Afghan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi will visit New Delhi next week

Monitoring Desk: Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is visiting New Delhi next week, reports India Today. UN exempted Muttaqi to visit India between October 9 to 16. It may be remembered that DND News Agency on September 27, 2025 reported...

World News | UN Rights Envoy Hails New Investigative Mechanism for Justice in Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 8 (ANI): UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has welcomed the creation of an independent investigative mechanism for the country, calling it "a vital step toward...

Heela Najibullah’s Plea: Let Afghanistan Stand Neutral and United

Almost 30 years after former Afghan President Dr. Mohammad Najibullah was killed by the Taliban, his daughter, Heela Najibullah, delivered a deeply personal and political message to Afghans worldwide. Speaking on the 29th anniversary of his death...

Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal Raises Water Security Fears

Water has long been one of Central Asia’s most contested resources, shaping agriculture, energy policy, and diplomacy across the region. Recently, Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal project has emerged as a central point in this debate. Promoted by the...

Krishnan Guru-Murthy: ‘My dad was spat on by skinheads’

Krishnan Guru-Murthy laughs ruefully when I say I want to ask him about his “greatest hits”. The Channel 4 News anchor knows this means that I’m about to rake up the catalogue of memorable moments that include Robert Downey Jr stomping out of...

MoPH: Most salt factories in Kabul require standardisation

KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Food and Drug Authority (NFDA) at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says out of ten salt production factories in central capital city, only three meet the required standards, while the remaining ones need...

Survival of snow leopard populations 'precarious,' researchers say. Here's why

Survival of snow leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have evolved, scientists recently discovered. Snow leopards have low genetic diversity, increasingly their risk of extinction in a...

Cybercrime surges 35% in Pakistan in 2025 amid govt’s push for cryptocurrency legalisation, digital currency launch

KARACHI: A senior official at the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has revealed that cybercrime in Pakistan, including incidents of WhatsApp hacking, has surged by a staggering 35% so far in 2025. Talking to Business Recorder,...

Uzbek Companies Granted Exploration Licenses in Afghanistan

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has granted official licenses to Uzbek companies to conduct geological research in Afghanistan and extract hydrocarbon resources such as oil and gas. Mirzamuhammadov emphasized that stability in Afghanistan and...

Ms. Global: Indigenous Women’s Rights Violated in Greenland, Earthquakes in Afghanistan and Indonesia Affect Women and Children, and More.

The U.S. ranks as the 19th most dangerous country for women, 11th in maternal mortality, 30th in closing the gender pay gap, 75th in women’s political representation, and painfully lacks paid family leave and equal access to health care. But Ms....

Afghans relieved after internet restored

Afghan men use their mobile phones in Kabul on Wednesday. AFP Just before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan's capital Kabul suddenly filled with people -- mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life. With phones...

UPSC Key: India-UK ties, Bagram air base in Afghanistan, and Macroscopic quantum tunnelling

Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues Mains Examination: General Studies-II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India...

Afghanistan’s cellphone, internet services down after Taliban ordered cut

[Source: Reuters] The Taliban have ordered internet and mobile phone data services to be cut across Afghanistan, diplomatic and industry sources said. As residents and monitoring services reported no connectivity and disruption to flights and...

Social media content restricted in Afghanistan, Taliban sources confirm

Restrictions have been placed on content on some social media platforms in Afghanistan, Taliban government sources told BBC Afghan. Filters have been applied to restrict certain types of content on sites including Facebook, Instagram and X, the...

Tech News | Scientists Just Found Strongest Signs of Life on Mars Yet: Study

Washington DC [US], October 1 (ANI): A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars -- and Imperial scientists provided crucial context. Led by NASA and featuring key analysis from Imperial College London,...

Afghanistan back online after nationwide shutdown

Internet services and mobile networks were restored in Kabul and other provinces across Afghanistan on Wednesday, local media reported, after a 48-hour telecoms shutdown. Residents and media outlets confirmed the systems were operating again after...

Russia warns against any foreign troops’ presence in Afghanistan

Russia hosted a delegation of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government on Tuesday and issued a strong warning against a foreign military presence in the country. Speaking at the start of an international meeting on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russian...

Afghanistan: Internet Shutdowns Imperil Rights

(New York) – The Taliban’s internet shutdowns are inflicting serious harm on people’s rights and livelihoods throughout Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today. The shutdowns, which began in mid-September 2025 and covered the entire country by...

US veterans are standing up for Afghan asylum seekers

But when Naser showed up at the San Diego courthouse this June, he learned his by-the-book efforts had been for naught. The government announced it was dismissing his case requesting asylum because the Department of Homeland Security claimed his...

Afghanistan cut off after Taliban shuts down internet

Kabul — The Taliban has ordered internet and cellphone data services to be cut across Afghanistan, diplomatic and industry sources said on Tuesday, as residents and monitoring services reported no connectivity and disruption to flights and...