A distribution of stationery and teaching materials has begun at 154 schools in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province. The programme covers 27,820 students and 924 teachers.
A Rolling Stone writer describes the 2026 US midterm campaign as one of the most racist in a generation. The article cites remarks by Donald Trump and other Republicans targeting Muslim candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Afghanistan’s under-15 football team opened its FIFA tournament campaign with a 2-1 win over Sierra Leone. The competition is being held in Azerbaijan.
Foreign ministers from Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Türkiye, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia met for the first time in Istanbul to discuss safe shipping routes and conflicts involving Iran and Yemen.
Afghanistan’s Technical and Vocational Education Authority met with the leadership of Malaysia Polytechnic University. The sides discussed a draft memorandum and the possibility of setting up a joint applied-learning centre.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry has rejected as baseless allegations of civilian casualties from its counterterrorism operations. Islamabad says it retains the right to defend itself against terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory.
Authorities burned 607 kg of drugs seized in different parts of Afghanistan’s Panjshir province. The destruction took place in the presence of local Islamic Emirate officials.
Ghulam Haider Shahamat, head of Afghanistan’s Technical and Vocational Education Authority, has left for Malaysia and Indonesia with a delegation. The authority’s head of foreign relations, Ahmad Nabi Nael, is also taking part.
Work has begun on a protective wall around the historic Imamzadeh Yahya ibn Zayd Shahid Shrine in Afghanistan’s Sar-e Pol Province. The project is estimated to cost more than AFN 300,000.
Afghanistan’s public health minister met a Russian delegation and representatives of the Russian Embassy. They discussed training medical professionals and exchanging expertise.
Several infrastructure projects to rehabilitate residential areas at historic sites and ancient settlements have begun in Dawoodi Bala and Dawoodi Payin villages in Bamyan.
Some 400 orphans, widows and people with disabilities received food aid in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The provincial department distributed it with financial support from a charitable organization.
The distribution of improved wheat seeds and chemical fertiliser has begun in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province. The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock is running the programme with partner organisations.
A seminar in Sozma Qala district, Sar-e Pol province, focused on the harms of poppy cultivation and alternative crops. Farmers were introduced to the benefits of saffron, sesame and cotton.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Martyrs and Persons with Disabilities has signed an agreement with the Qamar Charity Foundation to provide solar panels and related equipment to 95 families in Nimruz province.
Officials from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Urban Development and Housing met a delegation from a state institution in Uzbekistan. Talks covered Kabul’s master plan and development proposals for residential and commercial areas.
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye met in New York to discuss regional and international developments. They backed dialogue and diplomacy and reaffirmed their positions on Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Palestine and Sudan.
Abdul Karim Fateh, head of Afghanistan’s railway authority, attended the 14th regional meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Astana. Discussions covered rail projects and ways to expand freight transport.
A 7,700-metre irrigation canal between the villages of Peronz and Diwi has opened in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province. Construction began in 2023 and was completed in 2026.
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