The Afghanistan Standards and Quality Authority (ASQA) has returned a consignment of low-quality batteries weighing over 25 tonnes via the Sheikh Abu Nasr Farahi port in western Farah province.

The Ministry of Vice and Virtue and Complaints (MoVVC) has instructed traders and shopkeepers to refrain from hoarding and to sell goods in accordance with the approved price list, warning that violators will face legal action.

Former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad says he does not believe the Pakistani public supports the establishment’s policies that have led to Afghan civilian casualties, arguing the divide between the people and the ruling authorities is widening.

The United Kingdom will suspend new study visas for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan and will halt work visas for Afghans, as part of a crackdown on what it says is a sharp rise in asylum claims linked to student visa holders.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says at least 110 civilians have been martyred, 123 others wounded and 8,400 families displaced in Pakistani military attacks on Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) says 150 Pakistani soldiers have been killed, over 200 others wounded and around 40 military posts captured in retaliatory attacks by Afghan forces.

A man has been arrested on charges of killing his mother and brother in western Farah province, an official said on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has inked five-year contract with an international non-governmental organisation (NGOs) worth more than 7.7 million US dollars to enhance the quality of healthcare and increase public access to health services.

Afghanistan’s trade volume with Central Asian countries recorded a significant increase in 2025 compared to the previous year, with imports rising by 43 percent and exports by 77 percent, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) said on Tuesday.

Six American service members have been killed in the ongoing conflict with Iran so far, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday.

The United Nations says at least 34 civilians were martyred and 89 others injured in Pakistani military attacks inside Afghanistan from February 26 to March 1.

The United States Embassy in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, was hit by two Iranian drones on Tuesday, a media report said.