Sixty tons of expired food items and medicines destroyed in Balkh

The Directorate of Public Health in Balkh province has burnt nearly 60 tons of poor quality and expired food items and medicines collected over the past...

Mohammed bin Salman says Saudi Arabia is getting ‘closer’ to Israel normalization

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a U.S. television interview that his country was moving steadily closer to normalizing relations with Israel and...

West discusses Afghanistan in meetings on sidelines of UNGA

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West has met with officials of a number of countries and organizations on the sidelines of the United Nations General...

China climate envoy says phasing out fossil fuels ‘unrealistic’

The complete phasing-out of fossil fuels is not realistic, China’s top climate official said, adding that these climate-warming fuels must continue to play a vital role...

Tahawol: Tajikistan’s concern over increase in drug trafficking from Afghanistan

Kabul police rescue woman imprisoned in room for 25 years

A woman who was imprisoned in a dark room for 25 years in the Afghan capital has been rescued by police, the Interior Ministry confirmed Thursday....

Saar: International Day of Peace discussed

Turkey’s Maarif Foundation ‘ready’ to reopen schools for girls

Turkey’s Maarif Foundation officials in Afghanistan say they are ready to open their doors to girls above the sixth grade once the suspension is lifted. Speaking...

Dortmund need win against Wolfsburg as storm clouds gather

Borussia Dortmund host in-form VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday hoping for a victory that will dispel the storm clouds that have been gathering amid...

Torch relay starts final leg as Hangzhou prepares for Asian Games

The torch relay for the Asian Games 2023 began its final stage in Hangzhou in China on Wednesday morning, marking the start of the final countdown...

Uzbek President and Pakistan’s acting PM discuss situation in Afghanistan

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Pakistan’s Acting Prime Minister Anwar ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations...

US envoy to Afghanistan discusses anti-narcotics efforts with IEA officials

US Chargé d’Affaires Karen Decker met with Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials in Doha on Wednesday for talks on counter-narcotic measures. In a series of...

Azerbaijan halts Karabakh offensive after ceasefire deal with Armenian separatists

Azerbaijan said on Wednesday it had halted military action in its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after its battlefield success forced Armenian separatist forces to agree to...

ACB name squad for Asian Games Men’s Cricket competition

Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) Selection Committee on Wednesday announced the 15-member AfghanAbdalyan Squad for the Asian Games Men’s Cricket Competition, which will be played from September...

Militants using Afghan soil to attack Pakistan is Islamabad’s ‘biggest concern’

Pakistan’s caretaker foreign minister Jalil Abbas Jilani said on Wednesday the “biggest concern” currently facing Pakistan was a threat from militant groups using Afghanistan’s soil to...

Saar: 12 foreign ministers call for lifting of restrictions against Afghan women

Tahawol: UN General Assembly’s warnings discussed

ADB approves grants worth $400 million to improve welfare in Afghanistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved 400 million U.S. dollars in grants to protect the welfare and livelihoods of vulnerable Afghan people, particularly women...

Uzbek president warns UN General Assembly against ‘leaving Afghanistan alone’

Leaving Afghanistan alone with its own problems would be a “grave mistake”, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev warned at the United Nations General Assembly in New York...

IEA responds to UNAMA report on torture, says review is false and ‘propaganda’

Responding to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan’s (UNAMA) report on torture of detainees, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Wednesday the assessment was...