Poppy cultivated on 2,800 acres of land has been destroyed in northern Baghlan province and nearly 4,000 drug addicts rehabilitated during the past one year, officials said on Thursday.

Kyrgyzstan Ambassador to Kabul Daniyar Zhylchyv says his country wants to expand and expedite political and economic cooperation with Afghanistan.

Work on three uplift projects worth 18 million afghanis has been initiated in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of northern Balkh province, local officials said on Thursday.

The Labour and Social Affairs Department of Nangarhar says 6,000 people are working in brick kilns, half of them children and teenagers in the Surkh Rod district of the eastern province.

Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, claims to have found “clear signs of ethnic cleansing” in the embattled Palestinian enclave of Gaza by the Israeli military.

A winter volleyball tournament, featuring eight teams, has kicked off in Ferozkoh, the capital of western Ghor province, an official said on Thursday.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has expressed its deep sorrow over the tragic traffic accidents in southern Ghazni province and has instructed the relevant authorities to conduct a thorough investigation.

At least 11 people have died in a fire incident in a café in Vietnam, with Hanoi police arresting a suspect, a media report said in Thursday.

The Land Grab Prevention Commission (LGPC) has wrested back more than 10,000 acres of state land from grabbers in six provinces of the country during the last one month, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced on Wednesday.

On the occasion of International Migrants Day, the European Union has said it stands with Afghan migrants, internally displaced persons, and returnees, providing support in areas such as education, employment, and improving their economic situation.

The opening One-Day International (ODI) between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe has been abandoned due to rain, says a media report.

Afghanistan has extended an agreement on importing electricity from Uzbekistan until the end of 2025, the power utility announced on Wednesday.