2 children among 6 drown in W. Afghanistan

KABUL, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Six persons, including two children, were drowned as their car plunged into a reservoir dam in the western Afghanistan Herat province on Saturday, provincial government spokesman Mohammad Yusuf Sayedi said Sunday. The deadly …

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Six Die in Harrowing Reservoir Car Plunge in Afghanistan

(MENAFN) A heart-wrenching accident in the western Afghan province of Herat has claimed the lives of six people, including two young children, after their car careened into a reservoir dam. Provincial government spokesman Mohammad Yusuf Sayedi revealed the …

Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 rocks Afghanistan, aftershocks suspected

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 rocked Afghanistan on Saturday, a statement by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 rocked Afghanistan on Saturday, a statement by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. As per …

Fletcher: Donor countries must not abandon Afghanistan

(Last Updated On: )Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has urged donor countries not to abandon Afghanistan amid the difficult circumstances it is facing. In an exclusive …

Taliban claim efforts to preserve Afghanistan’s Buddhist heritage

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 3: Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced initiatives to protect the country’s Buddhist heritage sites and artefacts, departing from their previous stance during their first period of rule. The announcement comes …

Afghans who helped the U.S. fight the Taliban should not be deported to Afghanistan

It was a bitterly cold evening when I arrived in Kabul on a U.N.-chartered flight in early 2002. The city, like much of Afghanistan, was in turmoil. The trauma of Al Qaeda’s deadly Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the United States was still raw, U.S. forces were …

Russia Vows to Help Taliban Fight Islamic State in Afghanistan

Russia is ready to assist the Taliban in fighting the Afghan wing of the Islamic State, known as ISIS-K, President Vladimir Putin's envoy to Afghanistan told state media Friday. Zamir Kabulov, Putin's special representative, told the state-run RIA …

Afghanistan exports 466,000 tons of fruits, dried fruits in one year

KABUL, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan has exported 466,000 tons of fruits and dried fruits during the Persian calendar year of 1403 ending on March 20, the office of the acting deputy prime minister for economic affairs said on Saturday. Afghanistan has …

Afghanistan facing deepening Media censorship on world press freedom day

On World Press Freedom Day, Afghanistan witnesses alarming media restrictions, with over 200 violations and growing threats against journalists and free expression. On Saturday, May 3, World Press Freedom Day arrives amid mounting concerns over the …