KABUL — Afghanistan’s Second Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar said that security is now ensured in Afghanistan and that the

KABUL — Living conditions remain difficult for Afghan families as two-thirds of households in the country continue to struggle to meet basic food

KABUL — A contract to manage the Hairatan-Mazar-e-Sharif railway in Afghanistan was signed with a Kazakhstani company called Mansour Fatih. The

KABUL — The Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce on December 18 said that business licenses have been issued to at least 150 foreign

KABUL — Afghan officials have launched a nationwide campaign to vaccinate millions of children against polio, an effort that in the past has

KABUL — The United States and Britain have condemned an order issued on December 20 by the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan banning

DUSHANBE — The signing ceremony of the Exchange of Notes and the Grant Agreement on the implementation of “The Project for Promoting Effective

KABUL — Worldwide condemnation against the Taliban decision to ban women from working at domestic and international NGOs heightened on December

KABUL — The UN rights chief, Volker Türk, called on December 27 for the Taliban authorities to revoke immediately a raft of policies that target

KABUL — The first part of the Termez International Trade Center on the border of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan opened on December 27, Afghan

ASTANA — The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have discussed the progress achieved within the Afghan Women

KABUL — Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) developed countries and several other Western democracies on December 29 called on

KABUL — Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the country’s power distributor, said that Chinese investors have expressed willingness to invest

KABUL — The Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan to extend the import of electricity to Afghanistan for

KABUL — Afghanistan Railway Authority said that the head of the authority on an official trip to Pakistan discussed the start of the feasibility

KABUL — The contract for the extraction of oil from the Amu Darya basin in Afghanistan was signed with a Chinese company, the CPEIC, on January

KABUL — Afghan authorities have inaugurated a water canal in Dawlatabad district of the northern Balkh province of Afghanistan to irrigate more

KABUL — The deputy head of the United Nations aid office in Afghanistan has called for the Taliban to immediately lift bans on women attending

KABUL — The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugees Council, Jan Egeland, said on January 9 that without female staff, they cannot work and

KABUL — Electricity supply from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan has been halted as both countries have experienced extremely low air temperatures and