offensive. The fired army chief of staff, Lt.... Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai, had only been appointed by Mr

Several electricity supply projects to Afghanistan have been halted since the past four months due to the suspension of funds from the Asian Development Bank( ADB), the World Bank and the US development aid in the wake of the country's takeover by the Taliban, according to officials from the national power company. The officials from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat( DABS) said that Turkmenistan's 500 KV electricity transmission to Afghanistan is one of the halted projects, which was transferring

Join our Whatsapp channel KABUL: Rashid Khan is set to play Test cricket for the first time in nearly four years after the world-renowned spinner was named Monday in Afghanistan’s squad for a series in Zimbabwe. The 26-year-old missed Afghanistan’s most recent Test matches on medical advice to heal a back injury for which he underwent surgery earlier this year.He last played a Test against Zimbabwe in March 2021 but has been featuring in white-ball cricket. The two-match Test series is scheduled

Amid the power crisis, various factories have been closed down in Afghanistan's Kandahar province due to lack of electricity, Pajhwok Afghan News reported. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August, many electricity supply projects have been halted for the past four months. Officials at Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat( DABS) said that the main reason for halting these projects is the suspension of funds from the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the United States develo

He also expressed frustration over the poor condition of numerous roads completed by the NHA.... He told the committee that his office was computerising the operation system through satellite imagery, which would be updated on a quarterly basis.... The computerised system would help identify areas where encroachments were occurring.Dr Kaleem Imam, Inspector General of National Highways and Motorways Police( NHMP), briefed the committee on all the recruitments made on the quota of minorities...

Afghan journalists and activists on Tuesday condemned new “ religious guidelines ” issued by the Taliban that restrict the role of women in television, as the country's new rulers move to muzzle the media. The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice on Sunday called on television channels to stop showing dramas and soap operas featuring women actors.It also told broadcasters not to screen films or programmes that are “ against Islamic or Afghan values ” and asked women televi

Washington( CNN) There's been no shortage of fact-based criticism aimed at the Biden administration's handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.... While some of that criticism has been accurate, much of it has inaccurately tried to rewrite the Trump administration's own history on Afghanistan--denouncing Biden while also misleadingly omitting the actions taken by Trump and his administration.... Here's a fact check of their claims....

Austin S. Miller, the commander of the U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement.... They also carried out attacks in Nawa, a district neighboring Lashkar Gah.... The military officials only realized it when the Taliban were almost stepping in to the gates of Lashkar Gah.” Mr....

image captionA girl at second hand market in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan.... Some Afghans have been forced to sell their belongings to make ends meetAt Balkh airfield in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Taliban fighters excitedly snap photos of a Russian-made MI-17 helicopter touching down.On board are senior Taliban officials.... It includes attack helicopters and fighter planes, gifted to the previous government by international forces. Under the old government, the aircraft were ofte

Arrivals have, in some cases, faced “ bare bones ” checks, with overworked officials having no idea who they were, according to insiders.... The report added: “ One manager said Border Force were ‘doing the bare bones of what they needed to’.... “ They also said claimants were arriving at intake units and ‘we had no idea who they were, they had not been searched, families were split up and detention papers hadn’t been properly done’....