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.

More than 6,200 kilogrammes of various types of narcotics were set alight in western Ghor province on Wednesday, an official said.

At least 87 people were killed and 333 others injured in 193 incidents involving unexploded ordnance across Afghanistan over the past year, the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) said on Wednesday.

Iranian police have reportedly arrested 139 foreign nationals in connection with recent protests in Yazd province.

The Afghanistan national futsal team will face the Japan in the quarterfinals of the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup on Tuesday.

The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Qatar has inaugurated an exhibition titled “Empire of Light: Visions and Voices from Afghanistan,” showcasing nearly 100 historical and contemporary works that trace Afghanistan’s five-thousand-year history of art and culture.

A polio vaccination campaign has been launched in 18 provinces of Afghanistan, aiming to vaccinate 7.3 million children under the age of five.