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KABUL – Sergei Naryshkin, Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), has accused Western intelligence agencies of actively seeking to support anti-government forces in Afghanistan to maintain instability and further their geopolitical interests. Speaking at the “Afghanistan: Regional Interconnectivity, Security and Development” conference in Baku on April 17-18, Naryshkin criticized …

KABUL – Afghanistan’s Prime Minister, Hasan Akhund, has condemned Pakistan’s “unilateral deportation” of Afghan refugees, accusing Islamabad of exacerbating the crisis and obstructing efforts to find a lasting solution. The strong criticism comes after Pakistan began a strict campaign in April to forcibly expel over 800,000 Afghan nationals, including many …

KABUL – In a striking policy recalibration, the United States under the second Trump administration appears to be adopting a more pragmatic approach toward the Taliban government in Afghanistan. A recent high-level visit to Kabul by a U.S. delegation has raised eyebrows globally and signals Washington’s renewed interest in engaging …

KABUL – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on Saturday, 19 April 2025, at approximately 12:17 PM IST (11:47 AM local time). The quake’s epicentre was located at latitude 36.10°N and longitude 71.20°E, with a depth of approximately 130 kilometres, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). …

KABUL — Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Kabul on Saturday for high-level talks with Taliban officials as Islamabad intensifies the deportation of undocumented Afghans. His visit comes as more than 85,000 Afghans — over half of them children — have been expelled in just over two weeks. Pakistan …

KABUL – Pakistan has expelled over 80,000 Afghan nationals since the end of March, as part of a massive repatriation drive ahead of a final deadline of April 30. Talal Chaudhry, an adviser to Pakistan’s interior ministry, confirmed on Friday that the country would enforce this deadline strictly, allowing only …

KABUL — In a highly controversial move, the Trump administration has ordered Afghan refugees who entered the U.S. after the Taliban’s 2021 takeover to leave the country within seven days or face deportation. The directive, issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, applies to thousands of Afghans, many of …

Kabul — United Nations human rights experts on Thursday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to immediately impose a moratorium on capital and corporal punishment, following a string of public executions carried out across the country on April 11. The Taliban’s de facto Supreme Court announced four public executions in the …

KABUL – Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today renewed his call for the global community to engage with Afghanistan, warning that isolating the war-torn country could destabilize the entire Central and South Asian region. Speaking at the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Tashkent, Mirziyoyev urged international lawmakers to support …

KABUL — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that struck a police vehicle in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, killing three policemen and injuring at least 15 others. The attack occurred Tuesday in Mastung city, where a bomb rigged to a parked motorcycle detonated as a …