Afghanistan's cotton harvest reached 159,000 tons in 2024, indicating a year-on-year growth of 30 percent, an official from the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) said Monday. "A ...

As President Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, outgoing Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens ...

It operates three other hotels in Afghanistan, two in Kabul and one in the eastern city of Nangarhar. Tourism official ...

It operates three other hotels in Afghanistan, two in Kabul and one in the eastern city of Nangarhar. Tourism official ...

Mohammed, 55, had been detained on the battlefield in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province and later flown to California, where he was found guilty of securing heroin and opium bound for the U.S. and, in ...

Taliban officials said two unidentified U.S. nationals had been released in exchange for Khan Muhammad, who was arrested in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar about two decades ago and who ...

Mohammad was sentenced to life imprisonment in the US and arrested in Nangarhar nearly two decades ago, the Taliban’s foreign ministry said in its statement. The US had said Mohammad was ...

The ministry said Mohammad had been serving a life sentence in the state of California after being arrested "almost two decades ago" in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. Asked by AFP ...

The ministry said Mohammad had been serving a life sentence in the state of California after being arrested "almost two decades ago" in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. Asked by AFP ...

adding that he was arrested nearly two decades ago in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar and extradited to the US. It did not identify the US citizens or specify how many had been released.

There were no immediate plans to celebrate or mark his freedom, Takal added.Mohammed was detained on the battlefield in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province and later taken to the U.S. A federal jury ...