At least five people were killed and nine others wounded in a serious traffic accident in Kabul city on Wednesday morning, Kabul traffic department confirmed.

According to sources, a vehicle with a trailer filled with sheep, was traveling towards the city from Khairkhana area when it lost control and ploughed into a number of vehicles and vendor...

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Acting Minister of Interior Sarajuddin Haqqani met with EU special envoy for Afghanistan on Wednesday in Kabul and urged the foreign community not to support any armed opposition group in the country.

Haqqani also said that the door to dialogue is open to all political opponents and that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is committed under...

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An Al Jazeera journalist was killed on Wednesday by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

A ministry statement said Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was shot in the city of Jenin.

Another journalist, Ali Al-Samoudi, was shot in the back, the ministry added.

Al-Samoudi said they had been with a group of journalists...

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The U.S. House of Representatives approved more than $40 billion more aid for Ukraine on Tuesday, as Congress races to keep military aid flowing and boost the government in Kyiv as it grapples with the Russian invasion, Reuters reported.

The House passed the Ukraine spending bill by 368 to 57, with every ‘no& vote coming from...

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Iran&s Foreign Ministry said this week that 20 Afghan investors have become eligible to receive Iranian citizenship based on their contribution towards the economy.

According to Iran&s IRNA news agency, granting citizenship to the group of Afghans is part of the ministry&s plans to make use of skilled foreigners.

Announcing their...

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The United Nations Security Council will meet on Thursday to discuss an order by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) for women to cover their faces in public.

UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, is due to brief the 15-member council, said Norway&s UN mission, which requested the closed-door meeting &to address the...

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