Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said that Afghanistan's economy is set to contract up to 30 per cent this year and it is likely to further fuel a refugee crisis that will impact neighbours, Turkey and Europe, a media report said.
Moscow [Russia], October 19 (ANI): Ahead of the Taliban's upcoming visit to Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday said the matter of recognizing the outfit as the legitimate government in Afghanistan is not on the current agenda.
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): Sirajudin Haqqani, the Taliban's newly-announced government's acting minister of interior affairs met the families of the suicide bombers who conducted attacks in the past two decades in Afghanistan targeting foreign and the government troops, reported
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban expressed hopes to continue cooperation with the new US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, and looks forward to the full implementation of the Doha agreement, reported Sputnik.
Moscow [Russia], October 19 (ANI): Members of the Extended Troika format on Afghanistan met in Moscow on Tuesday and discussed common threats and humanitarian assistance to Kabul, local media reported.
New York [US], October 19 (ANI): UNICEF has just delivered nearly 40 tonnes of medical supplies, including kits and medicines for acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), to Kabul to treat the rising number of cases of diarrhoeal diseases in the country, the fund announced on Tuesday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): Many Kabul residents are facing difficulties as the prices of goods have risen while the Afghani has weakened against the dollar, local media reported on Tuesday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, a Taliban official said.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 19 (ANI): The border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Chaman opened on Tuesday only for an hour after being closed for two weeks, reported local media.
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan urged the United States to probe its former top envoy to the country over his suspected dealings with the Taliban.
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Punjab Agriculture Minister Randeep Singh Nabha on Tuesday said political leaders should refrain from doing politics on religious issues otherwise the country will become like Afghanistan or Pakistan.
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): Officials of Afghanistan's Balkh province have said that Kazakhstan provided more than 4,000 tonnes of flour as humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, reported local media.