1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (316+ words) By Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat Sep 13, 2026 - 09:25 KABUL (Pajhwok): At least nine people have been killed and dozens more wounded in Russian airstrikes on several parts of Ukraine, while Moscow says its forces targeted Ukrainian ships and industrial facilities, a media report…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (142+ words) Sep 13, 2026 - 09:32 KABUL (Pajhwok): Houthi forces and Saudi Arabia have exchanged strikes as fighting over the critical Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint on Yemen’s Red Sea coast continues, Al Jazeera reported. US President Donald Trump says the Houthis have contacted Washington, asking it…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (155+ words) By Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat Sep 13, 2026 - 09:23 KABUL (Pajhwok): An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing after losing contact in the Java Sea early on Sunday amid bad weather, the country’s search and rescue agency said. Reuters, quoting the agency,…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (996+ words) Sep 12, 2026 - 14:58 KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan have called for stronger regional and global security cooperation, joint efforts to address common security threats and greater economic connectivity, while assuring that Afghan soil will not be used against others. The Ministry of Interior Affairs…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (305+ words) By Khwaja Nasir Ahmad Sediqi Sep 8, 2026 - 09:30 KABUL (Pajhwok): Iran’s secretary of the Supreme National Security Council says Washington has received a “clear warning” from Iran’s new missiles in recent days, while Tehran has carried out a “major review” of its…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (176+ words) By Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat Sep 8, 2026 - 09:04 KABUL (Pajhwok): Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon killed at least 12 people, including two children and four women and wounded several others, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said one of the…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (109+ words) Pajhwok Afghan News Sep 7, 2026 - 10:46 KABUL (Pajhwok): Iran says it will declare a new shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days, as vessel traffic through the waterway has fallen to its lowest level since May, media reports…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (235+ words) By Khwaja Nasir Ahmad Sediqi Sep 6, 2026 - 14:35 KABUL (Pajhwok): An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced TV presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 others to death after finding them guilty in a drug-related case, media reports said on Sunday. The Cairo Criminal Court issued…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (182+ words) Sep 6, 2026 - 14:48 PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Four workers have died from suffocation after toxic gases accumulated at a coal mine in Tala wa Barfak district of northern Baghlan province, the state-run Northern Coal Enterprise said on Sunday. In a statement, the enterprise said…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (108+ words) Sep 6, 2026 - 10:22 FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): An Australian tourist travelling with a 10-member group to the Little Pamir in the Wakhan Corridor of northeastern Badakhshan province died of a heart attack while hiking in Chaparan Valley. Zahurullah Fakhri, head of the state-owned Afghan…...