World ‘failing Afghanistan’ during major locust outbreak: aid group

A global aid organization warned Monday that a large-scale plague of locusts is ravaging northern Afghanistan and could destroy 1.2 million metric tons of wheat, almost...

Tahawol: IEA’s criticism over UNHRC’s report on Afghanistan discussed

Five cement factories to be built in Afghanistan: minister

Five cement factories will be built soon in Afghanistan, Minister of Mines and Petroleum Shahabuddin Delawar said during a visit to Kandahar province. Delawar said that...

Saar: Region policy towards Afghanistan reviewed

Russia calls for continued probe into US, NATO ‘war crimes’ in Afghanistan

Russia’s representative at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva on Monday called for continued investigations into war crimes by the US and NATO in...

Japanese diplomats meet with Afghanistan’s economy minister

Acting Economy Minister, Qari Din Mohammad Hanif, on Tuesday met with Japanese diplomats in Kabul to discuss ways to improve bilateral cooperation, as well as the...

China fast becoming a lucrative market for Afghan carpets

China is fast becoming a lucrative market for Afghan products, including handmade carpets, pine nuts and other goods. Speaking to China’s Xinhua news agency, one carpet...

Afghans among victims of Greek boat disaster: embassy

Afghanistan’s Embassy in Rome said on Monday the recent shipwreck off the coast of Greece took the lives of at least 78 men from Afghanistan and...

Xi, Blinken agree to stabilize US-China relations in Beijing talks

China and the United States agreed on Monday to stabilize their intense rivalry so it does not veer into conflict, but failed to produce any major...

Rights watchdog calls on Pakistan to stop arresting Afghan refugees

The Government of Pakistan must urgently stop arbitrarily arresting and harassing Afghan refugees and asylum seekers, Amnesty International said on Tuesday – on World Refugee Day....

Oman shock Ireland in Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Cricketing minnows Oman pulled off a massive upset by beating Ireland by five wickets in their opening World Cup Qualifier in Bulawayo on Monday, the Gulf...

Tahawol: Concerns over Iran’s water rights discussed

UNHRC chief says he is ‘deeply concerned about worsening’ situation in Afghanistan

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said at the 53rd meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that the humanitarian situation...

MoI says no militant groups including TTP in Afghanistan

The Ministry of Interior of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Monday rejected Pakistan’s claims of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members being moved to the north...

Saar: UN’s meeting on Afghan human rights situation discussed

Iran’s parliamentary delegation to visit Afghanistan over water rights

A parliamentary delegation of Iran will soon travel to Afghanistan to follow up on the issue of water rights, an Iranian lawmaker has said. “There have...

Japan’s special envoy for Afghanistan visits Kabul

Japan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Kansuke Nagaoka, visited Kabul and held talks with officials and political figures. In meeting with former president Hamid Karzai, the sides...

Farah woman gives birth to quadruplets in Farah

Doctors at Farah Provincial Hospital say a woman has given birth to quadruplets and that the babies, three boys and one girl, are all healthy. The...

Herat company produces 300 solar panels a day

A private company in Herat province is producing almost 300 solar panels per day, each of which has a capacity of providing up to 650 watts...

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes the Gulf of California

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck the Gulf of California on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. Mexico’s civil defense office confirmed that there...