Minister of Vice and Virtue Mohammad Khalid Hanafi says they are committed to eradicating harmful traditions in the country and would not allow anyone to engage in practices deemed inappropriate or contrary to Sharia.
At least three people were killed as a result of an old mortar shell explosion in Charchino district of central Uruzgan province on Monday, an official said.
The Rural Rehabilitation and Development Department of southern Ghazni province says two drinking water supply networks have been completed at a cost of more than 20 million afghanis and put into use in Nawa and Gilan districts.
Ministry of Public Health officials have stressed the need for raising public awareness and fighting HIV/AIDS, saying that 300 positive cases were registered nationwide during the last 10 months of the current year.
The Chief Executive Officer of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat has met with Iran’s ambassador to Kabul and both sides discussed expanded cooperation in the fields of clean and renewable energy and the production of electrical equipment.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the Cricket Federation of Uzbekistan (CDU) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation and strengthen cricket development between the two countries.
An investigation has revealed that some members of the British Special Forces unit allegedly targeted Afghan men of fighting age, even when they posed no threat.
Dried fruits from western Herat province were exported to more than 20 countries during the last seven months, showing a threefold increase compared to the same period last year.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MoAIL) says sweet orange production has been estimated at 2,214 metric tonnes this year in eastern Nangarhar province, showing nearly a five percent increase over last year’s yield.
