The Information and Culture Department says four major edible oil warehouses have been sealed in the western Farah province for hoarding and overpricing.

Security forces have traced 76 missing persons, including children, in southeastern Khost province during the past six months and reunited them with their families.

At least nine people have been killed and 21 others injured after a private sleeper coach collided with a lorry in the Indian state of Karnataka, media reports said on Thursday.

More than 3,600 Afghan refugees have been deported from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan in a single day, an official said on Wednesday.

A laboratory has been constructed and equipped with various advanced medical instruments, diagnostic materials, tables and chairs at a cost of 35 million afghanis at the Afghan International Islamic University (AIIU).

About 120 tribal feuds and family clashes have been resolved in northern Jawzjan province in the past nine months through mediation efforts by officials, religious scholars and local elders.

More than 684,000 metric tonnes of goods were transported through railways from four Afghan ports during the past one month, the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) said on Tuesday.

Security forces have arrested a person with 40 Kalashnikov rifles and prevented the smuggling of 57 kilograms of opium and 176 cartons of medicines in northwestern Nimroz province, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Monday.

At least nine people have been killed and 10 others injured in a mass shooting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Al Jazeera reported.

After a period of staying at home without work, Eifa Alkozai entered economic and artistic activities by establishing an art gallery in Kabul, creating employment not only for herself, but also job and training opportunities for more than 30 other women.

Local officials in Herat say that 20 factories producing machine-made carpets and rugs are currently operating in the western province’s industrial park, playing a key role in meeting the country’s domestic demand.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says the Kyrgyzstan Chamber of Commerce has been inaugurated in Kabul, a development expected to strengthen trade relations between the two countries.