Ministry of mines and petroleum officials say that since the August take over by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), the ministry has seen a sharp increase in revenue collected and has earned almost 10 billion Afghanis (AFN).

Officials say that in the past ten days alone, the income has been 800 million AFN.

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The situation in Afghanistan was the focus of a telephone conversation between Tajik and Russian Presidents, Emomali Rakhmon and Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said in a statement on Friday.

According to the statement, the telephone conversation between Putin and Rahmon was at the request of the Tajik president.

&The presidents exchanged views on...

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The Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that a delegation from the Ministry of Defense and Iranian officials met this week to discuss border tensions between the two countries.

According to the ministry, based on previous agreements between the Afghan and Iranian delegations, the two sides met Friday in the Iranian...

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United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a pro-Western moderniser who had aligned the Gulf Arab state closer to the United States and its allies, died on Friday.

The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced the death of Khalifa, who was also ruler of the UAE&s richest emirate, Abu Dhabi, but gave no details.

Khalifa,...

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Russia&s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has slammed the EU chief Josep Borrell&s idea of seizing Russian government reserves, stating it would be nothing short of theft.

In an interview with FT, Borrell suggested seizing Russia&s frozen reserves and using them to cover the costs of rebuilding Ukraine once the conflict is over.

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Inamullah Samangani, deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said Saturday that this year&s budget has been approved.

He said the budget, unlike in previous years, is entirely made up of domestic revenue and without any foreign financial support.

According to the ministry of finance, the budget was approved by Council of...

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