KABUL (SW) – Khobaib Ghofran, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC), stated that the de-facto government has pledged comprehensive cooperation to MCC Chinese Company for the extraction and exploration of the Aynak copper mine in Logar only if considering the preservation of historical heritage.
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate has dispatched a second trade delegation to Turkmenistan within a week.
HERAT CITY (SW) – In the face of mounting restrictions on movement and liberties, women in Herat province have turned to small scale domestic entrepreneurships to secure a livelihood for their families.
MONITORING (SW) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group has claimed a new missile attack on Western interests amid Israel’s war on Gaza, this time on a British oil tanker that the United States identified as a Panamanian-flagged vessel carrying crude oil bound for India.
MONITORING (SW) – An Iranian government official has blamed “terrorism and sabotage” for twin explosions on gas pipelines overnight.
MONITORING (SW) – The Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted the Star Iris, a commercial ship carrying corn from Brazil to Iran.
MONITORING (SW) – McDonald’s has cited Israel’s war in Gaza as a factor in the fast food giant missing its first quarterly sales target in nearly four years.
NANGARHAR (SW) – Nangarhar University is set to host an international meeting on Climate Change this week. The Ministry of Higher Education (MHE), in collaboration with the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), is organizing the event at Nangarhar University during the ongoing week.
KABUL (SW) – The leadership of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) of the de-facto government of Afghanistan has signed a contract for the sale of 60,000 tons of oil extracted from the Amu Darya oil zone.
KABUL (SW) – Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry of Afghanistan, emphasized the expansion and strengthening of trade relations with Kyrgyzstan during a meeting with Daniyar Aman Guldif, Minister of Economy and Trade of Kyrgyzstan. Azizi also requested Kyrgyzstan to reduce the transit fare for Afghan commercial goods, aiming to decrease the expenses incurred when transferring goods to China through Kyrgyzstan.
KABUL (SW) – The transit process and transportation through the border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan have returned to normal, officials confirmed.
MONITORING (SW) – The Los Angeles Times is planning to lay off a “significant” number of journalists, the newspaper’s union has said, becoming the latest media outlet to shed employees in an era of collapsing advertising revenues.
