India's batting talisman Virat Kohli heaped praise on star Australia all-rounder and his Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) teammate, Glenn Maxwell, for a knock for the ages that helped five-time champions Australia seal a spot in the semifinals of the ongoing ODI World Cup.
Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi has accused Pakistan of humiliating Kabul through the expulsion of immigrants, Khaama Press reported.
The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, has called for an assessment of the Taliban's stringent restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan as well as the denial of fundamental rights granted by divine principles , TOLO News reported.
Taliban acting Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai warned Islamabad to treat Afghan immigrants appropriately and not to force Afghans to react against their actions, TOLO News reported.
Pakistan has been continuously issuing warnings to Afghan refugees, who are residing overtly within its borders and urged them to return to disrupted Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, the Afghan Diaspora Network reported.
As Pakistan continues to forcefully expel Afghan refugees, it has been negatively impacting the Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship by putting it at stake as the Taliban government condemned Pakistan's move, reported The Express Tribune.
Food insecurity in Afghanistan is on the rise, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme, resulting in Afghanistan emerging as one of eight nations whose citizens suffer from acute food insecurity, TOLOnews said in its report.
Afghanistan is home to approximately 3.5 million drug users, accounting for nearly 10 per cent of the country's total population, Khaama Press reported citing a report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The cultivation and production of opium in Afghanistan has decreased by 95 per cent in the past year, Khaama Press reported citing the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Wishes are pouring in for Virat Kohli after the talisman equalled legend Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 One Day International centuries. Star Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid Khan and Indian Olympian fencer CA Bhavani Devi wished Virat Kohli
The earthquake survivors in Afghanistan's Herat are devoid of access to basic life necessities and are living under unsanitary conditions, Khaama Press reported, citing a World Health Organisation (WHO) report.