The Kajaki Dam hydroelectric power plant project in Helmand province was officially inaugurated Wednesday after being completed at a cost of $174 million. 

This key project, which will supply 100 megawatts of power, will serve the people of Helmand and Kandahar provinces. 

Afghanistan&s Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani...

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China&s central metropolis of Wuhan temporarily shut some businesses and public transport in a district with almost a million people on Wednesday, as the city recorded several new infections.

China, heavily invested in its &dynamic COVID zero& policy, relies on mass testing, quick restriction on business activity and...

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House Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to release information related to the chaotic withdrawal of US troops almost a year ago that preceded the collapse of the former Afghan government.

According to the Washington Examiner, GOP members of the House Intelligence Committee sent a letter to the secretaries of defense and state,...

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Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country&s new space chief said Tuesday. 

Yuri Borisov, appointed this month to lead the state space agency, Roscosmos, said during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that Russia will fulfill its obligations to its...

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Tajikistan exported more than $51.2 million worth of goods to Afghanistan in the first half of 2022, an increase of 38 percent against last year. 

The total volume of trade amounted to $52.7 million, of which 97.2 percent accounted for supply of Tajik goods to Afghanistan, Asia Plus reported.

Last year the export of Tajik products amounted to...

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One successful female entrepreneur in Kandahar has for the past four years run an all-women company, which she says is helping her staff make financial ends meet.

Saqi Jan set up her business that makes shampoo, soap and detergents four years ago at a cost of 400,000 AFN.

She now employs 15 women, she said, adding that her staff are happy to have...

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