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Pakistans embassy in Kabul has said it was indefinitely closing its consular office in the Afghan capital due to security reasons, amid mounting tensions between the neighbouring countries. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan embassy in Kabul closes visa section amid tensions

The spokesman told AFP that the consular section typically processes about 1,500 visa applications a day.

4 Nov 2019 1:55 PM IST

Tehran and Delhi have agreed to accelerate the development of an important Iranian port, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said during a visit to the sanctions-hit Islamic republic on Monday. (Photo: Twitter)

India, Iran agree to speed up of Chabahar port project

Chabahar port -- being jointly developed by India, Iran and Afghanistan -- is on Indian Ocean about 100 kilometres west...

27 Dec 2019 9:23 AM IST

Data from 2015 showed Afghanistan had about three million drug addicts, a huge proportion of the countrys estimated 37 million people. (Photo: AFP)

Afghanistan struggles with meth, opium addiction

Meth boom adds to Afghanistan's opium and heroin woes.

20 Dec 2019 11:53 AM IST

Shes received death threats for taking on the taboo of the ink-on-skin drawings she does as well as being a single woman willing to work with men. (Photo: AP)

Suraya Shaheedi starts her mobile tattoo shop in ultra conservative...

A tattoo at a time, Afghan woman takes on society's taboos.

16 Dec 2019 1:33 PM IST

Afghan policemen keeping watch following blasts at a Shia cultural centre in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Kabul control slips in Afghanistan amid US talks with Taliban

SIGAR said the US has dramatically increased air strikes, dropping 6,823 bombs in the first 11 months of 2018.

31 Jan 2019 12:26 PM IST

The Taliban used their strict interpretation of Islam to ban music and force women behind closed doors and beneath burkas during their austere rule of Afghanistan from 1996 until they were ousted in 2001. (Photo: AFP)

First woman to win the Afghan version of American idol

First woman to win 'Afghan Star' TV show to fight Taliban with music.

31 March 2019 11:27 AM IST

If just 100 weapons were fired at a densely populated city, such as one of Chinas more highly inhabited areas, the blast would kill over 30 million people. (Photo Pixabay)

Blast strikes near major political gathering in Kabul

No group has claimed responsibility for the blast and no casualties have been reported.

7 March 2019 2:50 PM IST

The organisation also said that the atrocities that Baloch nation is facing today are a continuation and the result of the illegal occupation of the Baloch homeland. (Photo: ANI)

Free Balochistan Movement to hold protests against Pakistan

The FBM will organise protests and awareness campaigns in different cities of world against illegal occupation of...

3 March 2019 4:24 PM IST

Donald Trump loosened restrictions and made it easier for American forces to bomb Taliban positions. (Photo:AP)

More Afghan civilians killed by US security forces than by insurgents:...

Afghan civilians are being killed in greater numbers by US and pro-government forces than by the Taliban and other...

24 April 2019 1:37 PM IST

Damascus skies erupt with service to air missile fire as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, early Saturday, April 14, 2018. Syrias capital has been rocked by loud explosions that lit up the sky with heavy smoke as U.S. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the countrys alleged use of chemical weapons. (Photo: AP)

US airstrikes in Helmand kill Afghan security forces

US defence spokesperson said the US and Afghan security forces were examining the

17 May 2019 8:52 PM IST

Mina Mangal, who had worked as a news presenter for three local TV networks, attacked by the gunmen on Sunday morning, reported Tolo News. (Photo: ANI)

Afghani journalist shot dead by unidentified gunmen

A total of 15 journalists were killed in a series of bombings that began early this year, with nine of them in a single...

11 May 2019 4:15 PM IST

Ties between Islamabad and Kabul have never been smooth and there have always been issues in mutual relations mainly due to historical distrust between them. (Photo: AP)

Afghan President in Pakistan for bilateral talks and to boost peace...

He was received by Pakistan's Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood and other officials after which Ghani was given a...

27 Jun 2019 2:40 PM IST