The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) Ministry of Interior announced Wednesday it would distribute new police uniforms to 20,000 officers in Kabul and Kandahar provinces, and that the remaining police departments around the country would receive their new uniforms in the near future. 

The new police uniform is dark blue, instead of...

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Washington&s oversight authority on Afghanistan reconstruction has found that allegations of theft of millions of dollars of cash by former president Ashraf Ghani and his senior advisors, at the time of their hurried departure, are likely untrue.

In the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction&s (SIGAR) interim report on...

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Russian and Turkish delegations met on Tuesday (08 July) for talks on Ukrainian grains shipments which have been stalled due to Russia&s invasion of Ukraine.

The delegations met in Ankara and were headed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu

NATO member Turkey shares a sea border with both...

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Thirteen people died when a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency said, while 60 passengers were seriously injured.

The train travelling to the city of Yazd collided with an excavator before going off the rails 50 km (30 miles) from the city of Tabas, where it began its journey, a railway official...

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The Indian government is close to a decision on resuming a diplomatic presence in Afghanistan though the move will not amount to a recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regime in Kabul, Indian media reported Wednesday. 

The issue of India reopening its embassy in Kabul was discussed at meetings last week during JP Singh, the...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) charge d&affaires in Moscow, Jamal Nasir Garwal, is expected to attend the 25th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Russia next week.

According to Russia&s state news agency TASS, the summit will take place from  June 15 to 18.

SPIEF is an annual event usually hosted...

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