Nearly 700 Afghan refugees have returned to the country this week after being released from jails in Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday.
The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue, Prevention of Vice and Hearing of Complaints says it has collected 1,510 mentally ill individuals across the country and referred them to the Afghan Red Crescent Society for treatment and care.
A privately-owned flour production factory, established with a $300,000 investment, was officially inaugurated and began operations on Thursday in western Farah province.
The Ministry of Finance on Thursday reported a 13.5 percent increase in exports and a 24.5 percent rise in transit volume during the first five months of the current solar year, compared to the same period last year.
Three police officers have been killed and two others critically wounded in a shooting incident in the US state of Pennsylvania, according to a media report on Thursday.
At least 106 Palestinians have been killed and 367 others injured in Israeli air and ground assaults on Gaza over the past 24 hours, according to media reports on Wednesday.
The Department of Mines and Petroleum in central Panjsher province has sold 3,703 carats of emeralds for 28,500 US dollars at the ninth auction, the provincial media office said on Tuesday.
The president of the Afghanistan’s Iron Smelting Union says that approximately $500 million has been invested in the country’s iron smelting sector so far, creating employment opportunities for around 70,000 people, both directly and indirectly.
Municipality officials in western Herat province say a portion of a road has been destroyed and removed after being built of poor quality in the seventh district of Herat city.
