Kazakhstan Delivers 36 Wagons of Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan

ASTANA – Thirty six wagons of humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan arrived at the Hairatan railway station in Balkh province, Afghanistan, on April 17, reported the Prime Minister’s press service. Photo credit: primeminister.kz Some 2,200 tons of aid included …

Mine blast kills 3 children, injures 3 in Afghanistan's Badakhshan

KABUL, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Three children lost their lives and three others sustained injuries as a landmine left over from past wars went off in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Friday, provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said. …

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US weapons left in Afghanistan sold to militant groups: BBC report

Weapons left by the United States (US) in Afghanistan were ‘sold’ to militant groups by Afghan Taliban, claimed BBC in its report. According to details shared in a report compiled by BBC, about half a million weapons obtained by the Taliban in Afghanistan …

As India and China square up in Afghanistan, the Taliban is set to win

In a meeting that signalled an upgrade in India’s dealings with the Taliban, India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, met with Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in January this year. It was the first high-level bilateral engagement …

Half a million weapons lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups after US retreat from Afghanistan

Half a million weapons left behind in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal have since been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups. According to a former Afghan official, the Taliban seized around one million weapons when the group regained control of the …

Police uncover drugs, detain 1 in N. Afghanistan

KABUL, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan counter-narcotics police have uncovered illicit drugs and arrested an alleged drug trafficker in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, the provincial police office said on Friday. The contraband, which …

Afghanistan Journalists Center calls for release of detained Journalist Sayed Rashid Kashifi

The Afghanistan Journalists Center has demanded the immediate release of journalist Sayed Rashid Kashifi, detained by intelligence forces in Kabul. The Afghanistan Journalists Center has expressed deep concern over the arrest of freelance journalist Sayed …

Western intel agencies aid anti-government forces in Afghanistan — SVR

MOSCOW, April 18. /TASS/. Western intelligence agencies are looking for ways to help anti-government forces in Afghanistan in hopes of keeping the country in a state of disarray, the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) …

US weapons abandoned in Afghanistan now in hands of militants

A recent report reveals that militants now possess many US weapons left behind in Afghanistan. In 2021, the Taliban gained control of about one million US-made weapons and military equipment. Over half a million of these items are now reported as “ …