A Herat man has won 500,000 afghanis as a prize in an Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) lucky draw.

Mohammad Wais Qaderi, who lives in Herat province, says it is the first time in his life that he has won such big prize.

&I am very excited about winning the prize. I would like to thank AWCC for presenting me with the prize,&...

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Jaishankar said it was legitimate that the international community, especially the neighbours, today work together to ensure that there is no terrorism threat that comes out of Afghanistan.

India&s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Tuesday the world should not forget the situation in Afghanistan, including the threat from terrorists...

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Nepal early Wednesday, killing at least six people, officials confirmed.

According to the authorities, dozens of homes were destroyed in the western district of Doti.

Five other people were seriously injured as eight houses collapsed, said Bhola Bhatta, deputy superintendent of police in Doti.

Nepal is still...

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The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be ground breaking in a number of ways when the first ball is kicked at the Al Bayt Stadium on November 20 as it will not only be the first time this global event takes place in a Gulf country, but also the first time stadiums will be cooled mechanically.

FIFA agreed to Qatar hosting the 2022 event but insisted...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has announced that based on agreements with a number of countries, 65,000 people will be deployed as laborers to work outside Afghanistan.

According to the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Makhdoom Abdul Salam Sadat, 15,000 of them will be sent to Qatar,...

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Gulcharan Singh, the last Sikh in Afghanistan&s eastern Nangarhar province, says the rest of his community left the country due security reasons, but that he is staying in his home country.

Gulcharan, who is a shopkeeper in Jalalabad, says thousands of Hindu and Sikh families were living in Nangarhar province, but they have now left for...

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