1+ week, 35+ min ago   (110+ words) Several traders and representatives of Russia’s private sector have announced efforts to facilitate the export of fresh fruit from Afghanistan to Russia by rail. The Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency reported on Sunday, September 6, that Russian traders and private-sector representatives had…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (151+ words) Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has announced that Iran attacked one of its oil tankers while it was passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday, September 2, that the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the attack resulted in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (109+ words) French Finance Minister Roland Lescure has said that France wants to maintain sustained and consistent economic pressure on Iran. Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday, September 1, that Lescure made the remarks amid new US sanctions against Iran. According to the report,…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (401+ words) Arman, one of the residents of Kabul, says that the belief that domestic products are of poor quality has become deeply entrenched among people, even though some Afghan-made products are of better quality and cheaper than imported goods. He adds…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (114+ words) Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, has traveled from London to Turkey to meet with Turkish officials and hold consultations. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a post on X on Sunday, August 30, that Ishaq Dar had arrived in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (127+ words) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has claimed that extensive efforts are under way by some elements within the US administration and actors aligned with Israel to manipulate energy markets and influence prices. Araghchi wrote on X on Saturday, August 29, that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (196+ words) The first international gathering of young Afghan Turkmen was held in Cappadocia, Turkey, with the participation of dozens of students, women and girls, professionals, and members of the Turkmen academic and civil society communities. The event was held on August…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (317+ words) Residents say the garden was destroyed under an informal agreement with Moulavi Amanullah Hassan, the former head of Badakhshan’s Agriculture Department, and that squatters and explosives were used in the demolition. Beyond blocking the route families relied on to pass…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (114+ words) Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s foreign minister, and Hakan Fidan, Türkiye’s foreign minister, held a telephone conversation on regional and bilateral issues. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote on its X page on Tuesday, August 25, that the foreign ministers of the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (136+ words) Local sources say that oil and gas prices in southern Afghanistan have increased since yesterday, raising concerns among the public. Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Monday, August 24, that the price of one litre of oil in markets across…...