Afghanistan

Security forces have closed crypto currency exchanges in Afghanistan&s western Herat province after a ban on crypto trading was imposed about three months ago in the country.

At least 16 cryptocurrency exchanges have been closed in the past week in Herat.

&Da Afghanistan&s Bank (central bank) stated in a letter that digital...

Residents of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, say that six people were injured in an explosion in the city on Wednesday morning.

Najibullah Tawana, head of public health for Balkh, said the six people who were injured have been taken to Balkh&s hospital.

Tawana reports that the wounded people are in stable condition, but said one...

Pakistan&s cabinet has approved a draft agreement that allows the government to provide troops for security at the FIFA World Cup scheduled to be held later this year.

The approval of the draft agreement came ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif&s visit to Qatar that started on Tuesday.

It was not immediately clear when the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the upcoming SCO summit in Uzbekistan with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon in a phone call on Tuesday, the Kremlin press service said.

The presidents exchanged views on a number of issues as well as the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand in September, the Kremlin said...