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Woman, child killed in Kunar in suspected Pakistan strike during ceasefire

Afghanistan, March 20 -- A female health worker and her three-year-old child were killed in a reported Pakistani attack in Afghanistan's Kunar province, local sources said. The strike took place Thur... Read More


Ex-Pak envoy says Kabul truce will not last without action on TTP

Afghanistan, March 20 -- Former Pakistan special envoy for Afghanistan Asif Durrani has warned that the current ceasefire between the Taliban and Islamabad will not last unless concrete action is take... Read More


Trump calls NATO a 'paper tiger' over Strait of Hormuz

Afghanistan, March 20 -- President Donald Trump said NATO without the United States is "a paper tiger," accusing the alliance of failing to act when Iran posed what he described as a nuclear threat. ... Read More


Iran claims world's first hit on US F-35 fighter jet

Afghanistan, March 20 -- Iran has claimed it struck a US F-35 stealth fighter during a combat mission over its territory, in what could mark a major moment in the ongoing war. US officials said the ai... Read More


India Sends 2.5 Tons of Emergency Medical Aid to Kabul

Afghanistan, March 20 -- India has delivered 2.5 tons of emergency medicines, medical disposables, kits and equipment to Kabul to support the treatment and recovery of people wounded in the March 16 a... Read More


Afghanistan Again Ranked World's Unhappiest Country

Afghanistan, March 20 -- Afghanistan has again been ranked the world's unhappiest country, while Finland was named the happiest nation for the ninth consecutive year in the latest World Happiness Repo... Read More


Iran Says It Still Building Missiles Despite Israeli Claims of Major Damage

Afghanistan, March 20 -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Iran is continuing to build missiles despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that Tehran has lost its uranium enrichment and... Read More


Meloni Says No EU Country Plans Troop Deployment to Break Iran's Hormuz Blockade

Afghanistan, March 20 -- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says no European Union country currently plans to send forces to the Middle East, stressing diplomacy over military action on Iran and th... Read More


Afghan Journalist Mahdi Ansari Released From Bagram Prison After 18 Months in Custody

Afghanistan, March 20 -- The Afghanistan Journalists Center said Mahdi Ansari, a Kabul-based local journalist, has been released after spending one and a half years in Bagram prison, marking the end o... Read More


Afghanistan Declares Eid al-Fitr on Thursday, Saudi Arabia Sets Friday

Afghanistan, March 19 -- The Taliban administration has announced that Eid al-Fitr will be observed on Thursday in Afghanistan, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The decision was confirmed... Read More