Ex-US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi has undergone a hip replacement surgery after sustaining an injury during an official visit to Luxembourg.
Construction work has been initiated on a health centre at a cost of 28 million afghanis in the Noorgram district of eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Sunday.
A volleyball tournament, featuring 11 teams, concluded in central Bamyan province on Saturday, with Yakawlang-2 district team winning the title, an official announced.
More than 10,000 poultry farms in Afghanistan produce 1,700 tonnes of chicken meat on a daily basis while demand for chicken is only 1,600 tonnes nationwide.
A man has been killed and six others, including a woman, have been wounded as a result of a traffic accident in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday.
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency has contributed $9 million (SEK 100 million) to Afghanistan, the United Nations Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan (UN-STFA) said.
A two-week long volleyball tournament, featuring 33 teams, kicked off in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, on Wednesday, an official announced.
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