Kabul, March 13 (IANS) As Pakistan’s ongoing conflict with Afghanistan escalates, several critics have termed it as a deliberate ploy adopted by the country’s failed military to create instability in the region in order to divert attention of people from the fundamental failures of government, a report has stated. Domestic opposition to Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir is growing and increasingly visible. After the killing of civilians by security forces during local protests in Pakistan-occupie…
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Kabul, March 10 (IANS) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned that the restrictions imposed on women in Afghanistan are harming country’s progress and deteriorating humanitarian challenges, local media reported on Tuesday. UNAMA Acting Head Georgette Gagnon said the Taliban was giving priority to ideological policies over the welfare of people in Afghanistan. In her remarks at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Gagnon said the Taliban’s ban …
Kabul, March 8 (IANS) A fire erupted at a commercial market in Torkham area of Afghanistan following a massive strike by Pakistani forces, causing damage to businesses and property, local media reported on Sunday citing officials. Torkham Mayor Mawlawi Abdullah Mustafa said that several shells were fired towards the town at around 4 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, which struck near a commercial market area, Khaama Press reported, citing Bakhtawar News Agency.The firing caused a fire that quickly sp…
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) Pakistani police have ramped up the arrest of Afghan refugees following escalating border clashes with Taliban forces, according to media reports.The plight of Afghan nationals in Pakistan has been described as “critical”, with widespread detentions of both men and women, particularly in Islamabad.Citing sources, Afghanistan’s leading news agency, Khaama Press, reported that police in recent days arrested Afghan nationals possessing valid visas and legal residency documents….
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Islamabad’s handling of dissent in Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) has showcased the structural contradictions in the governance model of the region. Despite forcibly having administrative control since 1948, Pakistan has not given full constitutional status to PoGB, resulting in federal government and military-related institutions to have decisive authority over resources and political institutions of PoGB while restricting meaningful local representation, a l…
Kabul, Feb 19 (IANS) The Afghanistan Media Support Organisation (AMSO) has said Afghan journalists stuck in Pakistan and Iran face worsening conditions while they wait for their humanitarian visas, local media reported. The group said that many journalists who left Afghanistan as they faced security threats now risk deportation from host nations while relocation remains delayed, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported.AMSO warned that prolonged administrative delays and the absen…
Quetta, Feb 17 (IANS) Around 11 Pakistani security personnel were killed in a targetted suicide car bombing at a joint checkpost in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported citing a confirmation from the media wing of country’s military on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the attack involving an explosive-laden vehicle took place on February 16 at a Frontier Corps security post in Bajaur near the Afghanistan borde…
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Pakistan has planned to deport nearly 20,000 Afghan refugees who have been waiting for resettlement in the United States, local media reported on Tuesday. Pakistan’s federal government will issue orders for senior provincial authorities and police in Islamabad, Balochistan, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) to facilitate the deportation of Afghan refugees, Afghanistan’s leading Khaama Press agency h…
Kabul, Feb 10 (IANS) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has stated that the economic conditions of Afghan women remain fragile, with limited access to jobs and income opportunities, deteriorating household vulnerabilities in Afghanistan, local media reported on Tuesday. The report released on Tuesday has revealed that 75 per cent of Afghans face difficulty in meeting daily needs, while 88 per cent of female-headed households do not have access to minimum living requirements, showcas…
Kabul, Feb 8 (IANS) A child was killed and another injured as an unexploded ordnance left over from the past wars went off in the western Badghis province, said a statement of the provincial police office on Sunday. The accident occurred when the children were playing in Sang-e-Atash area on Saturday evening, killing one child on the spot and injuring another, the statement said, Xinhua News Agency reported. Afghanistan is regarded as one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world, as …