4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (374+ words) Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has called Pakistan’s decision to stop admitting Afghan students to medical and dental colleges “deeply concerning,” urging Islamabad to immediately reverse the policy and allow Afghan students to continue their education. Karzai said educational and…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (324+ words) The United Nations has called for urgent global safeguards to regulate rapidly advancing artificial intelligence, warning that increasingly powerful AI systems could pose serious risks to human rights, privacy and public safety without stronger international oversight and accountability. Speaking at…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (304+ words) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that millions of children in Afghanistan continue to face severe barriers to education, saying sustained investment is urgently needed to prevent an entire generation from being left…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (313+ words) Pakistan has suspended all medical and dental education processes for Afghan students, ordering universities to halt admissions, transfers and academic facilitation, while instructing Afghan students currently enrolled in the country to leave Pakistan. The decision was communicated through the University…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (277+ words) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the Taliban to immediately lift their ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations, warning that the restriction undermines humanitarian operations and violates international law as it enters its second year....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (414+ words) The expansion of religious schools (Madrassas) under Taliban rule could permanently reshape Afghanistan’s social fabric and deepen the country’s education crisis, Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, has warned in a new report. Bennett said…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (272+ words) At least 11 people were killed after a fuel tanker caught fire on a highway in western Iran, with flames spreading to several nearby vehicles in one of the country’s deadliest road accidents in recent months, Iranian state media reported. The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (253+ words) Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has rejected repeated requests from Taliban officials to speak positively about their rule, saying he cannot do so as long as Afghan girls remain barred from secondary schools. In an interview with the Financial Times,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (190+ words) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that lasting stability in Asia would be difficult to achieve without addressing the situation in Afghanistan, stressing that New Delhi would continue its engagement with the people…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (42+ words) Khaama Press Khaama Press was established in 2010. It is one of the leading news outlets reporting from Afghanistan on a 24/7 basis. KP publishes stories and news articles in 3 languages including English, Persian (Farsi) and Pashto....