Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China for the first time in over seven years amid escalating tensions with the US, a media report said on Thursday.

A White House official has said that US President Donald Trump may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week.

Fifteen people, including 10 children, have been arrested on robbery charges in northern Samangan and northeastern Badakhshan provinces, officials said on Thursday.

A number of returnees from Iran and Pakistan in southern Ghazni province have complained about a sharp rise in house rents, saying they cannot afford the increased costs and are calling on the government to address the issue as soon as possible.

Eight individuals, including Ghana’s Defence Minister, have been killed in a military helicopter crash, media reports said on Thursday.

The Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, and Indonesia’s Chargé d’Affaires, Dr Nanda Evalist, have discussed the establishment, development and strengthening of economic and trade relations between the two countries.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with other international partners, aims to identify the skills of refugees and help provide them with employment opportunities and increased support.

A marketplace for booksellers and publishers was inaugurated on Wednesday near the Pamir cinema in central capital Kabul and a three-day book exhibition was also opened in the same market.

A young man, a resident of western Ghor province, has begun constructing a school building with seven classrooms at his own expense for children who have been studying outdoors for years without proper facilities.

One individual was killed and seven others were injured in an explosion at a gemstone mine in the Doab district of central Nuristan province on Wednesday.

Residents of Kabul are complaining about increased chicken meat price compared to last month and are asking the government to control it, while officials say 80 percent of poultry farms in the country currently do not have chickens.

New buildings have been constructed and put into service at three schools in the Ajristan district of southern Ghazni province, at a cost of 33 million afghanis.