On the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, some residents in the capital Kabul have urged the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to control commodities prices particularly the rates of essential food items.

More than a hundred publishers have displayed their books at the Holy Quran and Book Exhibition held in Kabul on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.

Afghanistan’s total arable land is more than three million hectares, of which 2.1 million hectares are irrigated and 917,000 hectares is rain fed, an official said on Wednesday.

As many as one million people in the country would get literacy education opportunities in the next three years based on a new strategy, an official said on Wednesday. 

Thirty small electricity poles have been toppled due to snowfall in southeastern Paktia province, resulting in power outages for thousands of homes, an official said on Wednesday.

A miner was killed as a result of coal mine collapse in the Dar-e-Sof Bala district of northern Samangan province on Tuesday, an official said.

Two British citizens, a Chinese-American and their Afghan colleague have been arrested on the bases of some considerations and efforts were underway to resolve the issue, an official said on Tuesday.

At least two children were killed and third individual was wounded as a result of a blast caused by an Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in the Gulistan district of western Farah province on Tuesday, an official said.

The reconstruction work of the Herat Grande Mosque in western Herat province, which had been severely damaged in devastating earthquake last year, has been 70 percent completed, an official said on Tuesday.

The process of free education and training would be extended to the districts of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Monday.

Afghan traders have suffered losses of millions of Afghanis due to the closure of the Torkham crossing gate for the past three days, a business body said on Monday.

Japan has provided $6 million to promote vital livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable people in Afghanistan, a statement said on Monday.