A total of 38 trade agreements worth more than $520 million have been signed between Afghan and Uzbek traders during a private sector business conference held in Kabul.
At least 10 Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a retaliatory attack by Afghan forces on a Pakistani military post along the Durand Line in the Tani district of southeastern Khost province, security sources said on Monday.
Traders in western Herat province have donated 15 million afghanis in cash to support the people of neighbouring Iran, local officials said on Saturday.
Hundreds of Afghan migrants with legal documents are returning home from Iran each day through the Islam Qala crossing in western Herat province as tensions escalate between the neighbouring country and Israel, returnees and border officials say.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has said efforts by the United States to transform Afghan society into a Western-style democracy were unlikely to succeed from the outset.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) says 150 Pakistani soldiers have been killed, over 200 others wounded and around 40 military posts captured in retaliatory attacks by Afghan forces.
Afghan and Iranian transportation officials have held talks to address challenges and remove obstacles facing road transport companies of both countries.
Afghan and Iranian officials have stressed the need to continue and strengthen border cooperation, agreeing that the next meeting of senior border officials from the two neighbouring countries will be hosted by Tehran.
