An asylum-seeker who fled Afghanistan last year after being persecuted by the Taliban is at risk of being deported back to his home country, according to his attorney. Attorney Elora Mukherjee told …
Between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Trade War With No End in Sight
After deadly cross-border military clashes, the Pakistani and Afghan governments have locked their populations in a trade war threatening the livelihoods of millions.
Pakistan’s top general calls on Afghanistan to pick between ties with Islamabad or Pakistani Taliban
Pakistan’s newly appointed chief of defense forces has warned Afghanistan’s Taliban government to choose between maintaining ties with Islamabad or supporting the Pakistani Taliban, the militant group …
Afghanistan signs agreement with DP World to bolster ports infrastructure
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MoF, DP World sign deal to modernise Afghanistan’s ports
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Sunday signed an investment term sheet with DP World to equip Afghanistan’s commercial ports with modern technology, an official said.
Report finds Afghanistan mission was “two-decade long effort fraught with waste”
The final report this week from the special inspector general for Afghanistan identified $26 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse in U.S. reconstruction spending in Afghanistan since 2009.
Roof collapse kills 3, injures 3 in S. Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Three people were killed and three others injured when the roof of a mud house collapsed recently in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the provincial police office …
U.S. mission in Afghanistan was “two-decade long effort fraught with waste,” watchdog finds
The final report this week from the special inspector general for Afghanistan identified $26 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse in U.S. reconstruction spending in Afghanistan since 2009.
The $148 billion failure: Watchdog’s final report excoriates America’s attempt to rebuild Afghanistan
More than $148 billion was spent by the U.S. government in its failed attempt to build a free Afghanistan, according to the final report by the official watchdog office, whose careful documentation of waste and fraud, and its warnings of Taliban resurgence, went largely unheeded.
Afghanistan says 5 killed in heavy fire exchanges with Pakistani forces
Relations have soured between former allies Afghanistan and Pakistan since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.