Afghanistan Archives - Page 4 of 6

August 20, 2025 12:15 PM

Evicted Afghan refugees huddle in Islamabad park, dreading return home

NDA's candidate CP Radhakrishnan on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the Vice Presidential elections in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju and Arju...

July 16, 2025 10:42 AM

Thousands of Afghans secretly moved to Britain after data leak

Britain set up a secret scheme to bring thousands of Afghans to the UK after their personal details were disclosed in one of the country's worst ever data breaches, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban after their return to power. Conc...

April 16, 2025 9:16 AM

Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 strikes Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan

In the early hours of Wednesday, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor occurred at 04.43 a.m. IST (local time), with the epicentre located at latitude...

March 12, 2025 11:36 AM

Pakistan rescues 155 hostages from train, dozens still held, sources say

Pakistani forces have rescued 155 passengers from a train that was hijacked by separatist fighters in the southwest of the country, security sources said on Wednesday, while the government said an operation was underway to rescue dozens still held ho...

January 23, 2025 2:15 PM

Islamic State claims responsibility for Chinese national killed in Afghanistan

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel late on Wednesday. Afghan police in the province had said on Wednesday that a Chinese cit...

January 7, 2025 12:13 PM

UK politicians urge England to boycott Afghanistan match over treatment of women

A group of British lawmakers urged England to boycott their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan next month, saying the country's cricket board (ECB) needed to take a stand against the Taliban's crackdown on women. Since the Taliban returned t...

January 6, 2025 6:05 PM

Tensions escalate as Pakistan warns Afghanistan of further cross-border strikes

Pakistan's government has announced its readiness to conduct additional airstrikes within Afghanistan if necessary to target Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts. The statement comes after Pakistan justified its recent airstrikes in Afghanistan'...

January 6, 2025 4:20 PM

India condemns Pak airstrikes on Afghanistan, says ‘old practice’ to blame neighbours for internal failures

India on Monday condemned the recent Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan, emphasizing that it is Islamabad's "longstanding pattern" to blame its neighbours for its internal failures. "We have noted media reports of airstrikes on Afghan civilians, in...

December 27, 2024 9:03 AM

Condolences pour in from across the globe on demise of former PM Manmohan Singh

Condolences have poured in from across the globe following the demise of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Leaders from neighbouring countries including the Maldives and Afghanistan, expressed deep grief over his passing, highlighting his cont...

July 20, 2024 4:55 PM

Panel studying US war in Afghanistan holds first public hearing

A commission created by Congress to conduct an independent review of the 20-year U.S. war in Afghanistan held its first public hearing on Friday, pledging to be "unflinching" in examining how and why key decisions were made and who made them. But, w...