The prices of Indian rice surged, while gold declined in outgoing week in Kabul markets, market sources said on Saturday.

ndonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Albania have pledged troops for Gaza, the newly formed International Stabilization Force (ISF), during the first meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington, D.C., according to international media reports.

Seven hundred Afghan nationals stranded along the Taybad border following heavy rainfall and severe cold have been rescued by border forces in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi province, officials said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have discussed developments surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme, including the outcomes of the recent US-Iran indirect talks in Geneva.

An Indian businessman has expressed interest in establishing a gemstone exhibition showroom in Afghanistan and in facilitating links between Afghan and Indian traders in the pharmaceutical sector.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) announced on Thursday that 214 Afghan migrants, recently released from prisons in Pakistan, have returned to Afghanistan.

At least 10 people have been killed and 14 others injured after a gas cylinder exploded in the Soldier Bazaar area of Karachi, Pakistan.

The Swedish government has announced a contribution of SEK 70 million to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to accelerate the return of migrants to Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia.

At least 37 miners have died and 25 others were hospitalised due to suffocation at a mining site in Plateau State, Nigeria, media reports said.

Five people have been killed and a child injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, police said on Tuesday.

At least six people have been killed and 46 others injured after a passenger bus overturned on a highway in southeastern Brazil, a media report said on Tuesday.

The Afghanistan Canoe, Rowing and Sailing Federation (ACRSF) has been granted provisional membership by the Asian Canoe Confederation (ACC).