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According to the NCS, the earthquake of magnitude 5.9, struck Fayzabad in Afghanistan. The quake was at a depth of 200 kms below the earth's surface.

The international community must feel the moral responsibility to lend unequivocal support to Afghan women who are being denied the basic dignity of life

The move comes as the latest addition to the Taliban’s growing list of restrictions being imposed on Afghan women.

The latest development comes after thousands of girls and women appeared for university entrance exams across Afghanistan three months ago, reports the BBC.

A turbulent Af-Pak region poses a greater risk to India and the world at large

Addressing the UNSC Arria Formula Meeting, Counsellor Madhu Sudan said India has direct stakes in ensuring the return of peace and stability to the country, given its position as a contiguous neighbour and long-standing partner of Afghanistan.

Australia managed to survive a late cameo from Rashid Khan to edge Afghanistan by four runs in their final Group 1 match in Super 12s

Hyderabad: The Super 12 match between Afghanistan and Ireland that was scheduled to take place today at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was abandoned due to rain. It was Afghanistan’s second wash-out in the Men’s 2022 T20 World Cup after their first match was called off due to bad weather on October 26. At the same […]

All-rounder Sam Curran's sensational five-for led England to a convincing five-wicket win over Afghanistan in a Super 12 match

Hyderabad: You need audacious gumption to make a spy thriller in its over-simplistic template as perceived by Ribhu Das Gupta. You also need amazing bad luck to be tempted into this adventure and tolerance to sit through this Afghan-Pak connect anti-terrorist story reduced to the simplicity of a chor-police game. Kids a couple of decades […]

Hyderabad: A bird, Pallid Harrier or pale, surprised Gujarat Forest Department officials as it traveled a distance of 6000 km from Gujarat to Russia. The adult male bird flew from Gujarat and crossed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan before reaching Russia. The officials fitted a tiny solar-powered satellite tracker on the bird to track […]

Following the match, the BCCI on Friday posted a video in which Virat Kohli is being interviewed by none other than Team India skipper Rohit Sharma.

Dubai: Opener KL Rahul is captaining India in place of regular captain Rohit Sharma as Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bowl first in a dead-rubber of Super Four stage in Asia Cup 2022 at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday. Both India and Afghanistan are looking to sign off from Asia Cup 2022 […]

Pakistan is to protest to the ICC over the fan violence that tarnished the intense last-over victory against Afghanistan at the Asia Cup in UAE.

In a nail-biting contest in the Super Four stage of the tournament, Pakistan beat Afghanistan by one wicket and secured a ticket to the final, Geo News reported.

All but out of reckoning for the summit clash, a dishevelled India would like to put their house in order before facing a gutsy Afghanistan team

Kabul: Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15 last year, the war-ravaged country has lost 39.59 per cent of its media outlets and 59.86 per cent of its journalists, stated Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its latest report. The Afghan media community has faced numerous challenges as media workers lost their jobs […]

Washington [US]: Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed on Saturday in an air strike by the United States, US President Joe Biden confirmed on Monday (local time). “On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan and killed Al Qaeda Amir Ayman al-Zawahiri,” Biden said in a […]

Kandhar: At least 180 people infected with cholera have been admitted to Mir Wais Hospital in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar. Up to “74 patients affected with the disease are from Shah Walikot district,” Soorgul Nawzadi, a physician in the hospital, said on Thursday. The disease earlier killed 20 children in the neighbouring Helmand province, […]

Kabul: Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, expressed optimism about with the regime’s ties with the international community, saying that more countries are expected to reopen their diplomatic missions in Kabul soon. “We have good relations with all the world and our relations are getting better. We hope to […]