Afghanistan news dossier

Afghan Health Ministry Says Cataracts Account for About 60% of Blindness Cases

Afghanistan's health ministry says cataracts are associated with nearly 60% of blindness cases, citing official figures released for World Sight Day.

France and Afghan Authorities Begin Technical Talks on Return of Undocumented Migrants

France has begun technical-level contacts with Afghanistan's Taliban administration regarding the return of some Afghan nationals, without recognising the Kabul government.

Afghanistan and Iran Discuss Potential 2,000-Megawatt Power Supply; No Final Deal Yet

Kabul Is Running Thirsty: Why Water Must Come Before Roads

Herat battery maker says it exported $2m shipment to Arab markets

Afghanistan U-19 to play seven ODIs against Bangladesh and Oman

ICC unseals arrest warrants and details allegations against four Taliban leaders

Afghan and UNODC officials call for stronger counter-narcotics cooperation

Iranian parliamentary delegation arrives in Kabul for trade and economic talks

Herat family displaced by drought and poverty remains in makeshift shelter nine years later

Afghan deported from Pakistan says family still living in tent in Zabul

From Moscow to Kabul: how old hostility is turning into a partnership of interests

Badakhshan: competing NRF and ISKP-linked claims emerge over same Fayzabad attack

God's Help and the New Wakhan Road: An Economic Turn from Pamir to the China Border

Russia ready to expand technical health cooperation with Afghanistan after Jalali-Murashko meeting

Afghan and Turkish envoys meet in Doha: Kabul–Ankara ties and the narratives around them

TAPI pipeline reaches outskirts of Herat as city and industrial gas network is planned

Afghan and Kyrgyz envoys discuss political, economic and trade ties in Doha

Afghan and Kyrgyz ambassadors in Doha discuss political, economic and trade ties

Moscow Format: Muttaqi urges dialogue with Pakistan as Russia rejects NATO return and Islamabad presses terror concerns

Analysis: Pakistan’s continuing strikes in Afghanistan, civilian harm and growing pressure on Kabul’s policy

ARCS says 2,137 patients received health services in Uruzgan over one month

UNAMA acting chief visits Islam Qala to assess support for returnees

Returnee Afghan women start small businesses with IOM support

Ten private health facilities closed in Balkh inspection

Afghanistan tests 3,464 medicine, food and water samples in one month

Construction begins on $165,000 basic health center in Laghman

Nine drinking-water networks completed in five Baghlan districts

Afghanistan says 73,102 returnee families have received residential plots

Afghanistan signs MoU for standard lead and zinc processing plant

Da Afghanistan Bank reports increase in public deposits

Afghanistan and Belarus discuss expanding industrial and trade cooperation

Afghan government says 9 civilians killed in Pakistani strikes on Kunar and Helmand; Pakistan says 22 militants killed

Herat tailoring workshop provides jobs for 25 to 30 women

AUF claims attack on Taliban governor’s office in Ghor

Afghanistan summons Pakistani diplomat over Nuristan incident

Afghan Interior Ministry-linked images show Toyota Hilux police vehicles

Pakistan and Afghan Taliban forces reportedly exchange fire along Kurram–Paktia border

Afghanistan Freedom Front claims attack near mines department in Faizabad

Construction of 13 classrooms under way at Chaprud school in Herat

Public Works Ministry issues AFN 56.81m intent-to-award notice for Helmand-Herat highway section

Construction begins on AFN 5m madrasa project in Bamyan

AFN 51.19m intent-to-award notice issued for another Helmand-Herat highway section

Farmland protection project worth over AFN 49m starts in Helmand’s Sangin

Over $487,000 mine-clearance MoU signed for Takhar and Badakhshan

New 30-room health centre opens in Balkh’s Dehdadi district

AFN 19m asphalt project launched on Novin Road in Herat’s Injil district

Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan University launches nearly AFN 10m campus reconstruction

Logar appoints 358 contract teachers to address school staffing gaps

Drinking-water network completed for 144 families in Farah’s Gulistan district

AFN 8m primary healthcare centre opens in Takhar’s Chah Ab district

Construction starts on 40-metre bridge in Zabul’s Shajoy district

Three safe-water networks completed for 421 families in Helmand’s Nahr-e Saraj