Kabul, July 27 (IANS) About 431 Afghan families, comprising 2,199 people, returned home from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, local media reported on Monday. Taliban’s deputy spokesman Mullah Hamdullah Fitrat shared the High Commission for Addressing Migrants’ Problems’ daily report on Monday. As per the report, 337 Afghan families, comprising 1,769 people, returned home through the Torkham crossing, Afghanistan-based Pajhwok Afghan News reported.As many as 39 families, comprising 213 people…
Latest Afghanistan News & Updates
Kabul, July 27 (IANS) Afghan counter-narcotics police have seized 42 kg of methamphetamine during an intelligence-led operation in northern Faryab province, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said in a statement. The drugs, which originated in western Herat province, were discovered concealed inside a vehicle and were being trafficked toward Balkh province when they were intercepted, according to a ministry statement released late Sunday.One suspect was arrested in connection with the seizure and …
Kabul, July 26 (IANS) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that a funding shortfall in 2026 is threatening nutrition programmes that support 5.7 million children and mothers in Afghanistan, local media reported on Sunday. In a statement, the OCHA said that millions of vulnerable Afghans could lose access to essential health and nutrition services until humanitarian organisations receive urgent funding. The agency said that financial constraints h…
Harare, July 26 (IANS) India skipper Shreyas Iyer described leading his side to a 3-0 series sweep against Zimbabwe as a ‘special feeling,’ and lavished high praise on the team’s youngsters for their fearless attitude and high energy levels throughout the short trip.After suffering series defeats in Ireland and England, Iyer registered his maiden series victory as India’s T20I captain after the visitors sealed a clinical 35-run win in the third and final T20I here at the Harare Sports Club o…
Kabul, July 26 (IANS) Police have rounded up more than 100 drug addicted people in central Afghanistan’s Daykundi province and sent them to a rehabilitation center, a statement from the Ministry of Interior Affairs said Sunday. It also noted that 78 drug addicted people have already recovered and reunited with their families in the province, Xinhua News Agency reported.The government would spare no efforts to provide medical treatment for the drug addicts while fighting against illegal drugs and…
Islamabad, July 25 (IANS) Recognising the weakness in its Kashmir narrative, Pakistan has tried every trick in the book to overcome its glaring shortcomings. With the country reeling under widespread internal unrest — from home-grown terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and an armed secessionist movement in Balochistan to an unprecedented public discontent in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), including Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) — one would have expected Islamabad to focu…
Kabul, July 25 (IANS) A total of 14,539 Afghan refugee families, totalling 97,277 individuals, returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, from the neighbouring countries of Pakistan and Iran over the past month, the deputy spokesman for the Afghan government announced on Saturday.The returnees entered Afghanistan through the Islam Qala border in western Herat province, the Torkham crossing point in eastern Nangarhar province, Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province, Pul-e-Abresham in western Nim…
Tel Aviv, July 25 (IANS) Pakistan is not governed solely by its elected cabinet – a “cohort of the extended Sharif family” – but by a hybrid political system in which the military remains the ultimate arbiter of national security and a powerful force in civilian politics, a report has stated. The current civilian government continues to face a significant legitimacy crisis amid concerns over restrictions surrounding the 2024 General Elections, the imprisonment and political exclusion of form…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) While a brilliant spell of 2-18 in the first T20I against Zimbabwe provided immense joy for Mayank Yadav on his return to international cricket, the bigger picture stretches far beyond it for the Delhi-based tearaway pacer. A 21-month injury layoff due to a stress fracture in the back needing surgery in Christchurch, New Zealand in July 2025, Mayank picking Player of the Match award on successful return to international cricket at the Harare Sports Club is merely step o…
Nagoya, July 23 (IANS) Defending champions India learned their route to another Asian Games cricket title after the official draw for the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 competitions was conducted on Thursday, with the women’s team set to open their campaign against host nation Japan, while the men’s side will enter directly at the quarter-final stage against a yet-to-be-decided opponent.The Women in Blue, who claimed gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, will face Japan in the last-eight stage of the T20…