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Pakistan

Pak-Afghan border closure: Fruits and vegetables rot as daily losses hit $1m

Consumers and small traders bear the brunt amid soaring prices

Updated 24 Oct, 2025 06:15pm

Pakistan

Afghanistan seeks 48-hour ceasefire extension; Pakistan to decide after consultations

Taliban sources confirm extension request as both sides maintain calm along the border

Updated 17 Oct, 2025 10:24pm

Pakistan

Taliban regime not legitimate ‘representatives of Afghan people’: FO

Foreign Office says Pakistan responded firmly to cross-border aggression

Updated 17 Oct, 2025 07:41pm

Pakistan

Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over ‘provocative’ India-Afghanistan statement

Islamabad lodges strong protest, says joint communiqué ignores Kashmiris’ sacrifices and violates UN resolutions.

Published 11 Oct, 2025 11:20pm

World

India announces reopening of embassy in Kabul

The move marks renewed diplomatic contact between India and Afghanistan’s taliban government

Published 10 Oct, 2025 01:58pm

World

Explosions rock Afghan capital Kabul; Taliban say situation ‘under control’

Zabihullah Mujahid confirms blast heard in the city, says investigation underway and no casualties reported yet

Updated 10 Oct, 2025 09:09am

World

India set to receive first Afghan Taliban minister

Muttaqi expected to discuss trade and regional ties after Moscow talks with Russia, China, Pakistan and others

Updated 03 Oct, 2025 08:51pm

World

Taliban impose nationwide internet blackout in Afghanistan

High-speed services shut down in Kabul and provinces; critics call move an attack on free speech

Published 29 Sep, 2025 10:59pm

Pakistan

Trilateral ministers’ conference: Pakistan, China agree to expand CPEC to Afghanistan

Dar, Muttaqi and Wang agree to boost efforts against terrorism

Updated 20 Aug, 2025 09:38pm

Pakistan

Afghanistan govt agrees to relocate, disarm TTP

Breakthrough achieved during Interior Minister Naqvi's visit to Kabul

Published 21 Jul, 2025 02:05pm

Pakistan

Naqvi discusses bilateral ties with Afghan minister in Kabul

Border management, counter-terrorism, and infiltration discussed

Published 20 Jul, 2025 10:23pm

Pakistan

Pakistan, Afghanistan hold Joint Coordination Committee meeting in Kabul

Meeting will focus on discussions regarding economic cooperation and mutual interest areas

Updated 16 Apr, 2025 01:21pm

World

Major breakthrough in Pakistan-Afghanistan relations as joint committee meeting scheduled

Special envoy's Kabul visit paves way for enhanced cooperation, Taliban show flexibility on TTP

Updated 24 Mar, 2025 01:27pm

World

Suicide blast near Afghan government offices kills attacker, one other

Suicide bomber detonated his explosives before reaching target

Published 13 Feb, 2025 02:18pm

Pakistan

Afghan Taliban protest Pakistani airstrikes as violation of territorial sovereignty

Afghan defense ministry claimed that most casualties included ordinary citizens and refugees

Published 26 Dec, 2024 02:30pm

World

Saudi Arabia embassy in Afghanistan’s Kabul resumes full operations

Taliban remains unrecognised by any nation

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 05:03pm

World

Blast targeting minibus kills three in Kabul

Police arrest one person on charge of involvement in terror attack, say office

Published 09 Jan, 2024 07:42pm

Pakistan

In rare visit, Fazl lands in Kabul to discuss security issues

This is Maulana's first visit to Kabul since 2013

Updated 08 Jan, 2024 03:11pm

World

Seven dead in Afghan capital bus explosion: police

Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said the explosion occurred in capital's Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood

Published 07 Nov, 2023 08:57pm

Pakistan

Outlawed TTP an ally of Kabul, Khawaja Asif

Alleges terrorists entering Pakistan in the guise of patients’ caretakers

Published 15 Sep, 2023 09:51am

World

China appoints envoy in Kabul, becomes first country to do so since Taliban takeover

No official announcement from Chinese foreign ministry

Updated 13 Sep, 2023 07:35pm

World

Women’s rights continue to erode as Afghan Taliban celebrate takeover

They closed beauty salons and barred women from parks

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:52pm

World

‘Beautiful Corolla’: Afghanistan’s enduring love affair with Toyota

These cars have always been there for people

Published 05 May, 2023 02:41pm

World

Taliban authorities warn UN over Afghanistan talks exclusion

Guterres called the two days of talks in Doha as the United Nations

Published 02 May, 2023 02:55pm

World

Suicide bombing near Foreign Ministry in Kabul kills at least 6

Officers shot the bomber near a security checkpoint

Updated 27 Mar, 2023 05:34pm

World

Afghan girls struggle with poor internet as they turn to online classes

The Taliban administration has allowed girls to study individually

Published 27 Mar, 2023 11:31am

Life & Style

Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madressahs

'We were depressed because we were denied an education,' says 16-year-old Farah

Published 16 Mar, 2023 10:45am

World

Afghan Taliban plan to turn former foreign bases into special economic zones

A pilot plan will begin to convert bases in Kabul and in Balkh province

Published 20 Feb, 2023 01:39am

World

Ministry: Saudi Arabia shuts down embassy in Afghanistan

Diplomats relocated to Pakistan amid fear of terror attack

Published 07 Feb, 2023 08:22pm

World

Taliban govt seeks economic self-sufficiency, foreign investment for Afghanistan

'We will support any item which can help us for self-sufficiency,' says acting commerce minister

Published 02 Jan, 2023 03:16pm