Despite last month’s election setback, Shigeru Ishiba has retained the post of Japan’s prime minister, say media reports.

The Washington Post reported yesterday US president-elect Donald Trump had spoken with Russian leader Vladimir Putin about the conflict in Ukraine, but the Kremlin denied such a conversation.

Borders and Tribal Affairs director says have been able to resolve 46 enmities between families in northern Jawzjan province.

The national football team has departed for Tajikistan to play two friendly matches, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said on Monday.

Farmers and traders in northern Baghlan province say this year’s apple harvest is satisfactory, but its price halved compared to last year.

National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) chief Maulvi Matiul Haq Khalis has traveled to Azerbaijan at the head of a technical delegation to participate in the UN Global Climate Change Conference (COP-29).

The annual elementary school examinations will begin in cold areas on November 16, the Ministry of Education (MoE) announced on Sunday.

About 325 Afghan refugees returned from Turkey to their homeland in the past two days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) announced on Sunday.

Qatar says it has suspended efforts for mediating a ceasefire between the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel in Gaza.

A school building that consumed five million afghanis has been constructed and put into service in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Thursday.

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister for political affairs says the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has been trying to address the problems of people, not to cause trouble for them.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his government will legislate a ban on the use of social media for children under 16 years of age.