Ariana: Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan declined sharply by 56.61 percent in the second half of 2025, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan. The bank said Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan totaled $219.489 million between July and December 2025, reflecting a significant decrease compared to the same period earlier. Click here to read
Khaama: Severe winter storms across Afghanistan have killed at least 61 people, officials said, compounding an already dire humanitarian crisis across the country. Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority said on Saturday that heavy snowfall and rainfall over recent days left 61 people dead and 110 others injured nationwide. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: According to the report German authorities informed more than 660 Afghans in December 2025 that despite earlier assurances of resettlement, Germany would no longer be able to admit them. As an alternative, Berlin offered cash support to help affected individuals return to Afghanistan or seek refuge in another country willing to accept them. Click
CNN: US President Donald Trump has once again questioned whether NATO allies would “be there” if the United States “ever needed them,” baselessly claiming that the alliance’s troops “stayed a little back” from the frontlines in Afghanistan. “We’ve never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they’ll say they sent
Amu: Sweden’s migration minister on Thursday called on the European Union to develop a common procedure to issue identity and travel documents for Afghan nationals whose asylum applications have been rejected or who have committed crimes, saying deportations are currently “more or less impossible”. Migration Minister Johan Forssell said many Afghan nationals in Sweden and
Amu: Heavy snow and rain have killed at least 12 people and injured five others across seven provinces in Afghanistan, the Taliban-run disaster management authority said on Friday. The National Disaster Preparedness Authority said the fatalities were reported in Parwan, Nangarhar, Bamyan, Maidan Wardak, Kandahar, Jawzjan and Faryab provinces following severe weather in the past
Afghanistan International: According to a document obtained by Afghanistan International, the Taliban’s Council of Clerics in Badakhshan has offered financial rewards and security guarantees to Ismaili Muslims who convert to Sunni Islam. Sources say conversions are being enforced through threats and intimidation. The document shows that the Taliban clerics’ council in Badakhshan has drawn up
Ariana: Afghanistan’s national cricket team suffered a narrow 15-run defeat in the third and final T20 International, but victories in the opening two matches ensured a 2–1 series win over West Indies in the e& Cup T20I series. Despite the final-match setback, the series concluded in Afghanistan’s favour, marking a successful campaign as the team