The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has allocated 10 million AFN for the victims of last week&s massive quake in Khost and Paktika provinces. 

Speaking at a press conference Monday in Kabul, officials from ARCS said that they would distribute $100 to each affected family, providing thousands of families with cash.

&The donation...

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Around 2,000 hectares of poppy fields have been cleared in recent months in Afghanistan&s western Herat province, officials said Monday.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in April announced a ban on the cultivation of poppy in Afghanistan.

&If anyone violates the decree the crop will be destroyed immediately and the violator will...

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Cholera and diarrhea cases are rising among children and adults in Afghanistan&s northern Takhar province, local officials said.

Abdul Qahar Ahadi, provincial health director, said that more than 20,000 patients suffering from various diseases visited public health facilities during the past two months, which is unprecedented.

Takhar&s...

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India logged 17,073 new COVID-19 cases early Monday morning, raising its tally to 43,407,046, and 21 deaths in the past 24 hours, the health ministry reported.

The death toll now stands at 525,020.

The national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.57 percent, the ministry said.

Pakistan&s ministry of health meanwhile reported Monday that it had...

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Afghanistan&s three-match ODI series against Pakistan has been postponed again until next year, a Pakistani media outlet reported on Sunday.

The two countries were originally due to play three ODI matches in early September in 2021 in Sri Lanka, but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that the Afghanistan Cricket Board had requested the...

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Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers are set to commit themselves to the long haul in supporting Ukraine as they meet in the German Alps and confer by video link with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The G-7 leaders will begin Monday&s session of their three-day summit with a focus on Ukraine. Later, they will be joined by...

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