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.

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.