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.&

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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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Violence against journalists has increased slightly in Afghanistan in the past year, and almost 6,000 media workers have lost their jobs in this time, according to a report released on Wednesday.

As many 117 cases of violence against journalists and media workers were registered in Afghanistan within one year since March 2021, according to the...

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A senior United Nations official said Wednesday people in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions and that the rapid increase in those experiencing acute hunger & from 14 million in July 2021 to 23 million in March 2022 & has forced households to resort to desperate measures...

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The UN envoy in Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said in a meeting with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani that most countries are interested in cooperating with the Islamic Emirate (IE).

The meeting was held on Tuesday where Lyons thanked the acting minister for security, as well as the Ministry of...

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Iran has set the official selling price (OSP) of its Iranian Light grade for its Asian buyers at $4.70 a barrel above the Oman/Dubai average for April, up $2.05 from the previous month, two industry sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

The table below shows April crude prices to Asia, as differentials to...

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