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.

Counter Narcotics Department personnel discovered three drug factories and seized 730kg of hashish in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Thursday.

A 20-bed hospital for treating drug-addicted women and children has been opened in southern Helmand province.

The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says 50 more Afghan citizens released from prisons in Pakistan returned to their homeland on Thursday.

Norwegian Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan Per Albert Ilsaas has criticised Pakistan for the forced deportation of Afghan refugees and pledged to raise the issue through international diplomatic channels.