The Biden administration will grant temporary deportation relief and work permits to Afghans without permanent legal status but who are currently in the US, a move that could aid those evacuated after last year&s US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The grant of so-called Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be available to 72,500 Afghans who...

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Tens of thousands of Japanese households remained without power on Thursday morning, more than 10 hours after a powerful earthquake that left at least four dead and more than 100 injured, and severed transport links to the country&s northeast, Reuters reported.

Companies including a giant chipmaker and Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) raced to...

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Hopes of turning Afghanistan into a key trade link between Central and South Asia are high after an Indian trader exported commercial goods to landlocked Uzbekistan through Pakistan and Afghanistan this week.

VOA reported that trucks carrying 140 tons of cargo, mostly Indian sugar, departed Kabul on Wednesday for the Uzbek capital, Tashkent.

An...

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Afghanistan should not become a location for rivalry among the world&s great powers, acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said this week during a visit to the Afghan embassy in Turkey.

Muttaqi said: &The policy is that henceforth Afghanistan should not become a center or ground for rivalry among the great powers.&

&Hencef...

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The United Nations& top court for disputes between states ordered Russia on Wednesday to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine, saying it was &profoundly concerned& by Moscow&s use of force.

Although the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding, it has no direct means of enforcing them,...

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Afghan security forces killed a kidnapper and arrested another in western Herat province on Wednesday, a security source told Ariana News.

The incident happened in Puran area of Enjil district.

The kidnappers had abducted a child in District 7 of Herat city and then moved their hostage to Enjil district.

The child was rescued by security forces in...

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