The Afghan Times

31/10/2025

د افغانستان څخه د لومړي ځل لپاره یوه ستره ډله لوبغاړي په نړیوالو ورزشي سیالیو کې ګډون کوي. د افغانستان ۶۹ ورزشکاران به د ۲۰۲۵ کال د نومبر میاشتې په دوام کې د سعودي عربستان په ریاض ښار کې ترسره کېدونکو د اسلامي همبستګۍ په لوبو (Islamic Solidarity Games) کې برخه واخلي.

افغان لوبغاړي به په بېلابېلو ورزشي ډګرونو کې سیالۍ وکړي، او دا هم د ویاړ خبره ده چې د افغانستان د فوټسال ملي لوبډله به لومړی ځل په دغو لوبو کې برخه اخلي، چې دا د هېواد د ورزش د ودې او نړیوال حضور یو مهم ګام بلل کېږي.د افغانستان د ښځینه والیبال ملي لوبډلې ګډون په یادو اسلامي همبستګۍ لوبو کې د افغانستان لپاره یو بل ستر ویاړ بلل شوی دی.

دا نه یوازې د افغان ښځو د زړورتیا او وړتیا څرګندونه ده، بلکې دا هم ثابتوي چې د افغانستان ښځینه ورزشکاران د نړیوالو سیالیو په ډګر کې د خپلې خاورې استازولي کولی شي. د دوی ګډون د هیلو، پرمختګ او د افغان ښځو د ورزشي حضور د پیاوړتیا یو مهم ګام ګڼل کېږي.

17/10/2025

Three Local Cricketers Killed in Pakistani Airstrikes on Paktika

According to an official statement, the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed that Kabeer, Sibghatullah, and Haroon, along with five other residents of Urgun, were martyred in what the Board described as a “cowardly attack carried out by the Pakistani regime.” Seven others sustained injuries in the assault.

17/10/2025

Afghan Sports Journalists Condemn Pakistani Airstrike That Killed Local Cricketers in Paktika

The Afghanistan Sports Journalists Federation (ASJF) has “strongly” condemned what it described as a “cowardly and unlawful” airstrike by Pakistan’s military regime in Paktika Province, which reportedly claimed the lives of several civilians, including three local cricket players. Accordin...

17/10/2025

ACB Condemns Pakistan Airstrike That Killed Cricketers in Paktika

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has expressed deep sorrow and outrage following a deadly attack in Urgun District of Paktika Province that claimed the lives of three cricketers and several civilians. According to an official statement, the ACB confirmed that Kabeer, Sibghatullah, and Haroon, alo...

17/10/2025

Three Local Cricketers Killed in Pakistani Airstrikes on Paktika

Sources within the Afghanistan Cricket Board told The Afghan Times that eight local-level cricket players were killed and four others injured in Pakistani military airstrikes on Paktika province. According to the sources, the players were returning to Argun district from Sharan, the provincial capit...

15/10/2025

Afghan Journalist Killed, Another Wounded in Reported Cross-Border Fire from Pakistani Forces

An Afghan journalist lost his life and another sustained injuries after Pakistani troops allegedly fired across the border in Afghanistan’s Khost province, local officials said. Authorities in Khost confirmed that Abdul Ghafor Abid, a reporter for National Television, was shot and killed while cov...

11/10/2025

Women Journalists Barred at Taliban FM Presser in Delhi, Indian MPs Raise Outrage

The press conference held by Afghanistan’s Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at the Afghan Embassy in Delhi has ignited strong criticism after women journalists were reportedly denied entry. Only male reporters were allowed, and no joint media briefing followed the bilateral talks with India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) attempted to distance itself from the decision, stating it had “no involvement” in organizing the media event. Yet the exclusion sparked fierce backlash across political lines, with particular focus on the affront to women’s dignity and press freedom.

Among the most vocal critics were Mahua Moitra and Sagarika Ghose, both Members of Parliament from the Trinamool Congress.

Mahua Moitra denounced the exclusion as a “betrayal of every Indian woman.” She condemned the decision as evidence that the government has “dishonoured every single Indian woman by allowing the Taliban minister to exclude women journalists from his presser.”

Sagarika Ghose framed the incident as symptomatic of a deeper policy failing. She argued that excluding women from the press event was “unacceptable and hateful,” and lambasted the Modi government for conflating diplomatic engagement with tacit endorsement: “This is … a surrender by the weak, failed Narendra Modi coalition government.”

Their statements have amplified calls for accountability and clarity from the government of India, with demands for the Prime Minister to explain how such exclusion could be allowed on Indian soil.

06/10/2025

✍️ Opinion | The Taliban tried to erase a generation. Four years later, Afghan women footballers are back — reclaiming visibility and freedom. ⚽️ Still here. Still playing.



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06/10/2025

Taliban Imposes New Ban on Women’s Traditional Household Activities

The Taliban have introduced yet another restriction on Afghan women, this time banning them from washing clothes, carpets, and household items at public water sources such as canals, ponds, and reservoirs in Kandahar province — the base of Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. According to...

05/10/2025

هرات ښار کې د سړکونو پر سر د داخلي بې‌ځایه شوو کارګرو او بې‌سرپرسته ماشومانو شمېر زیات شوی دی

په هرات ښار کې د داخلي بې‌ځایه شوو کورنیو ګڼ شمېر ماشومان د ښار په کوڅو او سړکونو کې د ژوند له سختیو سره لاس او ګرېوان دي. دا هغه ماشومان دي چې د کورنۍ د سرپرست نشتوالي او اقتصادي ستونزو له امله د ماشومتوب ښکلا ورته یوازې په ارمان بدله شوې ده.

د لوبو او زده‌کړو پر ځای اړ دي چې د کباړ ټولولو او درنو کارونو له لارې د خپلې کورنۍ د لوږې اور مړ کړي.

دغه ماشومان وايي، د کورنۍ د سرپرست نشتوالي او کمزوري اقتصادي وضعیت له امله اړ دي چې د سړکونو پر سر کباړ ټولولو او پلورلو سره د خپلو کورنیو لپاره نفقه پیدا کړي.

د هرات ځایي اوسېدونکي هم د ښار پر سړکونو د دغو ماشومانو شتون د ټولنې د راتلونکې لپاره د اندېښنې وړ بولي او زیاتوي چې دا وضعیت د هغوی د زده‌کړو او سالمې روزنې مخه نیسي.

دوی له مسوولینو غواړي چې حکومت دې ماشومانو ته د زده‌کړو او سالم مصروفیت زمینه برابره کړي.

03/10/2025

✍️ Opinion | Digital censorship is erasing Afghan women’s access to education — both in classrooms and online. But Afghan girls are resisting, finding new ways to learn and connect.

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