The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) says that China officially started issuing visas to Afghan businessmen on Monday.

According to ACCI, a list of businessmen&s names had been sent to the Chinese embassy in Kabul for visa issuance, which has now begun.

After meeting with the Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir...

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The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set off from the port of Odessa on Monday under an internationally brokered deal that is expected to release large stores of Ukrainian crops to foreign markets and ease a growing hunger crisis.

The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni left Odessa for Lebanon, Turkey&s defense ministry said. A...

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Ministry of Public Health officials said on Monday that a team of ophthalmologists from the Alkhidmat Foundation in Pakistan are in Kabul to perform eye surgery on Afghans in need. 

Officials said they estimate they will perform about 500 surgeries which will be done for free.

According to the ministry, among the procedures that will be carried...

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A group of Afghan military cadets returned home this weekend after completing a training course in India. 

About two dozen cadets passed their course at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun on June 11.

According to a statement issued by the Afghan defense ministry, the cadets returned after they were assured of their safety and...

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The governor of the State of New York Kathy Hochul late on Friday declared an emergency in the state over the continued spread of monkeypox.

&I am declaring a State Disaster Emergency to strengthen our ongoing efforts to confront the monkeypox outbreak,& Hochul tweeted. 

She added that more than one in four monkeypox cases in the...

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The interior ministry has confirmed that a rocket hit a residential house in Sherpur, close to Kabul city center, at about 6am Sunday.

The Interior Ministry&s spokesman Abdul Nafi Takour confirmed the incident but said no casualties had been reported.

&It was a rocket attack this morning on a residential house in Sherpur area of Kabul...

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