The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) has announced that 165 kilograms of beryl were sold for 120 million Afghanis in eastern Nuristan province.

In the barren plains and treeless slopes of Daikundi’s mountains—where lush pastures once sustained thousands of livestock—a different picture of rural life is now painted: hungry herds and desperate herders.

Dr. Soraya Qayumi, an obstetrician-gynecologist in northern Jawzjan province, has started voluntarily providing free health services to Afghan women returning from Iran in the province.

Acting Afghan Industry and Commerce Minister Nooruddin Azizi and Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister have agreed to establish joint road and rail transport companies and facilitate visa issuance process for Afghan traders.

The prices of fuel, flour, sugar and cooking oil decreased in Kabul market during the outgoing week, market sources said on Saturday.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Administrative Affairs on Thursday said over half a million Afghan refugees returned from Iran during the past month of June.

Three roads measuring 1.8-kilometers have been completed and put into service in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has appointed a committee to regulate the activities of foreign and domestic doctors and health workers in private health centers.

Eighteen Afghan pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj ritual in Saudi Arabia, says the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA).

The Deputy Minister for Industry and Commerce has assured traders that tariffs would be increased on imported goods whose domestic production could meet 20 percent or more of the country’s market needs.

Two laborers have been killed after a wall collapsed in Jalalabad City, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province.

The United States has resumed shipments of certain weapons to Ukraine, including 155 mm artillery shells and GMLRS (guided multiple launch rocket system) missiles, a media report said on Thursday.