A large mine of quartz has been discovered in the Shamal Dohmanda district of southeastern Khost province, authorities announced on Thursday.

About 1.95 million acres of usurped state land was wrested back across the country during the past three years, an official said on Wednesday.

More than 128,000 Afghan returning refugees have been registered in just past 42 days, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.

Education officials in eastern Kunar province say nearly 50,000 children in remote areas of the province who lack access to formal schools are currently receiving education through village-based classes and seminaries.

Three miners lost their lives after a beryl mine collapsed in the Ashkasham district of northeastern Badakhshan province.

As many as 1,000 new houses have been constructed and handed over to earthquake-affected families in the Gayan district of southeastern Paktika province.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday.

Construction of a road worth nearly 19 million afghanis has been completed and put into use in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday.

The chess game has been banned due to religious considerations in the country, the Afghan National Olympic Committee said on Sunday.

Continuing the Spanish La Liga league, Barcelona and Real Madrid are set to clash in another El Classico in the 35th week tonight.

The Land Grab Prevention and Restitution Commission (LGPRC) is set to be transformed to “Ministry of Land Affairs and Restitution of Emirate-grabbed Land.”

A nine-number group of carjackers has been arrested in western Badghis province and the smuggling of more than 200kg of opium has been prevented in southeastern Nimroz province, officials said on Sunday.