Hundreds of trucks loaded with food and non-food items that belonged to Afghan businessmen have been stranded on both sides of the Torkham crossing in eastern Nangahar province due to travel document issues. According to the Chamber of Commerce and Investment of Nangarhar the two governments have created a document called Trade Certificate to make More

An American citizen named Andris has embraced Islam in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday. Mufti Abdul Matin Qane, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), wrote on X: “Due to the exemplary conduct of security forces in Jalrez district, an American tourist named Andris has converted to More

Nearly eight million Afghans have been migrated to neighbouring and European countries in the past almost five years, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Friday. IOM in a report stated: “Since 2020 nearly eight million people have migrated in which 85 percent people have migrated to neighbouring countries such as Iran and nearly More

Afghanistan’s diplomatic mission’s websites in Canada, Italy, Switzarland and Germany have been shut down. The development comes after the Taliban in a statement said that services of some countries in Europe were not acceptable for them. Views: 4

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Taliban to lift restrictions on women and girls. In response to such calls, the caretaker government has consistently claimed preserving women’s rights in the framework of the Shariah law. In a post on X, HRW said: “As the Paris Olympics begin, millions of women and girls in Afghanistan More

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MoEA) has announced that it will continue to issue visas to Afghan citizens. At a recent press conference,MoEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reaffirmed India’s commitment to granting visas to Afghans. Responding to a query, he said: “While I don’t have the exact numbers at hand, I can confirm that visas More

In a rare occurrence, a mother in central Daikundi province has given birth to quintuplets for the first time. But two of the five babies did not survive. Dr. Ghani Samim, Director of the Public Health Department in Daikundi, said that the mother delivered the quintuplets at Zahra Bayat Hospital in Neili City, the provincial More

The Public Health Department of eastern Nangarhar province has recorded 1,914 cases of scabies in 25 outbreaks during the past seven months. Health officials said scabby breakouts since late March reached 25, which showed a significant spike in the cases of the unpleasant skin infection. Patients who have scabies complain about itchy skin and redness More

As many as 42,000 bottles of low quality syrup were sent back to Pakistan after being imported to southeastern khost province, officials said on Tuesday. Food Inspector at Khost Food and Drug Administration Dr. Gulzar said they denied entry to hundreds of low quality medicines and food items after evaluation at the central laboratory. According More

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports 292 civilians have fallen victim to landmines and explosive remnants of war in Afghanistan in the first six months of the current year. In a statement on X, OCHA wrote: “Since 1989, 45,000 Afghans have been casualties of landmines and explosive remnants of More