Agriculture
Wheat imports surge 4.5-fold following tariff changes
KANADAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Three civilians were killed and 12 others wounded as a result of a suicide car bombing in southern Zabul province on...
World News
US lifts sanctions on UN rapporteur on Palestinian rights Albanese
The United States has lifted sanctions imposed on UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, a week after a federal judge ruled that...
Accidents & Disasters
Lightning strike leaves 2 dead in Kandahar
Two people have been killed after lightning struck in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, a police official said on Thursday.
World News
Pakistan’s interior minister visits Tehran again
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi has arrived in Tehran, the capital of Iran, for talks with Iranian officials.
Business & Economics
Honey production grows in Afghanistan amid challenges for beekeepers
On World Bee Day, a member of the Afghanistan Beekeepers Union says that despite the expansion of beekeeping farms and increased honey production capacity, large-scale imports...
Business & Economics
64km of TAPI pipeline laid in Afghanistan, officials say
Local officials in western Herat say that practical work on the TAPI (Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India) gas pipeline project is continuing in an orderly and rapid manner in Afghanistan,...
World News
21 killed in heavy rains, flash floods in China
At least 21 people have been killed due to heavy rains and flash floods in China, a media report said on Wednesday.
Business & Economics
Herat governor urges swift export of fresh fruits to prevent losses
With the start of the fresh fruit harvest season, the governor of western Herat has instructed relevant officials that fresh fruit must be exported without delay...
Business & Economics
Uzbek officials, business delegation visit Kabul
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry says that Nazimjan Kholmiradov, head of the Light Industry Development Agency of the Council of Ministers of Uzbekistan, has arrived...
Security & Crime
2 children killed, mother injured in Helmand explosion
Two children were killed and their mother injured in an explosion of an unexploded shell in Khanshin district of southern Helmand province on Wednesday, a police...
Migration
New township for returnees approved in Kabul’s Khak-i-Jabar
The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MoUDH) says that the detailed plan for a new residential township for refugees in Khak-I-Jabbar district of Kabul province...
