Afghanistan&s humanitarian crisis cannot be effectively addressed unless the United States and other governments ease restrictions on the country&s banking sector to facilitate legitimate economic activity and humanitarian aid,& Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Thursday.

It said that the US air strike killing the al-Qaeda...

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Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce - Investment (ACCI) said Friday that fresh fruits exports have increased from the country abroad.

According to ACCI, the export of fresh fruits have increased significantly compared to previous years, and most of these fruits are exported to Pakistan, India and some other neighboring countries of Afghanistan.

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At least eight people were killed when an explosion went off in Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, police said.

Eighteen others were wounded in the blast which happened in Sar-e-Karez area, PD 6, west of Kabul, city&s police spokesman Khalid Zadran said.

He said that the explosives were attached to a handcart.

There was no immediate claim of...

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The foreign ministers of Qatar and the United States met Thursday on the sidelines of the meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Cambodia and discussed the situation in Afghanistan.

In this meeting, Doha-Washington bilateral cooperation, developments in Afghanistan, the latest developments related to...

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Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is in the United State&s own interest because the US has no other regime to deal with, Acting Defense Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said this weekend.

&There are many countries that are more against America than us, but they recognize them officially,& Mujahid said...

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South Korea&s first-ever lunar orbiter was launched from the US Thursday on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, live video showed, with a payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space, Bangkok post reported.

Danuri — a portmanteau of the Korean words for &Moon& and &enjoy&...

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