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.
Deputy spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, Hamdullah Fetrat, has stated that the Islamic Emirate wants to restore diplomatic relations with Germany in order to secure the interests of the Afghan people.
Eleven people died and at least 12 were injured in southern Mexico after the bus transporting them flipped over, authorities in the state of Oaxaca said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ahead of talks between Ukrainian and U.S. officials that Washington hopes will deliver substantial progress towards ending Russia’s war with Ukraine.
The cause of the accident is attributed to reckless driving.
The United Nations Security Council will convene on Monday, March 10, to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
