Noorullah Zazai

A Turkish construction firm has shown interest to invest in 200MW wind power project in western Herat province, a statement said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) has inked a contract worth 163,000 US dollars with a Turkish firm on construction of a cement factory in Yatim Taq area of northern Jawzjan province.

Qatar and Afghanistan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the area of air services to improve transport links between the two countries.

A polio vaccination drive has been launched in the 16 provinces of the country in which 6.2 million children would be administered vaccine against polio, a statement said on Monday.

Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Maulvi Atiqullah Azizi has urged international cultural organisations and countries to cooperate with Afghanistan in preserving its cultural heritage.

The Natural Disaster Preparedness Authority (NDPA) has inked an agreement worth more than two million US dollars with an organisation. 

Two companies, including a foreign firm, have shown interest in constructing five power substations in southern Kandahar and Ghazni provinces.

Afghanistan has exported agricultural products worth $737 million in the past nine months, says the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs office.

KABUL (Pajhwok): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced plans to provide $135 million in additional humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. During

KABUL (Pajhwok): A tropical storm in northern Philippines left more than 24 people dead and forced 150,000 others to evacuate. The tropical storm on .

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 150 people suffered casualties in Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of Gaza, reports said on Friday

KABUL(Pajhwok)): Ten Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an overnight militant attack on their post in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province .