Herat residents struggle with lack of healthcare facilities
Locals report that their children are falling ill, and in many villages, there are no medical facilities available for treatment, forcing them to bear high cost...
NATO signs €1.1 billion contract for 155mm artillery ammunition
The deal, brokered on behalf of several NATO allies, aims to provide the ammunition either directly to Ukraine or to replenish depleted stockpiles of the member...
Half a million Afghans deported from Pakistan following Islamabad’s order, says IOM
The UN migration agency's latest figures indicate that 500,200 Afghans returned to Afghanistan between Sept. 15, 2023, and Jan....
Pakistan deports over 750 Afghan migrants amid ongoing expulsions
To date, a total of 473,556 Afghan nationals have been returned to Afghanistan, according to these reports....
CPJ demands immediate release of detained Kyodo News Journalist in Afghanistan
Ehsan Akbari, the assistant bureau chief of the Japanese media outlet Kyodo News, was summoned to the Government Media Information Center (GMIC) in Kabul on Jan...
Landslide in China’s Yunnan province claims 20 lives; search for missing continues
Working tirelessly through the night, rescue teams sifted through deep mounds of earth at the landslide site...
Torkham border crossing reopens after 10-day closure
The closure led to Pakistan shutting down other commercial crossings with Afghanistan....
Amu 8pm News 22 January 2024
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released a report for the last quarter of 2023 (October, November, December), revealing that at lea...