The Italian coastguard have searched off the coast of southern Italy for survivors or the bodies of dozens of migrants feared missing after two shipwrecks left 11 people dead, a media report said on Tuesday.
Italy has pledged contributing $3.1 million to the United Nations-established Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan (STFA), the fund said on Thursday. The UN Special Trust Fund announced that it was the first time Italy was providing aid to…
Italy has assured Afghanistan of cooperation in providing alternative source of income to poppy farmers and treating drug addicts.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says about 18 tonnes of pine nuts worth $600,000 will be exported to Italy via land. In a statement, the MoCI said the dried fruit would be exported by the Rahim…
Top diplomats from India and Italy have exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis and the situation in Afghanistan. The two sides underlined the need for safeguarding the international order based on the UN Charter, Hindustan Times reported on…
The Afghan embassy in Italy says Fahim Kashaf was expelled from the Afghan embassy in the country after introducing himself as Afghan ambassador while the Kabul government denied Kashaf was named as new envoy to Italy and called…
Italy has contributed €1.5 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in support of the Afghans living in Iran. The Tehran Times quoted the Italian ambassador to Iran as underlining support for the Afghans fleeing their…
Italy has voiced its concern at escalating violence in Afghanistan, calling for an end to insecurity in the country. Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, who visited Kabul on Tuesday, expressed his concern in meetings with top Afghan leaders.…
KABUL ambassador and charge de affairs in Italy have been dismissed, a credible source said Wednesday. The source, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghanistan envoy to Rome along with five other diplomats had been ordered…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and visiting Italian Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini on Wednesday discussed military cooperation, election, counter-terrorism and the peace process.
KABUL within a year, says a media report. "Defence Minister (Elisabetta) Trenta has instructed the Interforce Operating Command (COI) to assess the start of planning to withdraw the Italian contingent," ANSA reported. The proposed pullout could take a year. The…
The Italian government has pledged 13 million Euros in assistance for several reconstruction heritage site in central Bamyan province, officials said on Wednesday. Director of the Joint Development Cooperation of Italian government in Afghanistan in Bamyan province.…
KABUL’s Resolute Support mission, says a news report. ANSA, Italy’s leading wire service, said the size of the Italian military mission in Afghanistan would be reduced from 900 to 800 at by end of the current month, The cut would…
KABUL in protection of its historic relics and monuments, a statement from the Chief Executive Office said on Tuesday. The envoy, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, reiterated the commitment during a meeting with CEO Abdullah Abdullah, who is on a two-day official visit…
Italy has donated an amount of $8.5 million to a new pediatrics and obstetrics clinic in Kabul, the foreign ministry in Rome says. The clinic will be set up at the National Military Hospital in the capital as…
The Italian government has pledged contributing another 40 million Euros in aid for completion of the fourth phase of the Herat-Khawaf railroad between western city of Herat and Iran, the Herat governor’s house said Sunday. A statement…
