The suspension of international aid and the cancellation of key projects have severely impacted women-run businesses in western Herat, forcing many workshops to reduce staff or shut down entirely.

A young girl has ended her life after ingesting a poisonous substance in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Thursday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Western countries are seeking to re-establish their presence in Afghanistan, despite the return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).

The German government has temporarily suspended the evacuation flights of Afghan refugees for a period of two weeks.

The Passport Office in northern Kunduz province distributed nearly 50,000 passports in the past year, generating 280 million afs in revenue, an official said on Wednesday.

The Passport Office in northern Balkh province distributed more than 100,000 passports and issued visas to over 400 foreign citizens during the past one year, an official said on Tuesday.

Construction work has been launched on a health center that will cost more than 500,000 US dollars in southern Badghis province, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Tuesday.

A young man died after a vehicle plunged into Kokcha River in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 400 more Afghan citizens returned to their homeland on Tuesday after being released from prisons in Pakistan.

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has launched a 1.5-megawatt electricity network in the Omari Camp for returning refugees in Torkham town in eastern Nangarhar province.

Security forces have arrested a six-member gang of armed robbers in the Baraki Barak district of central Logar province, an official said on Monday.

A polio vaccination drive will be launched on Monday (tomorrow) across the country, targeting around 6.3 million children.