Ariana: Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 83 runs to enter the semi-finals of the U19 Asia Cup 2023 in Dubai on Tuesday. While chasing a 304-run target, Afghanistan could manage only 220 in 48.4 overs. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 11, 2023 The U.S. Treasury on December 11 slapped sanctions on a former Afghan official, his son, and related entities, accusing them of misappropriating millions of dollars of funds provided by U.S. government contracts. The sanctions statement cited former Afghan parliament speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani and his son Ajmal Rahmani.
8am: The fact is that Hekmatyar is not a reputable politician due to his participation in destructive regulatory wars and quasi-Taliban activities in the past. Therefore, he is neither highly popular among the people, nor are the countries involved in the Afghan crisis attaching him much importance. Even Pakistan, a country that Hekmatyar once depended
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 11, 2023 In the last three months, Iran and Pakistan have forced around 850,000 undocumented Afghan nationals to return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, officials reported Sunday. The crackdown on Afghans illegally residing in the neighboring countries is ongoing, despite warnings by the United Nations that a harsh winter and an uncertain
8am: Local sources in Takhar report that the Taliban have gunned down a former local police commander of the previous government, Abdul Bashir, and his pregnant wife, who had recently been expelled from Pakistan, in a hail of gunfire in the province. Abdul Bashir had fled to Pakistan after the fall of the previous government
VOA News December 11, 2023 Afghan special forces trained and funded by Britain and who worked side-by-side with British troops in Afghanistan in the fight against the Taliban are now facing the possibility of being deported from Pakistan, where the Afghan troops and their families fled, according to a BBC report. The 200 special forces
Ariana: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a report that since the beginning of this year, 2,513 deaths due to acute respiratory diseases have been recorded in Afghanistan. According to the WHO report, 82.2% of these figures are children. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Over the past two years, local Taliban forces in Ghor province collected funds from residents, claiming it was for constructing the Ghor-Herat highway. Currently, Ghor residents express concern that these funds have been misappropriated by local Taliban officials, and there is no accountability. Residents state that, while poverty and hunger are increasing in the