Afghanistan Times

KABUL – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on Saturday, 19 April 2025, at approximately 12:17 PM IST (11:47 AM local time). The quake’s epicentre was located at latitude 36.10°N and longitude 71.20°E, with a depth of approximately 130 kilometres, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). …

KABUL — Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Kabul on Saturday for high-level talks with Taliban officials as Islamabad intensifies the deportation of undocumented Afghans. His visit comes as more than 85,000 Afghans — over half of them children — have been expelled in just over two weeks. Pakistan …

KABUL – Pakistan has expelled over 80,000 Afghan nationals since the end of March, as part of a massive repatriation drive ahead of a final deadline of April 30. Talal Chaudhry, an adviser to Pakistan’s interior ministry, confirmed on Friday that the country would enforce this deadline strictly, allowing only …

KABUL — In a highly controversial move, the Trump administration has ordered Afghan refugees who entered the U.S. after the Taliban’s 2021 takeover to leave the country within seven days or face deportation. The directive, issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, applies to thousands of Afghans, many of …

Kabul — United Nations human rights experts on Thursday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to immediately impose a moratorium on capital and corporal punishment, following a string of public executions carried out across the country on April 11. The Taliban’s de facto Supreme Court announced four public executions in the …

KABUL – Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today renewed his call for the global community to engage with Afghanistan, warning that isolating the war-torn country could destabilize the entire Central and South Asian region. Speaking at the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Tashkent, Mirziyoyev urged international lawmakers to support …

KABUL — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that struck a police vehicle in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, killing three policemen and injuring at least 15 others. The attack occurred Tuesday in Mastung city, where a bomb rigged to a parked motorcycle detonated as a …

KABUL – Pakistan and Afghanistan have resumed high-level talks amid escalating tensions, with delegations from both nations meeting in Kabul today for the 7th session of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), officials confirmed. Leading Pakistan’s delegation is Mohammad Sadiq, Special Representative for Afghanistan, alongside senior military and intelligence officials. …

KABUL — Afghanistan stands on the brink of a catastrophic healthcare collapse, with the World Health Organization warning Tuesday that over 10 percent of the population could lose access to medical services by the end of this year. The crisis follows sweeping cuts to U.S. humanitarian aid. The WHO’s country …

KABUL — Weapons left behind by US forces during their 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan were used in the recent hijacking of the Jaffar Express, The Washington Post has reported, citing confirmation from the Pentagon and US Army. According to ARY News, which quoted the Post on Monday, a US-manufactured M4A1 …