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.

About 21 people have been killed and 14 others injured when a bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims careened off a cliff in Kotmale town of Sri Lanka, a media report said on Sunday.

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says a trilateral meeting was held in Kabul to strengthen trade relations, attract investment and launch joint projects among Afghanistan, Pakistan and China.

Three suspects have been arrested by security forces for allegedly killing a tribal elder in northern Samangan province, an official said on Sunday.

Eight residents of central Daikundi province have died as a result of a gas explosion in a coal mine in Tajikistan, authorities said on Sunday.

The acting minister of foreign affairs has called for the expansion of political relations and economic cooperation between Afghanistan and China.