Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- One crew member was killed after a commercial vessel was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting outbound through the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime Tra... Read More
Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, has warned that restrictions on Afghan women and girls are causing serious social, economic and psych... Read More
Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- Colombia's President Abelardo De La Espriella said preliminary estimates put the economic damage from last week's 7.4-magnitude earthquake at about $9.58 billion, as the govern... Read More
Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- More than 52 people were injured in a grenade explosion near the Sham-e Hedayat private school in Dasht-e Barchi, western Kabul, according to security officials and local witne... Read More
Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy has sharply criticized President Donald Trump's approach to Iran's nuclear programme, arguing that Washington currently lacks an effective means of fo... Read More
Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- The World Bank has kept Afghanistan in the low-income category for the 2026-27 fiscal year, highlighting the country's continued position among the world's poorest economies de... Read More
Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- The European Union on Tuesday condemned the explosion near Shama-e-Hedayat private school in western Kabul, expressing deep concern over reports that dozens of students were in... Read More
Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- More than 393,000 vulnerable Afghan returnees received humanitarian assistance through an EU-funded IOM programme between March 2025 and May 2026, as Afghanistan faced large-sc... Read More
Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, said the exclusion of women and girls in Afghanistan must never be normalised, stressing that their rights are "not negotiable" as ... Read More
Afghanistan, Aug. 18 -- Iranian Parliament Speaker and senior negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf is due to arrive in Baghdad on Wednesday to hold talks with Iraqi officials on regional developments an... Read More