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 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 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.
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.
UNAMA head Roza Otunbayeva has stressed urgent international aid for Afghan returnees’ reintegration, saying drought impacts and returnee challenges demand global cooperation and immediate investment in social infrastructure.
Following the publication of a report by Pajhwok Afghan News on internet and telecom issues in central Daikundi, the Director General of the Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) visited the province and announced the activation of 19 new telecom sites.
