The executive director of the Nangarhar Chamber of Commerce and Investment, Shakerullah Safi, has stated that a second meeting will take place between Afghan and Pakistani traders to discuss the reopening of the Torkham border crossing.
Russia will seek “ironclad” guarantees in any peace deal on Ukraine that NATO nations will exclude Kyiv from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral, a Russian deputy foreign minister said in remarks published on Monday.
The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution regarding the extension of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) mandate in the country.
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Friday to spare Ukrainian troops that Russia is pushing out of its Kursk region, an appeal Putin said he would honor if they surrendered.
Afghanistan remains one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with nearly half the population—some 22.9 million people—in urgent need, according to the 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan.
The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) of the Islamic Emirate has signed a contract to begin the second phase of the Wakhan Road in Badakhshan. The agreement was signed on Thursday during a ceremony in Kabul with a local company.
President Vladimir Putin donned military fatigues for a surprise visit to troops in Russia’s western Kursk region on Wednesday where he ordered them to press their lightning advance and swiftly retake the rest of the area from Ukrainian forces.
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the United States’ offer to hold talks on its nuclear programme is an attempt to deceive global public opinion, as a letter arrived from US President Donald Trump urging negotiations.
Marriage triples the risk of obesity for men, but does not affect women, according to research. Global obesity rates have more than doubled since 1990, with more than 2.5 billion adults and children classed as being overweight or obese. Worldwide, more than half of adults and a third of children are predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050.
Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reported a significant increase in measles cases among children in three Afghan provinces.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in Afghanistan has announced that Italy has donated €3.5 million to assist with the needs of Afghan returnees.
The United States agreed on Tuesday to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after talks where Kyiv said it would accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia, the countries said in a joint statement.
