Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif recently warned that his country needs “an infinite amount of funding” to support flood relief efforts. Torrential rains and heavy flooding have killed more than 1,550 people and displaced millions. Compounding the challenge are Pakistan’s intensifying food and health crises, as flood-borne diseases surge and nearly two-thirds of the country’s food basket has been destroyed. […]

An explosion went off near Wazir Akbar Khan Mosque in central Kabul on Friday, killing seven people and wounding 41 others, police said. The blast happened as worshipers were leaving the mosque following the Friday prayers, said Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for Kabul police. He said that the explosion was triggered by explosives placed in a vehicle. Videos on social […]

An explosion in Afghanistan’s capital has killed at least three people and wounded 13 others, a Taliban official said on Wednesday. According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the blast occurred in a restaurant in the city’s western Dehmazang neighborhood. A team has arrived in the area to find out the cause of the blast, […]

An explosion in Kabul on Wednesday left three people dead and 13 others wounded, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials confirmed. According to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran, the blast occurred in a restaurant in the city’s western Dehmazang neighborhood. The actual nature of the explosion has not yet been confirmed but a number of eyewitnesses said a gas cylinder […]

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said in a meeting with UNAMA head Marcus Potzel on Wednesday in Kabul that IEA’s policy is one of constructive interaction with the world. “IEA was taking on a policy of constructive interaction with the world where UNAMA can play a significant role thereon,” said Muttaqi. During the meeting Muttaqi […]

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Tuesday called on all parties to preserve and build on the Doha peace deal between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and the United States. Speaking at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Al-Thani mentioned that the deal included preventing Afghanistan from becoming a haven for terrorist and radical […]

A court in Pakistan ordered terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan dropped, saying that his alleged crime did not rise to the level of the charges. The charges were filed after a speech Khan gave last month in Islamabad in which he said he would sue police officers and a female judge over the arrest of his close […]

China is still circling Taiwan, conducting daily military exercises, months after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the country. Now that tensions are rising, with various diplomatic conversations between the US and China happening, Biden says he’s ready to deploy US troops if and when the need arises. In an interview with CBS, US President Joe Biden said that the […]

Qudratullah Abu Hamza, Balkh’s governor, warned home owners Monday that houses rented to kidnappers and Daesh militants will be confiscated. Hamza called on residents of the northern province to support the IEA security forces and to not allow such elements to settle in residential areas. He said should home owners ignore this warning, the IEA will identify houses rented by […]

A top Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) official, Haji Bashir Noorzai, has been released after almost 20 years in Guantanamo Bay. He arrived in Kabul on Monday. He was one of the last Afghans detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, according to sources. According to the IEA’s foreign minister, the US freed the official on Monday in exchange for […]