Afghanistan

The United States shares Tajikistan&s desire to see the emergence of a peaceful political process in which all of Afghanistan&s communities take part, Washington&s special envoy, Thomas West, said on Thursday.

West made the remarks after visiting Tajikistan where he met with senior local officials including President Emomali...

Heavy storms, following a severe drought, in Kandahar province have caused widespread damage to local fruit crops this year, officials from the provincial chamber of commerce report.  

According to Kandahar Chamber of Commerce officials, fruit trees, including apricots, plums, peaches and others, have been badly damaged, reducing their...

Sony on Thursday said it formed a new company that will build and supply devices that allow small satellites in orbit to communicate with one another via laser beams, dipping into the fast-growing space sector.

Sony Space Communications Corp, registered on Wednesday, is meant to take advantage of laser technology to avoid a bottleneck of radio...

Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), has said that the government has made good progress in its diplomacy with the world.

Speaking at a meeting with the government&s spokesmen, Muttaqi said that IEA&s meetings with the United States and EU helped ease economic sanctions.

He went on to...