At least eight people, including women and children, have been killed and four others wounded after a boat capsized in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday.

The Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PAJCCI) has elected its new president.

Eighteen players have been selected for the national handball team, the Afghanistan Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday.

Upping the ante, Israeli troops launched a ground offensive in southern Lebanon early Tuesday morning, the Associated Press reported.

Construction work has been completed on a school building at a cost of 300,000 US dollars in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province.

Global sports organizations must increase their cooperation with relevant Afghan bodies and athletes and should make sharing experiences a priority, deputy prime minister for political affairs Mualvi Abdul Kabir has said.

Top Russian and Iranian officials are expected to meet on further deepening cooperation in different sectors, a media report said on Monday.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have been urged to take concerted measures to curb violence in Pakhtun-inhabited areas.

Turkmenistan has invited the chief executive officer of the Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) to Ashgabat for talks on extending and signing the electricity supply agreement for 2025.

Hezbollah has named Hashim Safiuddin as its new secretary-general after the killing of Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike, a media report said on Monday.

The Afghanistan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has introduced 26 children suffering from congenital heart defects (CHD) to Kabul hospitals for medical treatment.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) new deputy special political representative Georgette Gagnon has arrived in Afghanistan to assume office.