Earlier on Friday, Taliban interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee had said that three foreign tourists and one Afghan citizen had been killed in the attack. Four foreign nationals and three Afghans were also injured in the attack when gunmen opened fire, he added. Four people have been arrested, he said. The Spanish foreign ministry […]
This will be their second appearance in the T20 World Cup, having debuted in the 2021 edition held in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. 36-year-old Assadollah Vala, who led the team in the 2021 edition, will continue as captain, while all-rounder Charles Amini will serve as his deputy in the Carribean. PNG squad features […]
The strikes came as the neighbors have traded blame over responsibility for recent militant attacks in Pakistan, which says they were launched from Afghan soil, although Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban deny this. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan does not allow anyone to compromise security by using Afghan territory,” Zabiullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Taliban administration, […]
Local officials reported on Monday that at least five bodies have been exhumed from the mud following a landslide that buried residences in eastern Afghanistan. Hurriyat Radio English in Kabul reported that the landslide in the Tatin hamlet of the Nurgram district in the eastern Nuristan province damaged at least 20 dwellings. It said that […]
Pakistan is scheduled to attend an important two-day summit in Doha, Qatar, on February 18 and 19, which is sponsored by the UN, to examine the path for engagement with the Afghan Taliban government. An official handout released by the foreign office here on Friday stated that Ambassador Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan, […]
Officials said that hundreds of trucks resumed transportation on Tuesday after the Torkham border was reopened for vehicular traffic after 10 days of closure. The crossing was closed on Jan 13 after Pakistani officials began asking for passports and visas from Afghan drivers under a new policy, prompting a reciprocal ban on Pakistani truckers by […]
Pakistan will kick off their campaign against Afghanistan U19 at East London on 20 January, followed by games against Nepal U19 and New Zealand U19 on 24 and 27 January, respectively at the same venue. After the group stage, the top three teams from each group will progress to the Super Six stage. Pakistan’s squad […]
Rashid, a leg-spinner with 347 international wickets across formats, underwent lower-back surgery in November but remains part of the traveling squad which will play the opener on Thursday in Mohali. “He is not fit (but) he is traveling with the team. We hope he gets fit soon,” Zadran told reporters. “Without Rashid, we will struggle […]
The UN mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban to open schools for girls, saying a year-long ban on keeping girls out of high schools was shameful and “entirely avoidable.” The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as “tragic and […]
Onion and tomato, much in use in our cooking, witnessed a massive rise in prices in recent weeks as flash floods washed away entire crops, thereby compounding the food emergency situation in the country. To deal with this crisis, the government decided to issue permits for imports from neighbouring countries to minimise the transport time […]
