Pakistani media have reported that Syed Mustafa Kamal, Pakistan&s Health Minister, will travel to Kabul to strengthen border cooperation and polio vaccination efforts. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where the poliovirus remains endemic Kamal emphasized in a meeting in Islamabad that eradicating polio is not just a program...

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported that while standard usage of marijuana and opium in Afghanistan is reducing, the consumption of high-risk drugs such as heroin and methamphetamine is on the increase. The agency said in a report that the overall nationwide variety of individuals participating in high-risk substance abuse was estimated to ...

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Visiting Kapisa province, Acting Minister of Interior Affairs Sirajuddin Haqqani emphasized the importance of positive engagement with the people and safeguarding citizens& rights, calling it one of the core responsibilities of an Islamic government. In a gathering, Haqqani stated that officials of the Islamic Emirate must avoid repeating...

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Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday declared New Delhi & s steadfast support for peace, security and stability in Afghanistan while attending to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers & conference in Qingdao, China. He highlighted India & s continuous humanitarian aid and developmental contributions, ...

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Local authorities in Herat have announced that more than 30,000 Afghan migrants returned from Iran on Wednesday. Citing Iranian officials, Ahmadullah Muttaqi, Director of Information and Culture in Herat, said on X on Wednesday night that dozens of additional large vehicles are on their way toward the Islam Qala border crossing. Muttaqi added that...

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A Belarusian tourist has been arrested after violently attacking an Afghan boy at Moscow&s Sheremetyevo International Airport. The child had arrived in Russia after he and his mother fled the attacks on Iran. Yazdan, aged 18 months, is now fighting for his life with serious skull fractures and spinal injuries, British newspaper Daily Mirror...

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