The Afghanistan Standards and Quality Authority (ASQA) says it has rejected a shipment of substandard batteries at Sheikh Abu Nasr Farahi port and returned it to the exporting country.

One individual has been killed after an old landmine exploded in Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province, police said on Sunday.

At least 14 people have been killed and 38 others injured in a highway bombing in Colombia.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said Europeans must step up and defend their own interests, saying the United States, China and Russia are currently all opposed to Europe, according to a media report.

The prices of Indian rice surged, while rates of gold and fuel decreased in the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Construction of central prison facilities has officially begun in central Panjshir province at a cost of 116 million afghanis, an official said on Saturday.

At least five members of a family have been killed and two others injured after a hill collapsed onto a house in western Badghis province.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has arrived in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, to discuss proposals aimed at reviving peace talks with the United States.

Da Afghanistan Brishna Shirkat (DABS) chief executive officer has discussed strengthening cooperation in the power sector and accelerating work on the CASA-1000 project with Tajik officials.

Iran says no decision has yet been made regarding a new round of negotiations with the United States.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Afghanistan said on Monday that around 4.2 million Afghans will require emergency shelter and non-food assistance in 2026.

A woman has been freed after nearly a month of confinement and domestic violence in Zawal district of western Herat province, the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said on Monday.