Twenty five women have graduated from the Midwifery Institute of Maidan Wardak Province after receiving two and half years of professional training, state run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Monday.

Dr. Pardis, a health representative from the Swedish Committee, said it cost about $10,000 to train each midwife during this time.

The institute was...

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Turkey will not allow &terrorism-supporting& countries to enter NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday.

Sweden and Finland have expressed earlier their condemnation to terrorism, but Erdogan believes they are not sincere or honest enough.

A joint Swedish-Finnish delegation held talks in Ankara with Turkish officials and...

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The World Health Organization said on Sunday that monkey pox constitutes a &moderate risk& to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found.

&The public health risk could become high if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as a human...

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US Special Representative for Afghanistan said his two-day visit to Tashkent had been productive and that he appreciated Uzbekistan&s vision for the region.

In a series of tweets late Saturday, West said the US partnership with Uzbekistan will continue and grow. &Had a productive two days in Tashkent,& he said.

He also said he...

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Qatar has urged the West to step up its engagement with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), warning that failure to do so would risk Afghanistan falling into deeper chaos and a rise in extremism.

Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the Financial Times that maintaining the status quo &where the West is...

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Health sources have reported that two suspected cases of monkeypox were identified and recorded on Saturday at a Covid-19 Hospital in Nimroz Province.

Sources in the province say the two incidents were recorded among migrants deported from Iran.

Fever, headache, muscle aches, swelling, back pain, and smallpox on the skin are reported to be the first...

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