US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East has announced the launch of the second phase of the US mediation plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has assured the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) of full cooperation in facilitating trade and transit, as well as in providing greater facilities for foreign investors.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed Toby Radford as the new batting coach and Robert Ahmun as strength and conditioning trainer for the national team.

Italy has contributed one million euros to support vulnerable women and youth in accessing licit income opportunities in Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced on Tuesday.

The United States has urged its citizens to leave Iran immediately, according to a media report on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump has imposed a 25 per cent tariff on goods from countries that maintain commercial ties with Iran, according to media reports.

At least six Pakistani policemen were killed and as many others wounded in two separate explosions in Tank and Lakki Marwat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, media reports said.

A former journalist, Nazira Rashidi, has been arrested along with four other women in connection with a criminal case in the northern Kunduz province, an official said on Monday.

A four-member gang of robbers has been detained in the capital of northern Balkh province, an official said on Monday.

At least 71,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 171,000 others injured in Israeli attacks since the start of the war in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

The body of an Afghan student has been found in his room in the Vadodara city of India, a media said on Monday.

The Iranian government has declared three days of national mourning for “martyrs”, including members of the security forces killed during recent protests, reports Tasnim news agency.