Afghanistan’s acting minister of defence and the Iranian ambassador have discussed the strengthening of bilateral relations.

Anti-narcotics department deputy director at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and Turkish Embassy’s advisor in Afghanistan talked about joint fight against narcotics and providing farmers with alternative crops.

Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani says the rights of all individuals are safeguarded in the current system.

No one is allowed to impose punishment or torture on inmates, says a senior prison official.

Two individuals have been killed and a third injured in a traffic accident in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday.

The construction of two health centers has been completed and inaugurated at a cost of $112,000 in the Rodat and Spinghar districts of eastern Nangarhar province.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) says Kuwait has contributed $500,000 to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF).

The prices of Indian sugar, diesel and gold decreased, but that rate of Malaysian cooking oil and petrol surged during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

The Environmental Protection Department in northwestern Nimroz has prevented the smuggling of 35 rare birds to Iran, an official said on Saturday.

In a significant step towards the country’s infrastructure development and reconstruction, the National Procurement Commission (NPC) has approved contracts for 27 key projects valued at approximately five billion afghanis.

A lighting strike has killed one individual and injured four others in the Spinghar district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday.

A streetlight project to illuminate Ghazni city has been completed at a cost of seven million afghanis and put into use, an official said on Tuesday.