Pakistan offers 1000 scholarships to Afghan students at different universities across country
The Higher Education Commission has announced the results of the test taken for the scholarships of the foreign students. 1000 students of Afghanistan will...
Op-ed: Pakistan should be cautious of the TTP even as terror group loses relevance in a new Afghanistan
In a significant development, two splinter groups of Tehreek-i–Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — Harkatul Ahrar and Jamatul Ahrar — have decided to rejoin the main...
Pakistan and Afghanistan: last battlegrounds of Polio eradication
As recently as 30 years ago, wild poliovirus paralysed more than 350 000 children in more than 125 countries every year. Today, the virus...
Afghan government not serious in peace process says Russia
For two decades Afghanistan has been the epicentre of American strategic involvement. But with the signing of the ‘Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan‘...
Afghan women negotiators aim to fight for fragile gains in talks with patriarchal Taliban
Five Afghan women who endured the Taliban rule and fought for fragile gains as war ravaged the country are now preparing to face the...
Economically devastated by pandemic and war, cash-strapped Afghans turn to opium
Afghans pushed out of work by the coronavirus pandemic after businesses and schools were shuttered have turned to opium cultivation for cash during this...
Taliban delegation visits Pakistan to discuss peace process in Afghanistan
Pakistan has invited key members of the Taliban's negotiating team to Islamabad, where senior officials will this week press them on the importance of...
Kabul police chief fired as wave of violence hits Afghan capital
Kabul's police chief has been fired, the Afghan interior ministry said Sunday, following a mortar attack that hit the presidential palace last week and...
Kabul opens school midst growing number of COVID-19 cases
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - Schools reopened across Afghanistan Saturday in a trial following months of closure due to the pandemic. In line with the move,...
10 civilians wounded as rocket attacks in Afghan capital hit presidential compound
Six members of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's honour guard were wounded Tuesday when a rocket attack hit his palace compound, two officials told. https://twitter.com/24matins_uk/status/1295668269261533184 Several mortar...
The Grand Assembly and release of Taliban prisoners
On August 9, the Council of Afghan Elders (Loya Jirga) approved the release of the 400 remaining Taliban prisoners in custody. The Afghan President...
Taliban prisoner release reignites trauma for the Afghani people
The decision to release hundreds of the Taliban's most dangerous prisoners has stirred painful memories for the loved ones of those killed in Afghanistan's...