Minister of Foreign Affairs Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi have discussed bilateral ties, expanded cooperation and key regional developments.
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has urged the international community and international financial institutions to lift financial and banking restrictions imposed on Afghanistan.
Pakistan has provided 105 tons of humanitarian aid to the earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan says it will soon send its humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
A five-member delegation of the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) has left for Iran to address problems related to the identity of Afghan migrants.
The UK Foreign Office has allocated £1 million in emergency aid to help victims of the recent earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, saying the money would be distributed through UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC).
In a government reshuffle, former Laghman governor Sheikh Sher Ahmad Haqqani has been appointed Minister of Information and Culture, while former minister Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwah has been named governor of central Maidan Wardak.
The Indian Foreign Minister expressed condolences to his Afghan counterpart over Sunday night’s earthquake during a telephone call and confirmed that India had delivered 1,000 tents and 15 tons of food supplies to Afghanistan.
The deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says the fourth anniversary of the withdrawal of the last US solider from Afghanistan proved the country cannot be conquered and every occupier’s fate is a shameful defeat.
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.
Practical work on the first phase of Azizi Group’s 10,000-megawatt power generation project will begin in the near future, the head of the company has announced.
Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs Mullah Noorullah Noori has urged Iran to treat Afghan refugees in accordance with Islamic and international principles.
