Analysts said Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province was likely an essential agenda item. The natural resources-rich but impoverished region is central to a multibillion-dollar Chinese-funded program, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), VOA reported.
Mawlawi Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, Taliban's acting deputy governor of the Badakhshan province, was killed in a vehicle bombing that happened in the provincial capital of Faizabad on Tuesday morning, TOLOnews reported citing an official.
Concerned over "an alleged incident...in which approximately 80 girls and women fell ill in two schools in Sanchark District, in the north of Afghanistan," the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund stated, according to the Afghan news agency.
After leaving a number of smaller countries 'high and dry', China, the current villain in global politics, has now set its sights on Afghanistan, a war-torn South Asian country that has been facing increasing global marginalisation owing to its appalling human rights track record.
Afghanistan's ace cricketer Rashid Khan will not feature in the upcoming one-off Test match against Bangladesh. The young spinner has been rested for the Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur which is set to begin on June 14. Afghanistan Cricket announced Rashid's absence on their Twitter han
The agency's director, Hafiz Aziz Rahman, said: "The international community should not politicise environmental issues. Foreign institutions should resume work on the projects in the field of an environmental improvement costing nearly 824 million US dollars, which have now been suspended."
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the decision has been taken to assure Pakistan that refugees are not involved in attacks against the Pakistani government.