7+ hour, 28+ 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, 7+ 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, 7+ 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, 7+ hour ago   (142+ words) Sep 13, 2026 - 09:32 KABUL (Pajhwok): Houthi forces and Saudi Arabia have exchanged strikes as fighting over the critical Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint on Yemen’s Red Sea coast continues, Al Jazeera reported. US President Donald Trump says the Houthis have contacted Washington, asking it…...

2+ day, 31+ min 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,…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (103+ words) Sep 12, 2026 - 11:24 KABUL (Pajhwok): A total of 151 foreign tourists visited historical, cultural and natural attractions in northeastern Badakhshan province in the second quarter of the current year, an official said on Saturday. Mawlawi Mohammad Nabi Bahar, spokesman for the General Directorate…...

4+ day, 6+ 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,…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (190+ words) By Khwaja Nasir Ahmad Sediqi Sep 10, 2026 - 11:13 KABUL (Pajhwok): Several US military aircraft were damaged in an Iranian missile attack on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. CBS reported, citing people with direct knowledge of the incident, that the damage…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (123+ words) By Khwaja Nasir Ahmad Sediqi Sep 10, 2026 - 09:27 KABUL (Pajhwok): Ukrainian sea drones attacked Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi late on Wednesday, injuring eight people and damaging beach infrastructure, Russian authorities said. Authorities in the Krasnodar region said on Telegram…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (125+ words) By Khwaja Nasir Ahmad Sediqi Sep 10, 2026 - 09:44 KABUL (Pajhwok): Fourteen people have been killed and 11 others injured in an explosion at a temporary storage facility for weapons and remnants of war near Sarmada in northern Syria’s Idlib province. The explosion occurred…...