Afghanistan

While attending the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Afghanistan&s acting foreign minister told Anadolu Agency on Saturday that he is &hopeful& an agreement will be reached with Turkey and Qatar on operating the airport services in Kabul.

Stating that an agreement had been secured on &a number of issues regarding Kabul...

Takhar local officials said on Sunday that 50 shops were destroyed in a blaze in Khwaja Bahauddin district of the province.

According to officials, the fire broke out due to an electrical short circuit.

Officials also said that the fire broke out in a fruit and vegetable market in the center of the Khwaja Bahauddin district.

Shopkeepers have however...

Around 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the start of the Russian invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, Reuters reported.

Speaking at a news briefing, Zelenskiy said Ukrainian and Russian negotiating teams had started discussing concrete topics rather than exchanging ultimatums.

He said the West should be more...

A senior US diplomat has called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to change its policy on women if it wants to be recognized by the international community as a legitimate government.

Rina Amiri, US special envoy for Afghan Women, Girls and Human Rights, told VOA in an interview published Saturday that IEA should respect the basic rights...