Kabul, May 4 (IANS) Three people were killed and 14 others injured during Pakistan army’s fresh strikes on Dangam district in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, the Taliban regime said on Monday. A Taliban district official said that two schools, a clinic and two mosques were destroyed in Pakistan’s attack, Afghanistan International reported. However, the official have not revealed the exact timing of the attacks.Taliban district governor in Dangam, Mohammad Omar Sadiq, stated that Pakistani army has…
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Kabul, May 1 (IANS) As accusations mount on both sides, the ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan amid escalating tensions appears increasingly unstable. In the absence of a credible mechanism to address incidents and militant activity on both sides of the Durand Line, analysts warn that the region risks entering a prolonged phase of instability with civilians bearing the heaviest burden, a report said on Friday.Writing for the ‘Afghan Diaspora Network’, S S Ahmad, a Kabul-based freelance…
Kabul, April 28 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday summoned the Charge d’Affaires of the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul over the recent attacks carried out by the Pakistani forces on civilian targets in various Afghan provinces.Kabul also handed a protest letter to the Pakistani diplomat over Islamabad targetting public facilities along the Durand Line, even the university in the centre of Kunar province.The Ministry strongly condemned the violation of Afghanistan’s airspa…
Kabul, April 27 (IANS) As many as six Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a clash between Afghanistan’s border forces and Pakistani military personnel in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, Afghan media reported on Monday. The tensions escalated late Sunday night when Pakistani military forces reportedly shot and killed an Afghan child. The incident provoked an immediate response from the Afghan security forces.”The clash occurred in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, a key…
Jerusalem, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s hardline stance against the Afghan Taliban appears to be aimed at countering the growing strategic alignment between Kabul and New Delhi, amid claims by the Pakistani Defence Minister that the Taliban has turned Afghanistan into an “Indian colony”, a report said on Saturday.It warned that instability in Afghanistan carries significant risks, including the radicalisation of militants, threats to Indian development projects in the region, and disruptions…
Kabul, April 25 (IANS) The ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Saturday asserted that there are no security threats in the country and no citizen is compelled to leave on account of security considerations. Responding to media reports suggesting that around 1100 Afghans awaiting US visa processing in Qatar may be relocated to the Congo, Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, stated that the returnees can come back home with “full confidence” and …
Kabul, April 24 (IANS) Clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan have disrupted education of around 12,000 Afghan students in border areas, according to the United Nations (UN), local media reported on Friday. Many children have been displaced or are unable to continue studies in schools, especially in Afghanistan’s Kunar’s province, where villages have been partially emptied and schools have been damaged, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported.As per reports, at least 22 schools…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The Pentagon has launched what it described as its most comprehensive review of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, revisiting decisions that led to the chaotic 2021 exit. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the review aims to provide a full accounting of events leading up to and during the withdrawal.“There’s never actually been a full accounting… of the decisions that were made,” he said during a press briefing.He described the ongoing ef…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Amid reports of repression and isolation of women in Afghanistan comes a story defining the resilience, grit, and uniqueness of Monis Nazari, who has launched a business to support her family with her husband by her side.Pajhwok Afghan News reported on Tuesday that after years of living in Iran, Monis Nazari returned home and started the venture designing and organising wedding “dastarkhwan” (table spread) setups.Organising “nikah khana” arrangements and relate…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) A future agreement between the US and Iran will fail, not because diplomacy is inherently flawed, but due to structural contradictions embedded in the geopolitical architecture surrounding it, especially the continued reliance on Pakistan as a strategic intermediary, a report has stated. “The recent suggestion that Pakistan could host or mediate US–Iran negotiations is not merely surprising; it is strategically concerning. It reflects a persistent tendency in US fore…