Press Releases

Afghanistan boosts its domestic pharmaceutical production

(MENAFN) Afghanistan has boosted its domestic pharmaceutical production, now generating a total of 2,356 medical products through 63 active facilities, according to an announcement by the acting deputy prime minister for economic affairs. The...

Afghanistan Seals Deal to Send Laborers to Qatar

(MENAFN) The Afghan interim administration has entered into a formal agreement with a Qatari firm to streamline the process of sending Afghan laborers to Qatar, according to a Monday statement from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. The...

Traffic accident in Afghanistan kills seventy-nine Afghan deportees from Iran

(MENAFN) A tragic road accident in western Afghanistan has claimed the lives of 79 people, including 17 children, most of whom were Afghan migrants recently deported from Iran, according to a Taliban interior ministry spokesperson. The bus,...

1.7M Afghans Head Back Home from Iran, Pakistan

(MENAFN) Since the start of this year, 1.7 million Afghan citizens have returned from Iran and Pakistan, according to the United Nations. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, indicated that most returnees have...

76 Reported Dead in Afghanistan Tragic Bus Crash

(MENAFN) At least 76 people, including multiple children, lost their lives late Tuesday in a catastrophic road accident in western Afghanistan, according to media. The deadly collision involved a passenger bus, a truck, and a motorcycle on the...

Seventy-six civilians tragically pass away in bus crash in Afghanistan

(MENAFN) At least 76 people, including several children, lost their lives in western Afghanistan when a passenger bus carrying repatriated migrants from Iran collided with a truck and a motorcycle, according to reports. Following the collision,...

Bus Crash in Afghanistan Claims 76 Lives

(MENAFN) At least 76 individuals, among them numerous minors, lost their lives in a devastating crash in western Afghanistan. The disaster involved a passenger bus transporting migrants returning from Iran, which collided with both a truck and a...

Traffic Accident Leaves 64 Dead in Western Afghanistan

(MENAFN) At least 64 passengers lost their lives and three others were injured in a catastrophic traffic accident on Tuesday night in Herat province, western Afghanistan, according to Abdul Zahir Noorzai, head of the provincial rescue department,...

OSCE marks 25th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325 with women peace leadership Event

On 22 October, the OSCE, through its Gender Issues Programme and with the support of the WIN project, marked the 25th anniversary of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security with a high-level event in Vienna....

Afghanistan’s authorities dispose large amounts of unsafe food

(MENAFN) Authorities in Afghanistan have disposed of a large quantity of expired and substandard food products in Kabul, totaling 65 tons, according to reports from the Ministry of Public Health. "Today, 65 tons, approximately 11,000 packages of...

Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Bipartisan Attorneys General Support Veteran Wounded in Afghanistan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 18, 2025 Email: nahmed@ncdoj.gov Phone: 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan group of 20 attorneys general filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in support...

Iran sends back more than one million undocumented Afghans

(MENAFN) Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni announced on Monday that close to 1.2 million undocumented Afghan nationals have been sent back to their country since March 21, according to reports. Speaking in Mashhad, Momeni explained that...

Heavy Rains, Flooding Devastate Afghanistan’s Parwan Province

(MENAFN) Heavy rains unleashed severe flooding overnight Sunday, causing extensive property damage across eastern Afghanistan’s Parwan province, the provincial government reported Monday. The statement added that the rainstorms, which set off...

Increase of produce of flour requirements in Afghanistan

(MENAFN) According to reports, Afghanistan now produces nearly 60 percent of the flour it requires annually. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister on Economic Affairs stated that the country’s annual flour demand is around 6 million tons, with...

Retired Royal Adviser GSM Bill Mott Joins Missouri Military Academy as Deputy Commandant for Operations

Retired royal adviser GSM Bill Mott joins MMA as deputy commandant after leading cadets at Valley Forge Military Academy & College. MEXICO, MO, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Retired British Army officer and royal adviser...

ICRC president: "International humanitarian law only as strong as leaders’ will to uphold it"

Your Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour to be with you today. Let me begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to Your Royal Highness Princess Sirindhorn for the kind invitation...

Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan Forge Stronger Trade, Economic Ties

(MENAFN) Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan have agreed to establish trading houses in each other’s countries to enhance trade and economic ties, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy and Commerce announced Wednesday. The pact was finalized during discussions...

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Con­tin­ues Fight­ing for Wound­ed Vet­er­an Against Mil­i­tary Con­trac­tor Whose Neg­li­gence Allowed a Tal­iban-Affil­i­ate to Det­o­nate Bomb on Mil­i­tary Base

Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition supporting former U.S. Army Specialist Winston Hencely, a decorated combat veteran who was severely injured in a terrorist bombing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Hencely suffered...

Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan to open trading houses to strengthen economic cooperation

(MENAFN) Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan have agreed to establish trading houses in each other’s countries as part of efforts to enhance economic and trade relations, according to reports. The deal was reached during discussions between Kyrgyz Economy...

Afghan Returnees Face Resource Shortages

(MENAFN) With increasing numbers of Afghans returning from neighboring nations, humanitarian organizations are sounding the alarm about a growing emergency characterized by scarce resources, protection concerns, and unclear reintegration...