Russia last week removed the name ‘Taliban’ from the list of banned groups, a move welcomed by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).

Afghanistan exported goods worth 100.1 million US dollars and imported goods worth 1003.1 million during the past one month, the National Statistics and Information Authority said on Saturday.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Thursday promised the provision facilities, including tax exemptions, to returning traders.

Iranian Foreign Minister Sayyid Abbas Araghchi has travelled to Moscow to meet senior Russian officials for high-level discussions.

Afghanistan A are set to play a one-day match against Ireland A today (Thursday) as part of the ongoing triangular series.

Amid a renewed diplomatic push, Islamabad and Kabul are set to explore ways of removing impediments to bilateral and transit trade.

An Afghan woman journalist arrested from her residence in Islamabad could be deported from Pakistan, a media report said on Wednesday.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says it has assisted more than one million Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan and Iran since the rise in Afghan return movements began in September 2023.

Some residents of Sayed Karam and Janikhel districts in southeastern Paktia province have expressed concern over the lack progress in construction of two 30-bed hospital buildings, work on which was initiated during the previous government.

The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says 91 Afghans released from prisons in Pakistan have returned to their homeland.

At least 32 people have been killed and 117 others wounded in a Russian missile strike in Ukraine, a media report said on Monday.

European Union Special Envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson says his mission in the country has come to an end, but the bloc remains committed to supporting the Afghan people.