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Ariana Afghan Airlines Ends 15-Year Pakistan Deal, Switches to Turkish Aviation System
Ariana Afghan Airlines has terminated a nearly 15-year agreement with Pakistan-based Zapways, which had managed the airline’s ticketing, operational systems, and website, and has…
OCHA Allocates $18 Million for Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has allocated $18 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support life-saving…
UN Honors Afghan Teachers, Warns of Long-Term Cost of Girls’ Education Ban
United Nations Praises Educators Amid Worsening Crisis
The United Nations has praised Afghan teachers for their dedication to educating the country's next generation, while UNICEF…
Afghanistan Inaugurates 121-Kilometer Wakhan Road to Chinese Border
Strategic Route Through the Wakhan Corridor Opens, Promising Economic and Political Benefits
Sarhad-e Broghil, Badakhshan — A 121-kilometer gravel road stretching from Sarhad-e…
US Cuts Independent Funding for American University of Afghanistan
State Department Rejects $25 Million Request, Plans to End All Support by 2026
The U.S. State Department has rejected a $25 million funding request from the American University of…
UN Rights Rapporteur Calls for Accountability Over Airstrikes in Kunar and Helmand
KABUL — Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has called for accountability following airstrikes in Kunar and…
UNAMA acting chief visits Islam Qala border to assess support for returnees
Georgette Gagnon, the acting head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), visited western Afghanistan, including the Islam Qala border crossing, to assess…
Mawlawi Abdul Salam Zaeef: Defending the borders of the Islamic country is “Farḍ ʿAyn” (an individual…
Abdul Salam Zaeef, a former Taliban ambassador from Pakistan, has stated that defending the borders of an Islamic state constitutes a fard ʿayn (an individual religious…
Karzai Condemns Pakistani Airstrikes on Kunar and Helmand, Calls for End to Confrontational Policies
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned recent Pakistani airstrikes on residential areas in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar and southern Helmand provinces,…
Pakistan Airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Helmand and Kunar Provinces Kill Civilians
Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province and eastern Kunar province killed at least four people and injured six others in initial reports, with most of the…