President Trump on Friday said he is ending deportation protections for Somali immigrants in Minnesota. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform that he was “terminating effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.” Mr. Trump said, without providing evidence, that “Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great…
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan opened a probe Wednesday into the suicide bombing outside an Islamabad district court that left 12 dead the day before, underscoring the challenges facing the government as it struggles with militant attacks, border tensions and a fragile ceasefire with Afghanistan. The attack at the court, located on the edge of the…
Pakistan said Sunday it was committed to “dialogue” with Afghanistan despite peace talks ending after Kabul’s warning of a war with Islamabad. The two sides met in Istanbul in an effort to cement a truce agreed on October 19 in Qatar, after dozens of people were killed in cross-border fire between the neighbours.(AFP) According to…
Residents of northern Afghanistan began a clean-up operation on Tuesday after a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake left at least 20 dead and almost 1,000 injured. Hemmed in by rugged mountains, Afghanistan is prone to a range of natural disasters, but its earthquakes cause the most fatalities.(Reuters) The quake struck near the northern Afghan city of…
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake and strong aftershocks killed more than 2,200 people at the end of August. Afghanistan is prone to a range of natural disasters, but its earthquakes cause…
Updated on: Nov 03, 2025 02:52 am IST The earthquake hit northern Afghanistan at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) in Khulm, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. A massive magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolted Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Sunday, just one day after lower magnitude tremors were felt in the region. The earthquake…
Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. All times on the map are Afghanistan time. The New York Times A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Afghanistan on Monday, according to the United States Geological…
Days after talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan hit a wall, Turkey announced on Thursday that both countries have agreed to maintain the ceasefire and will resume negotiations on November 6. Afghan refugees arrive near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman(AFP/File) In a joint statement on talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Turkey said that the negotiations took…
Islamabad, Pakistan – After three days, talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul, aimed at ending a tense and violent standoff between the South Asian neighbours, appeared to have hit a wall in Istanbul on Tuesday. Mediated by Qatar and Türkiye, the negotiations followed an initial round of dialogue in Doha, which produced a temporary ceasefire…
Three days of negotiations in Istanbul fail to yield breakthrough, but both sides maintain ceasefire is holding. Published On 28 Oct 202528 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The peace process between Pakistan and Afghanistan is mired in uncertainty after the pair reportedly failed to find a breakthrough during three…