Latest news from Afghanistan, in Afghan newspapers

Abdul Kabir calls on Afghans to uphold and protect the Islamic system
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, emphasized the collective responsibility of all citizens to protect and safeguard the ruling Islamic system during a graduation ceremony at a religious school in Kabul. He (…)
Ariana News - 21 February 2025
Health officials report positive polio case in Badghis
Officials from the Public Health Department of Badghis have reported the first confirmed case of polio in the province. Mohammad Yusuf Najmee, the director of the Expanded Program on Immunization in Badghis, stated that the case was recently (…)
Ariana News - 21 February 2025
Afghan women suffering because of ‘disastrous’ US exit: Trump spokesperson
Afghan women are suffering because Joe Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal allowed the Islamic Emirate to conduct a hostile takeover of the country, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said. Kelly said this in response to a questions about (…)
Ariana News - 21 February 2025
Rubio: IEA has not cooperated so much against Daesh or al-Qaida in some cases
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has not cooperated so much in the fight against Daesh or al-Qaida in some cases. In an interview with a Canadian journalist Catherine Herridge released on (…)
Ariana News - 21 February 2025
Judge again orders US to unfreeze foreign aid, stops short of contempt
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Trump administration officials to comply with his earlier order that they lift a freeze of nearly all foreign aid, though he stopped short of holding them in contempt of court. The order from U.S. District (…)
Ariana News - 21 February 2025
Pakistan wants Afghans without visas to leave Islamabad and Rawalpindi by February 28
Pakistan has informed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that all Afghan nationals—except those holding valid visas—must leave the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi by February 28. For Afghans holding resettlement or (…)
Ariana News - 21 February 2025
Bavuma wary of Afghanistan challenge in Champions Trophy
Bavuma said Afghanistan would draw confidence from that series going into their Group B encounter. The post Bavuma wary of Afghanistan challenge in Champions Trophy first appeared on Ariana News.
Ariana News - 21 February 2025
Gill and Shami help India edge past Bangladesh in Champions Trophy
Gill's ton trumped Towhid Hridoy's heroic 100 while battling cramps that helped Bangladesh, who were 35-5 at one stage, reach 228 before being all out with two deliveries left in their innings. The post Gill and Shami help India edge past (…)
Ariana News - 21 February 2025
Israeli military says body released by Hamas is not of a hostage
The Israeli military said on Friday that one of the bodies released by Hamas did not belong to any of the hostages held in Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating an already shaking ceasefire. Two of the bodies were identified as infant Kfir Bibas and (…)
Ariana News - 21 February 2025
Baradar says ‘obedience and respect’ are inherent principles of IEA
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, says “obedience and respect” are inherent principles of the Islamic Emirate, which will always be upheld. Baradar made these remarks during the inauguration ceremony of (…)
Ariana News - 20 February 2025
Chief of Army Staff: ‘A post-Taliban Afghanistan is a dream and an illusion’
Fasihuddin Fitrat, Chief of Army Staff of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said on Thursday that discussions among Afghans abroad of a “post-Taliban (IEA) Afghanistan” were “dreams and delusions”. This was in response to the Vienna (…)
Ariana News - 20 February 2025
Iran’s supreme leader emphasizes need to expand relations with Afghanistan
Under Iran’s new president, Masud Pezeshkian, Tehran has signed several memorandums of cooperation related to trade and transit with Afghanistan. The post Iran’s supreme leader emphasizes need to expand relations with Afghanistan first appeared (…)
Ariana News - 20 February 2025
Afghanistan’s membership at ICC no longer valid: IEA
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) declared Thursday that it does not recognize any legal obligation under the Rome Statute and deems the former government’s accession to this statute to be devoid of legal validity. In a statement, IEA said (…)
Ariana News - 20 February 2025
Statement win for New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025 opener
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement later that Fakhar Zaman is being assessed and examined for a muscular sprain and further updates will be provided in due course. The post Statement win for New Zealand in the Champions Trophy (…)
Ariana News - 20 February 2025
Japan tells visiting IEA delegation to respect human rights
A senior Foreign Ministry official of Japan has called on visiting representatives of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to respect human rights and promote an “inclusive” political process. Toshihide Ando, director-general of the Middle (…)
Ariana News - 20 February 2025
Migrants in Panama deported from US moved to Darien jungle region
The migrants include people from Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Vietnam, according to Panama's president, Jose Raul Mulino, who has agreed with the U.S. to receive non-Panamanian deportees. The (…)
Ariana News - 20 February 2025
Trump tells ‘dictator’ Zelenskiy to move fast or lose Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a “dictator” on Wednesday and warned he had to move quickly to secure peace or risk losing his country, deepening a feud between the two leaders that has alarmed (…)
Ariana News - 20 February 2025
Pakistan rejects IEA’s claims of mistreatment of migrants
“We have noted the remarks made by the Afghan Charge d’ Affaires in Islamabad, about Pakistan’s Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan,” the foreign office said. The post Pakistan rejects IEA’s claims of mistreatment of migrants first appeared on (…)
Ariana News - 20 February 2025
Tahawol: Nangarhar’s security status reviewed
The post Tahawol: Nangarhar’s security status reviewed first appeared on Ariana News.
Ariana News - 19 February 2025
Bilal Karimi meets Chinese deputy director of Asian affairs in Beijing
The ambassador of the Islamic Emirate to China Bilal Karimi on Wednesday met with Zhang Maoming, Deputy Director-General of Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and discussed further strengthening political relations, as (…)
Ariana News - 19 February 2025
Qatar’s emir arrives in Iran on state visit
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has officially welcomed Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani who arrived in Tehran on a state visit on Wednesday. The welcoming ceremony was held at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran where Pezeshkian (…)
Ariana News - 19 February 2025
NASA says ‘city killer’ asteroid has a 3.1 % chance of striking Earth in 2032
Despite the rising odds, experts say there is no need for alarm The post NASA says ‘city killer’ asteroid has a 3.1 % chance of striking Earth in 2032 first appeared on Ariana News.
Ariana News - 19 February 2025