At least 15 people, including women and children, have been killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Sunday.

Afghan mixed martial arts fighters Javed Basharat and Farid Basharat claimed impressive victories against opponents from Mexico and Brazil on Sunday.

The power utility in western Badghis province says imported electricity from Turkmenistan, costing two million dollars, will be extended to 21 villages in Sang-i-Atash district within the next five months.

At least two people were killed and three others injured after the wall of a house collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the Fararud district of western Farah province on Thursday.

Ariana Airlines has increased the number of cargo and passenger flights between Kabul and New Delhi to strengthen trade ties and expand transport capacity.

Afghanistan’s Standards and Quality Authority has announced that a 25-tonne shipment of substandard batteries was returned to Iran from the western province of Farah following inspection and quality control.

Russia has invited Afghanistan’s Minister of Information and Culture to participate in an upcoming economic, cultural, and tourism forum in Kazan, and has also indicated that a delegation from Russia’s Ministry of Culture will visit Kabul.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says that nearly five million patients with respiratory illnesses, including 504 COVID-19 cases, were registered in government hospitals over the past three months.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has dismissed concerns about the country’s security raised at the United Nations as baseless, saying some countries are exploiting the absence of the IEA’s representative to create unnecessary concerns.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated oxygen analyzers to 12 hospitals in Kabul and 11 other provinces across Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) announced that 153 Afghan migrants have been released from prisons in Pakistan and have returned to Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the leadership of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the occasion of the country’s National Day, has released around 108 Afghan prisoners from its prisons.