Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 20 (ANI): After the Taliban assumed power in Kabul, a fresh threat has emerged and that is heroin from Afghanistan, which has started flooding global markets and motivating narco-terrorism, making a severe threat to peace, a report said.
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): The Indian World Forum in coordination with the government of India and assistance from Sobti Foundation has evacuated Satvir Singh, an Indian citizen, and head granthi Gurdwara Karte Parwan Kabul along with Sorjit Singh, caretaker Khost Gurdwara.
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 19 (ANI): Expressing concerns over recent developments in Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the situation in the country "prompts the need for additional measures" to ensure his country's security, local media reported.
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 19 (ANI): More than 28,000 Afghans have applied for temporary visas into the US, however only 100 of them have been approved so far, local media reported citing officials as saying on Friday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 19 (ANI): Afghanistan and Iran have set up several committees to expand cooperation between the two countries in the economy, agriculture, railways, trade and the investment sectors, said the Afghan Ministry of Finance (MoF).
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 19 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale struck 202 km NNW of Kabul in Afghanistan, informed the National Center for Seismology (NCS) on Friday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 19 (ANI): In view of the deteriorating economy of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover, Germany has pledged to provide humanitarian aid to the people of the country, local media reported on Friday.
Washington [US], November 19 (ANI): The US Senate has unanimously approved to award Congressional Gold medals for the 11 Marines, a soldier, and a navy corpsman killed in an outside bomb explosion in Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai International Airport in August, a media report said.
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 19 (ANI): Three planes carrying 36 tons of humanitarian assistance from Russia arrived in Kabul on Thursday, at a time when people in Afghanistan are in dire need of aid, reported local media.
New York [US], November 18 (ANI): The UN special envoy on Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons on Wednesday raised concern over the expansion of the Islamic State (ISIS) across Afghanistan, which used to be only active in the capital Kabul.