Seven Afghan migrants dead in Iran accident
TEHRAN / KABUL — At least seven Afghan migrants lost their lives and nine others sustained injuries following a traffic collision in Iran’s volatile southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province. According…
43 nations demand immediate reversal of Taliban restrictions on Afghan women, girls
UNITED NATIONS / NEW YORK — A coalition of 43 countries has issued a joint statement at the United Nations strongly condemning the Taliban administration’s sweeping restrictions on the rights…
Afghan Taliban welcome Saudi mediation to ease tensions with Pakistan
KABUL — The chief spokesman for the Taliban administration, Zabihullah Mujahid, has stated that Kabul desires continued dialogue and cooperation with Pakistan, explicitly welcoming a constructive role by Saudi Arabia…
Afghan warlord Hekmatyar challenges Taliban’s mega energy deal with Saudi firm
Says resource competition could transform Afghanistan into a theater for devastating proxy wars KABUL — Veteran Afghan politician and Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has launched a scathing critique of the…
Steel against shrapnel: the Afghan trail Kohat’s martyrs leave behind
By Dr Muhammad Shahid KOHAT — In the wreckage of Friday’s massacre at the Old Police Lines mosque, investigators say they have found the first hard thread connecting Pakistan’s latest…
Badakhshan residents complain over stalled road construction project
Residents of the sixth district of Feizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province, have raised concerns over the suspension of a road construction project, saying the work has stopped before the…
Fazel Fazly warns of growing security threats and political uncertainty in Afghanistan
Fazel Mahmoud Fazly, who served as head of administrative affairs under Afghanistan’s former republic government, has warned that political uncertainty and the absence of what he considers a legitimate government…
Thousands of Afghan migrants return from Iran amid economic crisis
Thousands of Afghan migrants have reportedly returned to Afghanistan from Iran as the country faces worsening economic conditions, including rising prices, unemployment and a sharp decline in the value of…
Fawzia Koofi condemns Taliban restrictions on women and warns over Afghanistan’s future
Former Afghan parliamentarian Fawzia Koofi has once again criticized the Taliban’s policies toward women, saying their restrictions have severely affected women’s rights and Afghanistan’s future. Koofi, a former member of…
Tragedy in Kohat: 17 martyred, over 50 injured as suicide blast ranches old police lines mosque
Preliminary investigations point to cross-border linkages as security officials indicate Afghan-based operatives seem to have orchestrated the Kohat compound attack Kabul Times Desk KOHAT — A devastating suicide bombing struck…