Israel and Turkey have decided to restore full diplomatic ties and will return ambassadors to each other&s countries, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid&s office said on Wednesday.

&Upgrading relations will contribute to deepening ties between the two peoples, expanding economic, trade, and cultural ties, and strengthening regional...

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Ireland clinched the series 3-2 against Afghanistan on Wednesday night when they secured a seven-wicket victory over the visitors.

Mark Adair saw his first two deliveries flayed to the off side boundary only to respond with two wickets in as many balls in the game&s second over. Hazratullah Zazai sliced one to mid off where Simi Singh took a...

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Anti-terrorism operations should not be conducted at the cost of other countries& sovereignty, China&s Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu said on Wednesday.

Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, Wang accused the US of adopting &double standards& in the fight against terrorism.

He said that the number of terrorist...

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As many as 3,250 individuals have been arrested in connection with 2,000 criminal cases over the past year since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) seized the capital, police said on Wednesday.

Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for Kabul police, said that 52 individuals were arrested on charges of involvement in terrorist activities, with arms and...

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Afghanistan&s acting minister of trade and industry Nuriddin Azizi has said Kabul hopes to purchase one million barrels of Russian crude oil, and secure some sort of barter arrangement with Moscow.

Currently on a visit to Moscow, for talks on expanding trade ties with Russia, Azizi was quoted by Russian media outlet RIA Novosti as saying...

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A preliminary field survey has found no technical problems with the proposed route for a 780 km trans-Afghanistan railway which would link Uzbekistan with Kabul, Jalalabad, the border with Pakistan and Peshawar.

The proposed railway is a joint initiative by Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan which is intended to promote regional connectivity and...

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