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Former UN Afghanistan envoy Benon Sevan dies at 88

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- Benon Sevan, the veteran United Nations diplomat who played a key role in the organisation's efforts to broker a political settlement in Afghanistan during the final years of th... Read More


Afghan Citizen in US Sentenced to 35 Years for Child Sexual Abuse

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- A 21-year-old Afghan national living in Arlington, Texas, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing and possessing child sexual abuse m... Read More


Herat Battery Company Exports $2 Million Battery Shipment to Arab Markets

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- A battery manufacturing company in Afghanistan's western Herat province has exported a shipment of batteries worth $2 million to Arab markets, marking its fourth export consignm... Read More


UN Human Rights Council Extends Richard Bennett's Afghanistan Mandate for One Year

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- The United Nations Human Rights Council has extended the mandate of Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, for another year,... Read More


31 US States Back 9/11 Victims Seeking $3.5 Billion in Afghanistan Assets for Compensation

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- Iowa and 30 other US states have urged the US Supreme Court to review a case involving about $3.5 billion in Afghanistan central-bank assets that victims of the September 11, 20... Read More


Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed Houthi missile sites in Yemen

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Tuesday that it had destroyed a ballistic missile launch platform in the capital, Sanaa, and a missile storage facility in Saada c... Read More


'Your Place Is in Jail': India's Supreme Court Rebukes Rajpal Yadav Over Cheque Case

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- India's Supreme Court on Monday sharply rebuked Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav for failing to comply with a payment undertaking in seven long-running cheque-dishonour cases, warni... Read More


Germany at Risk of Violent Conflict With Russia, Intelligence Chief Warns

Afghanistan, Oct. 5 -- Germany faces a growing risk of being drawn into a violent conflict with Russia as Moscow intensifies what German intelligence describes as an increasingly aggressive "shadow wa... Read More


Moscow Talks Fail to Issue Joint Statement Amid Kabul-Islamabad Dispute

Afghanistan, Oct. 5 -- The eighth meeting of the Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan ended Monday without a joint statement after the Taliban and Pakistan failed to agree on wording related to ... Read More


US Withdraws B-1 Bombers From UK Base After Suspected Terror Plot

Afghanistan, Oct. 5 -- The United States has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in Britain and redeployed them to their home bases in the United States, about a week after several people were... Read More