Fire breakouts in two factories the city and a district of northern Balkh province caused financial losses wrote 700,000 afghanis and damages nearly three million afghanis.
A coordination center for international transport companies has been inaugurated at the Hairatan border crossing in northern Balkh province to facilitate exports, local officials said.
A charity organization, in cooperation with the Afghan Red Crescent Society, has launched a four-day free eye treatment campaign in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province.
The International Crisis Group (ICG) has called on the European Union (EU) and its member states to pressure Pakistan to stop the forcible expulsion of Afghan refugees, regardless of their legal status.
National Environmental Protection Authority (NEPA) chief Maulvi Mati-ul-Haq Khalis, leading a delegation, has participated in the 11th Nevsky World Environmental Congress in Russia.
More than 250,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan and Iran, including about 107,000 who were deported between April 1 and April 30, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent 154 metric tonnes of vital medical supplies to Afghanistan to help meet urgent health needs. The supplies arrived on May 20 and 21 through two special charter flights from Sharjah International Airport.
The first hospital in the country dedicated to the treatment of thalassemia (a genetic blood disorder) was inaugurated and put into operation in Herat province.
A three-day domestic products and handicrafts exhibition has been launched in northern Samangan province to promote the culture of using domestic products, an official said on Thursday.
