UK in meeting with Muttaqi: ‘We don’t support armed groups against IEA’

Britain’s Charge d’Affaires for Afghanistan Hugo Shorter told Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister on Friday that his country does not support armed groups working against the Islamic...

IEA stamps out illegal mining, rakes in 9 billion AFN in past 8 months

Ministry of Mines and Petroleum officials have said that since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has come into power, they have made nine billion afghanis...

U.N. chief to meet Putin and Zelenskiy next week

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Moscow next week to meet Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and then head to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr...

Study finds almost 80% of Afghan girls missing out on education

Almost 80% of Afghan girls are missing out on an education, Save the Children said Friday- almost a month after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)...

Strawberry harvests increase in Nangarhar

Nangarhar officials said Friday that strawberry harvests in the eastern Afghan province have increased to 170 metric tonnes this year. According to the Nangarhar agriculture department,...

IOC chief visits Afghan, Ukrainian athletes in Switzerland

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Thursday visited Afghan and Ukrainian cyclists who are currently living and training in Switzerland. Samira Asghari, IOC member from...

Blast kills 33, wounds 43 at mosque in Kunduz

At least 33 people were killed when in an explosion went off at a mosque in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province on Friday, officials said. Fourty-three others...

Pakistani medical experts visit Afghanistan

A three-member team of renowned medical experts from Pakistan visited Afghanistan to examine the performance of three leading hospitals built by Pakistan, its embassy in Kabul...

IEA arrests mastermind of attack on Shiite mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif

Officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in Balkh province announced Friday they had arrested the mastermind of Thursday’s bombing of the Shiite mosque in...

Deadly bombing in Mazar sparks widespread condemnation

The targeting of civilians inside a mosque in Balkh province on Thursday has sparked widespread condemnation both in Afghanistan and abroad. The explosion tore through the...

Honda developing three new electric vehicle platforms by 2030 -executive

Honda Motor Co (7267.T) plans to build millions of electric vehicles (EV) by 2030 using three new dedicated platforms, with one to be jointly developed with...

Russia is failing in Ukraine, top U.S. official says

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Thursday that Russia was not achieving its goals in its invasion of Ukraine and that Western sanctions...

Pakistan will continue to work for regional peace: foreign minister

Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar has said Pakistan is committed to continue efforts for peace in the region but she voiced...

Ten killed and at least 15 wounded in mosque explosion in Balkh

At least 10 people were killed in an explosion in a mosque in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh on Thursday, police said. Fifteen more people were...

Saar: Pakistan’s policy towards Afghanistan discussed

Tahawool: IEA’s foreign policy reviewed after eight months of rule

Russia tests nuclear-capable missile that Putin calls world’s best

In a show of strength two months into its assault on Ukraine, Russia test-launched a new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile which President Vladimir Putin said on...

IEA acting FM meets Central Asian envoys

The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) Amir Khan Muttaqi met with ambassadors and representatives of Central Asia countries on Thursday, the ministry...

Tahawol: Concerns over Afghanistan crisis discussed

Saar: US officials’ remarks on IEA’s promises discussed