One individual has been killed and seven others, all members of the same family, injured in a traffic accident in the Gailan district of southern Ghazni province, police officials said on Monday.

The Ministry of Economy (MoE) has reiterated its directive to domestic and foreign NGOs to suspend female Afghan staffers.

Former US pesident Jimmy Carter, also a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has passed away at the age of 100, a media report said on Monday.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai says the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is committed to expanding and strengthening religious and modern sciences within the framework of Islamic Sharia.

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) says rice production in Afghanistan has reached 438,000 metric tonnes this year, showing a 9 percent surge compared to last year’s harvest.

Moscow has voiced concern over the escalation of tensions on the Pakistani-Afghan border, urging both sides to show restraint and resolve differences through dialogue.

Kidnapped two and a half years ago, the body of a man belonging to Surkhrod district of eastern Nangarhar province has been found and returned to his family.

Some residents in Zaranj city, the capital of northwestern Nimroz province, complain about growing disorder in the city, but municipality say a discipline urban committee has been established to deal with encroachments.

The Central Bank has announced eliminating transactions against Sharia law in the banking sector, stating that all banking transactions will now be conducted interest-free in accordance with Hanafi jurisprudence.

Some Unani medicine practitioners claim they can successfully treat various ordinary and complicated diseases.

Rahmat Shah etched his name in history by scoring Afghanistan’s highest-ever Test total, an unbeaten 231, on the third day of the first Test against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club on Saturday.

The death toll from the disastrous South Korean Jeju Air plane crash has risen to 179, media reports said on Sunday.