Kabul, April 6 (IANS) Taliban on Monday claimed that it has captured a Pakistani border post in Eastern Afghanistan after a clash with the soldiers of the neighbouring country, local media reported. Local officials confirmed the exchange of fire betweenTaliban forces and Pakistani soldiers in a border area, Amu TV reported citing Taliban-run national broadcaster RTA. They said that an outpost was captured during the clashes and casualities have been reported on the Pakistani side.The incident co…
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Vijayawada, April 6 (IANS) The accused in the Vijayawada terror network case were allegedly working to expand the activities of AQIS and ISIS in India on the direction of foreign handler Al-Hakeem Shukoor, officials said on Monday.Five accused, including a woman, revealed details of their plans during the questioning by Andhra Pradesh Police and the Counter-Intelligence Cell during the last five days.Out of the 12 accused arrested in the case, five were grilled by the officials during the five-d…
Kabul, April 6 (IANS) Five people were killed in a head-on collision in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, the provincial government office said on Monday. The crash occurred on Sunday night in the Zard Sang area of Dushi district when two fuel tankers collided and burst into flames, said the office, adding that a speeding vehicle that arrived at the scene was quickly engulfed in the blaze, trapping its five commuters, who died on the spot, Xinhua News Agency reported. Several other vehicl…
Kabul, April 5 (IANS) More than 31,000 people were affected by flash floods in Afghanistan in 2025, according to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as quoted by local media reports on Sunday. In a statement, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme emphasised the need for disaster-resilient infrastructure. The agency said it was making efforts in cooperation with the Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan to help people better deal with future shocks, Afghanistan’s leading news age…
Kabul, April 5 (IANS) At least one person was killed and five others seriously injured in a traffic accident on the major Kabul-Kandahar highway in eastern Afghanistan’s Wardak province, the official Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday. The collision took place on Saturday evening in Sayyed Abad district of the province. Following the accident, the injured were promptly transported to a nearby medical facility for treatment, Xinhua News Agency reported.The incident has brought renewed attenti…
Kabul, April 5 (IANS) Police have discovered illegal drugs, including 300 kg of hashish, and arrested four drug smugglers, said a statement of Afghanistan’s Ministry for Interior Affairs on Sunday. “Counter-narcotics police officers seized 300 kilograms of hashish in Helmand province,” the statement posted on the ministry’s social platform X said.According to the statement, police have also discovered and seized 2,800 intoxicating tablets from Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar pro…
Kabul, April 5 (IANS) At least 77 people were killed, and 137 others were injured in floods that swept across several provinces of Afghanistan between March 26 and April 4, local media reported on Sunday, quoting disaster management officials. Afghanistan’s National Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Management Authority said that floods have caused widespread destruction, leaving hundreds of homes destroyed and damaging thousands of acres of agricultural land, the country’s leading news agency,…
Bikaner, April 4 (IANS) Project Chetak of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) celebrated its 47th Raising Day at Bikaner, Rajasthan, on Saturday, marking its over four decades of dedicated service, said an official. Raised on this day in 1980 in the strategically important western sector, the project has played a vital role in developing and maintaining infrastructure in Rajasthan, Punjab, and the northern parts of Gujarat, said the official in a statement.The project has played a vital ro…
Brussels, April 4 (IANS) With Pakistan’s economy under strain and domestic security deteriorating amid a renewed insurgency in Balochistan, the Afghan Taliban appear to be pursuing a long-term strategy in their conflict with Islamabad, prioritising survival and ideological expansion over Qatar or Turkey brokered ceasefires, a recent report has detailed. “For decades, the Islamabad establishment has played a dangerous game, nurturing the Taliban as a strategic depth agent against India. Today…
Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) The Finnish Embassy in Islamabad will cease its operations this summer, with the mission continuing to function until the final date is announced. After reopening its Embassy in 2022 following a decade-long closure, Helsinki has decided to shut it again, the local media reported. Finland’s neighbouring country, Sweden, had already closed its mission in Pakistan indefinitely in 2023 due to security concerns.Citing Finnish Embassy sources, leading Pakistani daily ‘The New…