As tensions rising between Pakistan and the Taliban, Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan said he had discussed regional security concerns with Uzbekistan’s envoy.
Annalena Baerbock, president of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, opened her address to the United Nations Human Rights Council by focusing on the situation of women in Afghanistan, describing it as what some call gender apartheid.
The United Nations said a Pakistani airstrike in the Barmal district of Afghanistan’s Paktika Province struck a religious school and partially damaged a nearby mosque.
The United Nations said at least 13 civilians were killed in Pakistan’s airstrike late Saturday on the Bahsud and Khogyani districts of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province.
Afghanistan’s acting representative to the United Nations said a formal complaint has been lodged against Pakistan following its airstrikes on Afghan territory.
Denmark is cooperating with the Taliban embassy in Oslo to facilitate the deportation of 57 Afghan migrants, Danish broadcaster TV 2 Denmark reported, citing officials. The report said the contact is limited to technical coordination.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban, launched a sharply worded attack on Pakistan’s military, accusing it of creating regional instability at the behest of major powers.
Neither the United Nations nor any country other than India has so far condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar and Paktika Provinces.
Pakistan’s military has vowed to avenge the killing of two security personnel who died Saturday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, warning that it would not let an attack launched from Afghan territory go unanswered.
Murtaza Solangi, spokesperson for Pakistan’s president, shared footage of a concert by Pakistani singer Mehdi Hasan in Kabul, saying the Afghan capital was once a centre of culture and music.
United Nations human rights experts have confirmed that Afghan citizens were among those killed and detained during recent protests in Iran.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, has challenged remarks by Donald Trump, demanding evidence for his claim that 32,000 people were killed in Iran.
Local sources in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said at least four people were killed and several others wounded in clashes between fighters of Islamic State Khorasan Province and members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in the Orakzai District.
A strong earthquake struck parts of Afghanistan on Friday, shaking Panjshir, Badakhshan, Takhar, Samangan, Parwan, Baghlan, Kabul and several other provinces.
Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, is set to present his report on the right to health of women and girls in Afghanistan at the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday, 26 February.
The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 stands as one of the most significant achievements in transboundary water cooperation globally.
Residents of Kabul say they have seen an unidentified drone flying over the Afghan capital.
Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s former information minister and a senior leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, has warned that the policies of the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are pushing Pashtun society towards destruction.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) marked the World Day of Social Justice by calling for equal access to education and inclusive participation in decision-making across Afghanistan.
Afghan applicants say Pakistani visas are being sold on the black market in Kabul for between $1,000 and $1,500, despite an official fee of just around $ 25.
Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security says it has seized 58 kilograms of narcotics smuggled from Afghanistan in the border district of Shamsiddin Shohin and arrested two Tajik nationals in connection with the case.