Turkmenistan is set to begin the development of the Torghundi port in Afghanistan’s Herat province, marking a significant step toward boosting regional trade and infrastructure cooperation...
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has launched a large-scale emergency food aid initiative for Afghan families recently repatriated from Iran, beginning in...
Senior officials from Iran’s Khorasan Razavi Province and Afghanistan’s Herat Province met for talks on trade and economic issues, resulting in agreements across a broad range...
Noor Ahmad Islamjar, the Governor of Herat province, travelled to Iran on Saturday, leading an official delegation. According to Iran’s state news agency (IRIB), the visit...
European Parliament member Hannah Neumann has strongly condemned Iran’s ongoing deportation of Afghan refugees, describing the mass expulsions as a violation of international law and a...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported outbreaks of respiratory infections, acute diarrhea, scabies, and suspected cases of COVID-19 among Afghan returnees from Iran and Pakistan....
The agency warned that a failure to respond quickly and at scale risks triggering widespread displacement, food insecurity, and public health emergencies.
The UNHCR also voiced alarm at the scale and speed of returns. Babar Baloch, spokesperson for the agency, said more than 50,000 Afghans crossed back from...
As the number of Afghan returnees from Iran continues to surge, the Bayat Foundation has launched an emergency aid campaign at the Islam Qala border crossing...
Afghan authorities in Herat and Nimroz have reported growing pressure on local services and have appealed for greater international support to assist returnees.
In response to the sharp rise in the number of returnees from Iran, local authorities in Herat have announced the formation of an emergency committee to...
Ghulam Mohammad Kazim Shahamat, spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, says saffron cultivation and production is on the rise in Afghanistan, with output...
Officials at the central prison in Herat province say that 221 inmates, including 23 women, have been released based on a decree issued by the leader...
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, on Saturday inaugurated two power generation projects in Herat province with an investment of approximately $68...
Baganch Abdullayev, the General Director of the TAPI project in Afghanistan, on Thursday met with Noor Ahmad Islamjar, the governor of Herat, for a report back...
Visiting Kabul, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin said on Monday that Astana is ready to invest $500 million in the construction of the Torghandi-Herat railway...
As Eid al-Fitr approaches, the dried fruit market in Herat province has thrived, with people busy purchasing Eid sweets. Families are striving to buy sweets according...
According to a statement issued by Türkiye's Embassy in Kabul on X, the aid sent in also included medicine and other items to help the Afghan...
Despite hundreds of small and large factories operating in Herat, unemployment rate is rising in the western Afghan province. Many laborers wait for work from morning...
Herat Regional Hospital has a capacity to treat about 1,000 patients a day, 650 as in-patients. However, the hospital is being stretched to its limits and...