Afghan officials stated that land is being distributed to returning refugees, with over 3,000 plots already allotted and aid accelerated. The Urban Development Ministry said over 2,800 families received land in several provinces. Returnees from Pakistan reported severe shelter shortages and
India reaffirmed its commitment to Afghanistan's health sector during talks between Health Minister JP Nadda and Afghan officials, reviewing healthcare projects, medical supplies, capacity building and humanitarian assistance, and pledging continued support through infrastructure, medicines,
Amid mounting cross-border tensions, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif claimed that Afghanistan was violating the ceasefire, contradicting earlier remarks from Kabul. Afghan officials accused Islamabad's military of obstructing peace efforts and violating Afghan airspace despite earli
Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday updated its official statement on the recent ceasefire agreement between Pakistan and Afghanistan by removing the "border" reference, which had drawn widespread reaction from the Afghan officials.
Uzbekistan has denied reports that it agreed to return Afghanistan's military helicopters and aircraft, calling the claims "fake news." Afghan officials, including Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, have urged the return of the helicopters for rescue operations.
US officials and Afghan authorities have agreed to carry out a prisoner exchange, after a rare talk with the authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Saturday.
According to Afghan officials, Pakistan has handed over 27 Afghan prisoners to the Taliban authorities at the Torkham crossing border, Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, reported Khaama Press.
Afghan officials said that the curbs have been brought in place because of gender mixing or because women allegedly are not wearing the hijab. So far, the ban is applicable to restaurants with green spaces in the Herat province only.
The smuggling is done by a global racket of smugglers who are facilitated by local Afghan officials. Major support to the crime is provided by actors working from the territory of neighbouring Pakistan.
This statement comes after armed clashes erupted between security forces from Pakistan and Afghanistan at the border in Chaman, leaving at least one dead and 15 others injured, the Dawn newspaper reported.
Afghan officials in Turkey confirmed the death of five Afghan nationals in a house in Ankara's low-income Onder area, where refugees from Afghanistan and Syria live.