Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says commercial memorandums of understanding worth more than $156 million were signed during the Afghanistan–Kyrgyzstan Trade Connectivity Conference held in Kabul.

Afghan security forces have arrested a suspect during an operation in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, after targeting a hideout allegedly linked to recent attacks that killed and injured Chinese citizens in Tajikistan, sources said.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Addressing the graduation ceremony of a seminary’s students in Kabul, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs called on religious scholars to soften their language while giving sermons and instill the spirit of protecting the Islamic system and national interests in the people.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says the Kyrgyzstan Chamber of Commerce has been inaugurated in Kabul, a development expected to strengthen trade relations between the two countries.

An Afghan delegation, led by the Deputy Minister for Food and Drugs, has visited Iran to discuss capacity building for Afghan experts and to streamline the import of food and medicines into Afghanistan.

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) says that 447,000 metric tons of rice were produced across Afghanistan in the current solar year 1404, representing a two per cent increase compared to the previous year.

US President Donald Trump has expanded the list of countries whose citizens are barred from entering the United States, adding six more nations, including Palestine and Syria.

The supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has urged officials to carry out people’s affairs on time, not to close doors on the public, not to discriminate between the rich and the poor, and stated that whoever is entrusted with a responsibility is individually obligated (fard ‘ayn) to learn it and fully understand it.

At a regular meeting of the Technical Committee of the Economic Commission, a proposal to transfer water from the Kunar River to the Darunta Dam was deemed eligible for approval.

The Cabinet has reviewed the assessment of facilities and laboratories at the country’s ports, as well as progress on the New Kabul City development project.

The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) has welcomed a recent resolution issued by Afghan scholars, saying there is as no difference in the stance of religious scholars of the two countries.

At least 17 people have died and 20 others were injured after a bus carrying school students plunged into a ravine in Colombia, media reports said Monday.