Tag: Afghanistan
Guterres calls for immediate release of detained 118 UN staff
New York, March 25, 2025 (NAN) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the immediate release of the 118 UN staff currently detained worldwide.
Guterres, in a...
Afghanistan arrests 1,755 people for attempting to enter Iran illegally
Kabul, Feb. 9, 2026 (Xinhua/NAN) Afghan border forces have arrested 1,755 people over the past week in the western province of Herat for attempting...
UN Security Council condemns Kabul terrorist attack
United Nations, Jan. 22, 2026 (Xinhua/NAN) The UN Security Council has condemned Monday’s terrorist attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
In a press statement,...
221 Afghan prisoners released from Pakistani jails, return home
Kabul, Jan. 15, 2026 (Xinhua/NAN) A total of 221 Afghan prisoners have been released from Pakistani jails over the past week and have safely...
New polio case detected in S. Afghanistan
Oct. 20, 2025 (Xinhua/NAN) Local authorities have reported the detection of a new case of polio in the southern Afghanistan Uruzgan province, spokesman for...
China calls on int’l community to continue engagement with Afghanistan
United Nations, Sept. 18, 2025 (Xinhua/NAN) A Chinese envoy has called on the international community to continue engagement with Afghanistan.
Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent...
Afghan road mishap kills 3, brings death toll to nearly 100
Kabul, Aug. 25, 2025 (Xinhua/NAN) Three commuters were reportedly killed with four others sustaining injuries as a car turned turtle in the northern Afghanistan...
Taliban bans martial arts in Afghanistan, citing violent nature
The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned the combat sport Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), an official told broadcaster TOLOnews on Tuesday.
Ahmadullah Wasiq, the head...
Storm leaves 40 dead, hundreds hurt in Afghanistan
A powerful storm has ripped through Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, leaving 40 people dead and at least 347 injured, according to the country’s health...
Downpours, floods add to suffering of impoverished Afghans
Destructive floods has added to the suffering of impoverished people in Afghanistan, said an official
Almost half of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, including Kabul and Parwan,...
Flood death toll in Afghanistan rises to 50
Flooding caused by heavy rains over the past four days in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of at least 50 people, the country’s National...
Afghan education minister calls for increasing quality education
On Wednesday, the Afghan Acting Minister for Education called for providing quality education services across Afghanistan as the new academic year started in the...
Afghan Gov’t deploys military unit to prevent deforestation
Deputy spokesman of the caretaker government Inamullah Samangani said Afghanistan has established a military unit to protect the forests and prevent deforestation in the...
634,000 Afghans displaced by conflicts in 2021 – UN agency
More than 634,000 Afghans have been displaced by conflicts in 2021, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan,...
International community hosts Afghanistan donor conference
United Nations on Monday hosted donor conference for Afghanistan in the wake of a growing humanitarian crisis in the country.
According to UN calculations, Afghans...
Taliban takeover of Afghanistan a ‘boost’ to extremists elsewhere – UK...
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will provide a “morale boost” to extremists plotting attacks elsewhere, and could again give them a base to operate...
China pledges Afghanistan aid worth $30.7M
China has promised Afghanistan humanitarian aid worth 200 million yuan, the equivalent of 30.7 million dollars, Beijing’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Foreign Minister Wang...
