The governments of Australia and Ireland have said they will provide more than 1.5 million dollars in aid to the earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan.

The death toll from the devastating earthquake in the provincial capital and five districts of eastern Kunar province, has climbed to 1,411 with 3,124 others injured, while 5,412 houses have been destroyed.

The death toll from the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 1,124, with 3,251 people injured and more than 8,000 houses destroyed, the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul after drone attacks on Khost and Nangarhar provinces last week.

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) says the Central Bureau of Investigation deems women’s photos on identity cards as a religious practice and optional based on strict necessity.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says the law regulating poetry gatherings has been endorsed and published in the official gazette.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has summoned Pakistan’s Ambassador in Kabul in response to last night’s drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar and southeastern Khost provinces.

At least 25 people have been killed and 27 others injured when a 580-type passenger bus overturned in the Arghandi area of Kabul, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says services have been provided to about 1.1 million children affected by malnutrition in the past six months.

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan has received over $6.3 million in humanitarian funding for Afghanistan.

Construction of an orphanage at the Asmaul Husna Educational Complex has been completed and inaugurated in southern Ghazni province at a cost of 55 million afghanis.

At least 14 people were killed, including three journalists,  in Israeli airstrike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday, a media report said.