A former secretary of the provincial council in northern Faryab province and Almar District Chief in the previous government has been killed by unknown gunmen, an official said on Monday.

Two children injured in a mortar shell explosion in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Monday.

Three individuals were killed and 11 others injured in two separate traffic accidents in the Aab Band and Gelan districts of southern Ghazni province.

About 700 Pakistani military personnel have been killed in the past two years, the country’s defense ministry has said.

Three children have died and a fourth is in a coma after eating a poisoned watermelon in the Chawkay district of eastern Kunar province, an official said on Sunday.

Four miners have died following the collapse of a coal mine in the Dara-i-Suf Bala district of northern Samangan province, a police official said on Sunday.

A selection competition to form the national wrestling team was held in western Herat province on Saturday, drawing 500 wrestlers from several provinces.

Two families have reconciled and ended their 18-year-old enmity through the mediation of religious scholars, local officials and tribal elders in western Farah province.

The suspect accused of murdering Kobra Rezaei, an Afghan migrant residing in Iran, has been arrested and reportedly confessed to the crime during interrogation, say Iranian authorities.

The prices of Kazakh flour, fuel and gold increased in Kabul during the outgoing week, market sources said on Saturday.

A mother and her child have died, and the body of another person who went missing six days ago has been recovered from the Sayed River in central Kapisa province, an official said on Saturday.

In the wake of Israeli airstrikes, Iran has declared that continued dialogue with the United States over its nuclear programme is “meaningless”.