

Iranian envoy calls for Afghan solidarity amid escalating war with Israel

After a week of conflict between Israel and Iran, Alireza Bigdeli, Iran’s acting ambassador to Kabul, on Monday called on the people of Afghanistan and Islamic countries to support Tehran. Speaking at a press conference, Bigdeli emphasized that...

Senior envoy warns Iran-Israel conflict is deepening crisis in Afghanistan

Roza Otunbayeva, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said the ongoing missile attacks between Iran and Israel are already having a tangible impact. “This conflict is already...

US announces up to $5 million reward for information on Afghan-American taken by Taliban

Audio By Carbonatix WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Monday announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the location and release of Mahmoud Habibi, an Afghan-American businessman who was detained by the Taliban’s...

How U.S. Defense Contractors’ Profited from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan wars?

The wars in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan have been highly profitable for U.S. defense contractors, driven by over $14 trillion in Pentagon spending since 2001. According to Hartung (2021), one-third to one-half of this amount went to private...

Afghanistan’s Children in Dire Need of an ‘Acceleration in Nutrition Action’

Aid, Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Economy & Trade, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Food Sustainability, Food Systems, Health, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Children receiving humanitarian...

Afghanistan War Commission hears from vets as it tackles troop surge

At the peak of the war in Afghanistan, following President Barack Obama’s troop surge in late 2009, about 110,000 service members were deployed to the country at a given time. At least some of those troops were gleaning insights from their vantage...

14 Years, 1 FIR, 1,000 Cheated Families: And Kabul Chawla Still Roams Free In Manhattan!

Kabul Chawla, founder and MD of Gurgaon’s realty firm BPTP Ltd, has been at the center of repeated fraud allegations for over a decade. The saga began with a January 2011 FIR by Faridabad police accusing Chawla of defrauding over 1,000 homebuyers...

NIA Begins Probe Into Case Related To Arrest Of Afghan National

(MENAFN- IANS) Bhubaneswar, June 23 (IANS) Following the recent arrest of an Afghan national in Bhubaneswar for illegally overstaying in Odisha, officials of multiple central agencies including the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and...

WHO: 310 die of infectious diseases in Afghanistan in one month

In one month, 310 people in Afghanistan died of infectious diseases including measles, respiratory infections, Crimean-Congo fever, and diarrhea. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 310 people in Afghanistan died from infectious...

Kabul Now Available for Streaming on Lionsgate Play: What You Need to Know About Political Thriller Online?

Kabul is a mini-series that takes us back to the incident of August 2021, when the Taliban took over Kabul after a spontaneous withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. You can suddenly recall the fear, chaos and urgency of those days. This...

Afghan Filmmaker freed after 11 months in jail

The Afghan filmmaker was freed after 11 months in jail, following widespread calls for his release from international and media groups. Amnesty International has announced that Afghan filmmaker and director Seyed Rahim Saeedi was released after...