Afghanistan

Afghanistan remittance payouts limited to local currency -sources

LONDON: Afghanistan's central bank has ordered banks to pay out remittances in local currency only,… Read More

Pak envoy to Kabul mulls future trade with new Afghan finance minister

KABUL: Pakistani Ambassador to Kabul has Sunday announced he has called on the newly appointed… Read More

Afghans blame departed US forces for their woes

War-weary residents of Kabul expressed anger and feelings of betrayal by the United States on… Read More

DG ISI hosts spy chiefs from Iran, Russia, China, Tajikistan in Islamabad: sources

ISLAMABAD: Director General (DG) Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on Saturday hosted… Read More

Afghanistan’s Kandhar gets new policing system under Taliban

KANDHAR: Afghanistan seems to be limping back to life after the Taliban takeover of the… Read More

Pakistan continued to closely follow evolving situation in Afghanistan: FO

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said that Pakistan has continued to closely follow… Read More

Crime ratio declined by 95pc after Taliban takeover, claims IG Kandahar

KANDAHAR: Inspector General of Police (IG) Kandahar Friday claimed that the ratio of criminal activities… Read More

Ministers, govt officers joined offices in Afghanistan: Zabihullah Mujahid

KABUL: Deputy Minister for Information of the Taliban-led Afghanistan caretaker government, Zabihullah Mujahid has said… Read More

Another C-130 aircraft with humanitarian aid reaches Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Second C-130 aircraft loaded with humanitarian assistance comprising food and medicines for the people… Read More

Qatari deputy premier calls on PM Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman… Read More

Al Qaeda may seek comeback in Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary says

KUWAIT: Al Qaeda may attempt to regenerate in Afghanistan following the American withdrawal from the… Read More

CIA chief calls on COAS, discusses evolving Afghan situation

RAWALPINDI: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Joseph Burns called on Chief of… Read More

Afghanistan’s new PM calls on ex-officials to return

KABUL: Afghanistan’s new acting Prime Minister (PM), Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund has called on former… Read More

Three C-130 planes with humanitarian aid leave for Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent three C-130 planes loaded with humanitarian assistance comprising food and medicines… Read More

CIA chief meets Indian security advisor amid developing Afghan situation

MUMBAI: Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns in his visit to the… Read More

Former Afghan president Ghani apologises to nation

Former president Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country last month as the Taliban entered Kabul,… Read More

Pakistan to send humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to dispatch humanitarian assistance comprising food and medicines for the people… Read More

Pakistan hopes new interim govt in Afghanistan will work for peace: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed the hope that the new political dispensation will work for… Read More

The US debacle in Afghanistan and trial of the Taliban

The Taliban did not conquer Afghanistan. The weak and discredited Ashraf Ghani surrendered the country… Read More