14+ hour, 32+ min ago   (222+ words) Sep 14, 2026 - 09:32 KABUL (Pajhwok): US President Donald Trump has urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks are contributing to a global fuel shortage. Reuters reported that Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters…...

14+ hour, 32+ min ago   (191+ words) Sep 14, 2026 - 09:09 KABUL (Pajhwok): Six people have died and 107 others have been rescued after a passenger ferry capsized in Indonesia’s Java Sea, authorities said on Sunday. The Virgo Transport 8, carrying 213 passengers and 30 crew members, lost contact after encountering bad weather while…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (206+ words) By Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat Sep 13, 2026 - 09:47 KABUL (Pajhwok): A fire at a nursing home for elderly people in southern Chile has killed 16 people and left a dozen others hospitalised, a media report said on Sunday. The blaze broke out late on…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (672+ words) By Khwaja Nasir Ahmad Sediqi Sep 13, 2026 - 09:19 KABUL (Pajhwok): Leaders of the BRICS countries, at a summit in New Delhi, expressed concern over the continued escalation of tensions in the Middle East, called for restraint and the resolution of disputes through…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (316+ words) By Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat Sep 13, 2026 - 09:25 KABUL (Pajhwok): At least nine people have been killed and dozens more wounded in Russian airstrikes on several parts of Ukraine, while Moscow says its forces targeted Ukrainian ships and industrial facilities, a media report…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (131+ words) By Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat Sep 13, 2026 - 09:39 KABUL (Pajhwok): The foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey discussed the latest regional developments in a phone call and stressed the need to prevent an escalation of tensions and the spread of the crisis in…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (155+ words) By Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat Sep 13, 2026 - 09:23 KABUL (Pajhwok): An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing after losing contact in the Java Sea early on Sunday amid bad weather, the country’s search and rescue agency said. Reuters, quoting the agency,…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (232+ words) Sep 10, 2026 - 15:46 KABUL (Pajhwok): Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, has discussed expanding economic and trade ties with Türkiye envoy and resolving problems faced by Afghan migrants in the country. According to a statement from the…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (496+ words) By Khwaja Nasir Ahmad Sediqi Sep 10, 2026 - 13:24 KABUL (Pajhwok): More than 171 million students globally — or one in 10 — from pre-primary to upper-secondary level had their schooling disrupted by climate hazards in 2025, UNICEF said in a new report released on Thursday. The report,…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (186+ words) By Khwaja Nasir Ahmad Sediqi Sep 10, 2026 - 10:20 KABUL (Pajhwok): August 2026 tied July 2023 as the hottest month on record globally, with the average surface air temperature reaching 16.96 degrees Celsius, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. According to Copernicus,…...