All posts tagged "Afghanistan"

Death toll from earthquake in Afghanistan climbs to 1150

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan continued to climb days after it turned brick and stone homes into rubble, killing 1,150...

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Umar Gul has been named the new bowling coach of Afghanistan

Umar Gul, a former Pakistan fast bowler, has been named as Afghanistan’s new bowling coach for a one-year agreement. Gul’s first job...

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TikTok and PUBG banned by Afghan Taliban because they mislead the youth

On Thursday, the Taliban banned video-sharing app TikTok as well as the survival-shooter game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), claiming that they were leading...

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Seven soldiers martyred in ambush in North Waziristan

Terrorists attacked a military convoy in the Pak-Afghan border area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, in which seven Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom, according...

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Afghan, Gwadar chambers of commerce explore Gwadar trade activities

To boost up commercial and business activities in Gwadar, Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) explored Gwadar trade activities in a...

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Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to allow free movement of cargo trucks

Pakistan and Afghanistan have made a contract to permit free movement of each other’s trucks carrying trade shipments between the two countries...

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Pakistan and Uzbekistan agree to expand trade via Afghanistan

Pakistan and Uzbekistan have decided to further expand and deepen their strategic partnership in all areas and agreed to determine an accord...

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First batch of Indian wheat arrived in Afghanistan via Pakistan

The first batch of Indian wheat had arrived in Torkham dry port in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province via Pakistan. “About 2,500 tons...

Pakistan to export goods to Central Asian Republics via Afghanistan in rupees

The federal government permitted the export of particular commodities to Central Asian Republics (CARs) through Afghanistan against the Pakistani rupees. As per...

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Wanted TTP commander Muhammad Khorasani killed in Afghanistan

Khalid Balti aka Muhammad Khorasani, the most sought Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander and spokesperson, was killed in the Afghan province of Nangarhar....

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Pakistan completes first-ever smart card registration of 1.4 million Afghan refugees

UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has praised Pakistan for completing its first ever drive to verify data of around 1.4 million on-the-move Afghan...

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OIC meeting in Pakistan agrees to set up Humanitarian Trust Fund for Afghanistan

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged its member and non-member states to mobilize the necessary financial resources in order to...

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Education

Pakistan prepares over Rs 11 billion package for Afghan students

With the aim of providing the assistance package to the budding Afghan government, Pakistan has decided to give thousands of subsidies to...

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World Bank backs using $280 million in frozen aid funds for Afghanistan

According to news, the World Bank board has approved releasing $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to assist Afghanistan...

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Pakistan permits India to transport 50,000 tonnes of wheat, medicine to Afghanistan

Pakistan permitted 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat and medicines to be transported from India to Afghanistan as a “goodwill and exceptional humanitarian gesture.” Wheat...

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25 killed as blasts and gunfire hit Kabul hospital

On Tuesday, Kabul yet again struck by two explosions causing 25 casualties and several injured, this time the target was a large military hospital. After...

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Iran, Pakistan agree to expand security ties, help establish peace in Afghanistan

Pakistan and Iran agreed for collective efforts in forming a strong government in Afghanistan and help establish peace in the country. Maj...

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EU announces 1 billion euro aid package for Afghanistan and its neighbours

The European Union (EU) announced Tuesday that it will give $1.16 billion in aid to Afghanistan and surrounding nations as a method...

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Taliban seeks assistance from Russia in reconstruction of war-torn Afghanistan

The Taliban expressed hope that Russia would take part in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, which had been damaged as a result of...

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Suicide bomber kills at least 72 at Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz

At least 72 people were martyred in a suicide bombing at a mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Friday, the deadliest...

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Taliban to restore 1964 monarchy constitution with limitations in Afghanistan

On Tuesday, the Taliban said that they would temporarily adopt the 1964 constitution that gave women the right to vote, but would...

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Dollars being smuggled to Afghanistan adds pressure on weaker rupee

Dr. Raza Baqir, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), has revealed that US dollars are being smuggled into Afghanistan from Pakistan. ...

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Some Pakistan interests in conflict with US, will reassess ties, says Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that the US will examine its ties with Pakistan in the coming weeks to determine...

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China announces $31 million aid package for Afghanistan

China has offered Afghanistan 200 million yuan ($31 million, £22 million) in aid, including food and coronavirus vaccines. Beijing has stated that...

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DG ISI hosts spy chiefs from Russia, China, Iran and Tajikistan

According to a security source, DG ISI hosted a meeting of spy chiefs from several nations on Saturday to discuss the situation in...

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Pakistan announces humanitarian assistance for people of Afghanistan

Pakistan has committed to provide food and medicine to the people of Afghanistan as humanitarian help. Three C-130 aircraft of Pakistan Air Force...

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Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan led by Mullah Akhund

The Taliban have announced an interim government in Afghanistan, an Islamic Emirate led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhunda. As the West debates...

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Taliban claim to have taken Panjshir, last holdout province in Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed entire control of Afghanistan on Monday, claiming victory in the important battle for the Panjshir Valley, the final stronghold...

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Privacy advocates raise concerns about US-built biometric system for Afghans

The US built a biometric system more than 15 years ago to register as many Afghans as possible, and now that the...

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China will be our main partner in rebuilding Afghanistan: Taliban

With the help of China, the Taliban will fight for an economic comeback in Afghanistan. According to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, Afghanistan’s economic future...

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PIA plane carrying 12.5 tons of medical supplies lands in Afghanistan

Since Afghanistan came under the control of Taliban, the country has received its first shipment through a plane carrying World Health Organization’s (WHO)...

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Senate, NA members get briefing at GHQ amid evolving Afghanistan situation

Members of the Parliamentary Kashmir Committee and defence committees of the Senate and the National Assembly (NA) were among those who visited the...

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US completes withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan after 20-year war

On Monday, the United States (US) concluded its withdrawal from Afghanistan, bringing an end to a 20-year war that resulted in the...

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World Bank, IMF thanks PM Khan for evacuating staff, families from Kabul

Despite the fast-changing circumstances in Afghanistan, World Bank President David Malpass has praised Pakistan’s assistance in rescuing and temporarily relocating their workers and families from Kabul. ...

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Putin calls PM Imran to talk about the emerging situation in Afghanistan

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Prime Minister Imran Khan on the phone on the developing...

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2 suicide attacks outside Kabul airport kill multiple US soldiers among others

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul airport Thursday killing at least 13 people and 15 wounded....

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More than 10,000 people at Kabul airport awaiting evacuation

More than 10,000 people are awaiting evacuation at Kabul airport, the US defence department said at a press conference on Wednesday. Europe...

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Players from Afghan women’s national football team evacuated from Kabul

The Afghan women’s national football team has been evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban’s recent takeover. Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs...

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Afghanistan ODI series to be held in Pakistan next year

A one-day international (ODI) series between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been postponed until 2022 due to logistical challenges to travel and changing...

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Taliban take control of presidential palace as Afghan President Ghani flees country

The Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan’s presidential palace after both President Ashraf Ghani and his deputy, Vice-President Amarullah Saleh, left the...

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Taliban enter Afghan capital two decades after US-led ouster

Even as foreign diplomats and many locals attempted to flee, Taliban rebels stormed Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday and declared they intended...

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Ashraf Ghani resigns as Taliban reach the gates of Kabul

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani relinquished power as the Taliban formed an interim government on Sunday. President of Afghanistan has resigned after his...

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Pakistan to bring Turkey & Taliban face-to-face to discuss security of Kabul airport: PM

On Thursday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Pakistan would persuade the Taliban to begin direct negotiations with Turkey to secure Kabul International...

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All stakeholders must play their part for Afghan peace: COAS Bajwa

General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), has stated that Pakistan has made and will continue to make...

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Taliban take Uruzgan, Kandahar, Herat in major offensive

On Thursday, the Taliban took control of Uruzgan, Kandahar and Herat, Afghanistan’s second and third largest cities, respectively, as well as a...

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Taliban captures Afghanistan’s third-largest city Herat after taking Ghazni

Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city, has fallen to the Taliban, becoming the eleventh provincial capital to be captured by the armed group in...

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Terrorist havens at Pak-Afghan border source of instability: Pentagon

The Pentagon blamed Pakistan yet again for the tumultuous Afghan situation, claiming that terrorist safe havens along the Pak-Afghan border were the...

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Taliban tell President Ghani ‘his time is up’

President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan was warned by the Taliban that his time had “run out” and that his “war pronouncements, allegations,...

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‘US really messed it up’: PM Imran on Afghanistan situation

Prime Minister Imran Khan has remarked that the US “seriously messed it up in Afghanistan,” questioning the US motive for invading the...

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India, Israel behind hybrid war on Pakistan

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan’s interior minister, claimed that India and Israel were behind the continuing hybrid war against Pakistan, which had only...

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Threat of terrorist sleeper cells becoming active again due to Afghan unrest: DG ISPR

Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations, stated on Saturday that the situation in Afghanistan poses a “danger of terrorist...

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Unfair to blame Pakistan for Afghanistan situation: PM Imran Khan

On Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan urged Afghanistan to view Pakistan as a “peace partner” rather than blame it for the recent...

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Afghan Taliban offer three-month ceasefire in return for prisoner release

As the militant group continues its massive march across the nation, an Afghan government negotiator said on Thursday that the Taliban had...

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In guise of airlifting diplomats from Kandahar, Indian planes drop weapons

The double game of the Indian authorities was exposed later that the two Indian planes landed in Kandahar on Saturday to airlift...

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Boris Johnson announces end to UK military mission in Afghanistan

Boris Johnson has announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan, 20 years after the post-9/11 invasion that launched the “war...

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Islamabad, Kabul sign to extend APTTA for 6 months

Islamabad and Kabul signed the protocol for a six-month extension of the Afghanistan–Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement 2010 (APTTA). In a video link ceremony, held on Thursday,...

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US admits it left Bagram air base without informing Afghan govt

The Pentagon on Tuesday admitted it had vacated the Bagram air base, the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, secretly without informing the Afghanistan government. ...

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Two soldiers martyred in terrorist attack from across border

Terrorist group from Afghanistan in an attack on military post in Dwatoi, North Waziristan, martyred two Pakistan Army soldiers, according to the military’s...

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Army chief, DG ISI to brief parliamentarians on national security on July 1

Army chief and DG ISI to brief parliamentarians on security matters with special reference to the emerging Afghanistan situation on July 1...

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Russia warns of civil war in Afghanistan after withdrawal of troops

Russia warned of the danger of the situation in Afghanistan, saying that there is a “high probability” of a civil war after...

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Pakistan ready to be US partner for peace in Afghanistan: PM Imran in Washington Post

Pakistan is ready to be a US partner for peace in Afghanistan, but will not host US bases and avoid risking further conflict,...

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Islamabad stops official contact with Afghan NSA for disrespecting Pakistan

Pakistan has conveyed its strong reservations to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani over the statements of Afghan NSA Hamdullah Mohib against Pakistan. Pakistan has...

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Taliban warns Pakistan against allowing USA to operate military bases

Taliban warned Afghanistan’s neighbour on Wednesday against allowing the United States of America (USA) to operate military bases on their soil after...

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Gen. Carter facilitates COAS Bajwa meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

General Qamar Jawed Bajwa, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to examine issues of mutual interest...

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Kabul attack: Families bury schoolchildren of blast that killed dozens

Afghan families have been burying their children who were killed in Saturday’s car bombing, followed by two more IED blasts, outside Sayed...

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United States military begins final withdrawal from Afghanistan

On Sunday, United States Army General Scott Miller, the commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, announced that an organized withdrawal of foreign...

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Pakistan starts issuing smart cards to registered Afghan refugees

The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed the launch of a country-wide campaign in Pakistan in order to verify and update the data...

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Biden orders Afghanistan withdrawal from May 1 to end ‘forever war’

President Joe Biden has agreed to pull US troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, exactly 20 years after al Qaeda...

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UNHCR to facilitate biometric verification of 1.4m Afghan refugees

UN High Commissioner for Refugees is going to facilitate 1.4 million biometric ID cards for Afghan refugees in Pakistan. The government of Pakistan and...

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Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar corridor hailed as ‘project of the century’

The project of the construction of Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway track is being regarded as a “Project of the century” by international media. An...

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NBP branches in Bangladesh, Afghanistan to be closed

Due to the losses, the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has decided to shut down its branches in Bangladesh and Afghanistan. During...

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Pakistan cancels 2 lakh fake ID cards held by Afghan refugees

Pakistan has cancelled about 200,000 fake computerized national identity cards (CNICs) fraudulently held by Afghan refugees in the country. Talking to reporters...

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Pakistan to build railway line connecting Chaman and Spin Boldak in Afghanistan

In a great development by the Railways department the railway minister told reporters in Quetta that Pakistan plans to construct a rail...

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Gunmen kill 22 students, injure more in terrorist attack on Kabul University

According to an eye witness sources of the Kabul attack, the gunmen attacked Kabul University campus and killed at least 22 students...

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Afghanistan chief peacemaker Abdullah thanks Pakistan for facilitating peace process

To discuss the Afghan Peace talks, Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan High Council for National Reconciliation arrived in Islamabad on Monday on...

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Afghan forces, Taliban continue to clash even as Afghanistan peace talks open in Qatar

Afghanistan government and Taliban forces clash all over the Afghanistan hours after much awaited peace talks resumed in Doha, Qatar. In the...

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South Korea donates $1 million for Afghan refugees in Pakistan

The government of South Korea donated one million dollars for a new UNHCR project to empower Afghan refugees in Pakistan. United Nations...

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China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal hold an important virtual meeting

Foreign ministers of China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal on Monday held their first joint virtual meeting to discuss the novel coronavirus pandemic,...

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