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Pakistan’s filmmaker, Khalid Hasan khan’s documentary, Twinkling without Shining (Afghans in Search of Childhood) has won an award from the GOLDEN FEMI REFUGEES FILM FESTIVAL (SALVATION CALLED CULTURE), in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria, EU. Creative Director of Golden FEMI Film Festival, Efemia Fard wrote in her greeting message, “we are delighted that …

A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 920 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings. In #Afghanistan, at least 950 people were killed while hundreds of others injured in an …

Afghanistan’s Taliban government announced a ban on the use of foreign currencies on Tuesday, threatening further disruption to an already ailing economy. Since the Islamist group seized power in mid-August, the national currency the Afghani has depreciated and the country’s reserves are frozen abroad. With the economy teetering banks are …

In a crucial match played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan defeated Namibia by 62 runs and gained two more points and took second place in the group-B of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup here on Sunday.  The two countries met for the first time in any T20 …

Afghanistan travel update: The United States and Britain warned their citizens on Monday to stay away from hotels in the Afghan capital Kabul, particularly the well-known Serena. “US citizens who are at or near the Serena Hotel should leave immediately,” the US State Department said, citing “security threats” in the …

The Taliban have sacked the head of Afghanistan’s cricket board, replacing him with a member of the Haqqani network. Hamid Shinwari posted on his Facebook page on Monday that he has been removed on the orders of senior Haqqani officials, a branch of the Taliban. “Anas Haqqani visited the cricket …

Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum (PACF), on behalf of the Pakistan government on Sunday dispatched 17 trucks loaded with 300 ton edibles to Afghanistan on the humanitarian basis. Briefing media at the at Pak-Afghan border Torkham, Chairman, Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum (PACF) Habibullah Khan Khattak, said “Afghans are our Muslim brothers and neighbors …

Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday called for formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan to strengthen national unity and create long term stability in the war-torn country. In an interview to Russia Today television he said, “We think that in the interest of Afghanistan and for long term stability an …

From swimming to soccer, running to horse riding, Afghanistan’s new sports chief said Tuesday that the Taliban will allow 400 sports — but declined to confirm if women can play a single one. “Please don’t ask more questions about women,” Bashir Ahmad Rustamzai told AFP, from an armchair where Afghanistan’s …

Women could still be allowed to play cricket, the chairman of Afghanistan’s Cricket Board has claimed to an Australian broadcaster in an apparent backflip on the Taliban’s hardline stance. Azizullah Fazli said the governing body would outline how this would happen “very soon”, adding that all 25 of the women’s …