The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has welcomed the latest move by the World Bank to use International Development Association (IDA) funds to scale up support to...
The recent UN-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan reinforced that the international community remains largely united and committed to supporting the Afghan people, U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan...
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum on Friday announced that Ariana Highland Company will invest $27.5 million in the extraction of Jegdalek ruby mine on the...
Reconstruction of a section of the Mazar-e-Sharif-Uzbekistan railway line has started at a cost of $6.3 million, Balkh provincial officials said. Local officials said the 75-km...
The Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi said in a meeting with an Iranian delegation, led by the Deputy Coordinator of Economic Affairs of...
The Russian Embassy in Kabul said on Monday that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s(IEA) refusal to participate in the recent meeting of special envoys to Afghanistan...
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the country’s national power utility company, has announced that electricity imports from Uzbekistan have decreased by 50 percent due to technical...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said international envoys to Afghanistan hope for Islamic Emirate participation at their future meetings. This comes after the Islamic...
Vladimir Voronkov, UN Under-Secretary-General for the Office of Counter-Terrorism, has said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has reduced Daesh’s ability to carry out attacks...
The second two-day meeting convened by the UN on Afghanistan got underway on Sunday in Qatar, in the absence of Islamic Emirate representation. Hosted by UN...
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced Switzerland’s donation of $1.9 million to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund. The announcement was...
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Sunday dismissed concerns raised about the country at the Munich Security Conference, calling them “baseless.” IEA’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid,...
Businessmen trading between Afghanistan and Pakistan have called on Islamabad’s Federal Board of Revenue and the ministry of commerce to fully open Ghulam Khan and Kharlachi...
Iran’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi has said that Europe should not use humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as a hostage for regional ties. Qomi...
At the Munich Security Conference 2024, foreign ministers from 12 countries expressed concerns that human rights of women and girls are being violated in Afghanistan. They...
Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by just 4 runs in the first T20I at Dambulla on Saturday. Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first,...
UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Kanni Wignaraja, has arrived in Afghanistan, it was announced on Friday. Discussions on livelihoods, women’s economic empowerment,...
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Friday reacted to remarks by Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) for political affairs,...
There are lots of violations of human rights around the world, and it’s not just the responsibility of the US forces, Zalmay Khalilzad, former US special...
The World Bank Group said on Thursday its executive board endorsed a new approach to aiding Afghanistan that will deploy some $300 million from the bank’s...
