COVID disruptions led to 63,000 more malaria deaths: WHO

The coronavirus pandemic interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deaths and 13 million more infections globally over two years, according to a report...

Another cotton processing factory established in Kandahar: officials

Kandahar provincial officials said Thursday another cotton processing factory has been established in the province at a cost of more than 50 million afghanis. According to...

US puts sanctions on Turkish businessman, citing links to Iran’s Quds Force

The Biden administration levied sanctions on Thursday on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of firms, accusing him of acting as a facilitator for...

Japan, Britain and Italy to build joint jet fighter

Japan, Britain and Italy are merging their next-generation jet fighter projects in a ground-breaking partnership spanning Europe and Asia that is Japan’s first major industrial defence...

US climate envoy John Kerry welcomes move to hold COP28 in UAE

John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, on Wednesday hailed the decision to hold next year’s 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the...

FIFA World Cup trophy: a golden icon

The World Cup trophy is one of the most iconic, most sought-after, prizes in the world of sport and is awarded every four years, to the...

Tahawol: IEA welcomes India-Central Asia meeting of NSAs

Saar: Afghanistan-Russia relations discussed

Earthquake jolts Indonesia’s Java island

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s main island of Java on Thursday with no immediate reports of damage, less than a month after another quake in the...

Messi’s World Cup chase takes center stage in Qatar

Lionel Messi’s hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the...

IEA launches investment and visa center at Kabul airport

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), on Wednesday opened a center for investment and an emergency visa unit at Kabul Airport. At a ceremony at the...

IEA’s education minister asks students to use social media to fight Western propaganda war

Nada Mohammad Nadim, the Minister of Higher Education of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said in a meeting with students of public and private educational...

UK approves 1st coal mine in decades amid objections

The UK government has given approval for the country’s first new coalmine in 30 years at Whitehaven in Cumbria, according to media reports on Wednesday. Despite...

Tahawol: US envoy’s meeting with IEA defense minister discussed

Gulbuddin Naib appointed anti-drug addiction ambassador

Gulbuddin Naib, Afghan national cricket team player, was on Wednesday appointed as the ambassador for the prevention of drug addiction and the prevention of drug use...

This has been the best World Cup group stage ever: FIFA president

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said this week he is thrilled with the opening round of matches in this World Cup which has thrown up some surprising...

Saar: Uzbekistan’s policy on Afghanistan discussed

IEA says ‘it will work to address IOC’s concerns’ on women’s sport in Afghansitan

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Wednesday that the IOC will continue to support the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee but that the committee had expressed...

Major drug testing lab to be built in Balkh

Afghanistan Food and Drug Administration (AFDA) says they are thinking about establishing a high-tech quality control laboratory in northern Balkh province to test imported medicines and...

Central Bank’s supreme council members meet

Shah Mohammad Mehrabi, a board member of the Swiss-based Afghan Fund is attending a two-day meeting of the Supreme Council of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB). The...