RSF and 14 media outlets call for release of Franco-Afghan journalist
The organizations jointly announced a French-Afghan journalist is being held in a Taliban prison after being arrested in Kabul a month ago...
Turkey and Syria hit by powerful 7.8 earthquake, hundreds dead
Rescue workers have been working frantically across southern Turkey and northern Syria to rescue survivors after countless buildings collapsed...
Saudi Arabia closes embassy in Kabul
Riyadh confirms that all diplomatic staff have been evacuated due to a credible threat of an attack by Daesh against the foreign mission...
Iran’s supreme leader pardons ‘tens of thousands’ of prisoners linked to protests
Among the prisoners freed are activists who were arrested during recent protests, but those guilty of ‘corruption on earth’ were not released...
Afghanistan: Ex-soldiers in hiding as ‘general amnesty’ fails them
Former Afghan security forces fear for their lives and the lives of their families, in addition to being unemployed and hungry...
2,000-year-old castle in Kunduz on verge of destruction
The historical site of Qala-i-Zal, which dates back to the Greco-Bactria era - is lying in ruins due to years of neglect...
Trade through Nimroz border crossing drops by 70%: Investors
Traders face high tariffs and problems with Iranian border authorities at Nimroz crossing, while Farah and Herat ‘have different set of rules’...
Afghanistan’s jewelry markets take hard knock amid ongoing economic crisis
Jewelers in Ghazni say their customers are mostly selling their jewelry in order to survive opposed to buying gold and silver...