ISLAMABAD (AA) – A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan that remained closed for three days following skirmishes has reopened, an official confirmed. The Torkham border, which connects Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, was shut down on Monday after...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Afghanistan’s interim administration has said that Saudi Arabia intends to reopen its embassy in the capital Kabul. “Saudi Arabia wants to reopen its embassy in Kabul as soon as possible,” interim government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on X. Mujahid, who is in Doha for a UN meeting on Afg...
Kabul, Afghanistan — AFP Taliban authorities have said that women’s rights were “Afghanistan’s issues” to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kabul summoned the top Pakistani diplomat in the country on Monday after Pakistan launched pre-dawn air strikes inside Afghanistan that killed at least eight people, an official statement said. Interim Afghan Foreign Ministry said Kabul lodged a protest with Islamabad over the attacks. Earlier on Monday, interim Afghan ad...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The acting Afghan industry and commerce minister met Tuesday with Pakistan caretaker foreign minister in Islamabad amid tension between the two neighbors concerning the eviction of Afghan refugees. Nuruddin Azizi arrived Monday in Islamabad along with a delegation to participate in a meeting with Pakistan and Uzbekistan....
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 15 people were killed and over 100 wounded in a series of earthquakes that hit the northwestern part of Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, fearing the death toll might go up. Afghanistan Disaster Management Authority’s spokesman Mullah Janan Saiq said the death toll could further rise, adding the earthquakes cau...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Afghanistan protested again on Thursday against Pakistan’s decision to deport undocumented immigrants from the country, with Taliban acting Defense Minister Mawlavi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid calling Islamabad’s decision to set a Nov. 1 deadline “cruel and barbarism.” “International refugee adv...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s plan to expel “foreigners” from the country, asking Islamabad to reconsider its decision. The Taliban interim administration spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid also rejected the allegations that Afghans are involved in terror activities in Pakistan. “The behavior ...
