Khawaja Nasir Ahmad Sidiqi

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday said 23,000 people in Afghanistan were diagnosed with cancer in 2020 during which 16,000 of them have lost their lives to the disease.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar and Iran Iran’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian have discussed the latest developments in the Afghan peace process.

The Cabinet has approved the third revised draft budget for fiscal year 2021 meeting most of lawmakers demands, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said on Wednesday.

The Afghan government-backed peace negotiating team discussed intra-Afghan talks, ceasefire and reduction in violence with NATO ambassadors, a statement said on Tuesday.

The Jamiat-i-Islah party head was among two people killed in a series of blasts that injured five others in different parts of Kabul on Tuesday.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven says his country supports the Afghan peace process which would preserve the achievements of the past two decades and result in an independent, democratic and united Afghanistan.

The Afghan government on Monday praised the international community’s joint statement on targeted killings and destruction of public infrastructures in Afghanistan, but the Taliban slammed it as untrue.

Two people were killed and a third wounded when a bomb blast targeted a truck carrying Afghan National Army (ANA) troops in Kabul.

The Indian Customs Department arrested two Afghan citizens and seized drugs worth $1.5 million from them at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport.

Iran’s foreign minister during his meeting with deputy political leader of Taliban has said his country supports an inclusive Islamic government in Afghanistan.

The EU Delegation and diplomatic missions on Sunday denounced targeted killings and kidnappings in the country.

KABUL (Pajhwok): National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib has said that the establishment of an interim government in Afghanistan “means a permanent opportunity for foreign intervention”.