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Agricultural communities in the Herat and Takhar regions of Afghanistan are facing a new threat as swarms of locusts invade their fields, decimating crops and leaving farmers concerned about their livelihoods, reports from local sources stated. Photo: Locust invasion threatens agricultural fields in AfghanistanSource: Atlaspress In Herat province, the agricultural fields of Keshk Rabatsangi district

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Neighbors Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday pledged to enhance efforts at a “united front” against Afghanistan-based militants, saying their presence poses a serious threat to regional and global security. The countries, which share a long and porous border, made the commitment in a joint statement issued after a three-day visit by Iran’s

An Iranian environmental official has accused the Afghan Taliban of intentionally redirecting overflow waters of the shared Hirmand River to prevent its inflow into Iran’s Hamoun wetlands. Drought is causing significant problems across Iran, but the areas with the most pressing issues are Sistan and Baluchistan, which borders Afghanistan. The situation has become so bad between

Islamabad —  Pakistan and Iran pledged Wednesday they would increase joint efforts against Afghanistan’s terrorism threat and urged Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban government to involve all Afghans in “basic decision-making.” The two neighboring countries, which share long, porous borders with Afghanistan, made the promise in a joint statement released at the culmination of Iranian President Ebrahim

KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi has discussed expanding bilateral ties in various sectors with a Malaysian delegation. The Ministry . . . You need to subscribe to view the full article. Please login or register a new account.

CNN  —  New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations, the latest of which was released last week, into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. The incident was a gruesome coda to America’s longest war, leaving dead 13 United States military

This article is also available in Dari, translated by Said Najib Asil. Hamed Latifee launched the YouTube channel Afghanistan Streets in 2023 to portray daily life in the country under Taliban rule. His videos often featured tours of construction sites, shops, or trips to Afghanistan’s provinces, where locals would showcase traditional foods or handicrafts. A

(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024) The absence of GDP growth coupled with declining external financing avenues for off-budget expenditures paint a bleak picture of Afghanistan’s economic prospects, the World Bank said. After a severe 20.7 percent GDP contraction in 2021, the Afghan economy contracted further by 6.2 percent in 2022, the bank said in

The human rights record of Afghanistan will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Monday, 29 April 2024, in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live. Afghanistan is one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group

In a display of their commitment to fighting narcotics trafficking, Afghan authorities burned over three tons of solid narcotics and 22,000 liters of liquid narcotics on Wednesday in Deh Sabz, Kabul. Ahmadullah Ahmadi, the General Director of the Police for Combating Narcotics, stated that these narcotics were seized from provinces around Kabul since the Taliban’s