The largely-unheralded railroad could be the key to restoring Afghanistan's role as a regional hub.

The death toll from recent heavy rain and flash flood in three Afghan provinces has risen by 10 to 39, disaster management ...

It is easy to paint a superficially positive picture of Afghanistan at the moment. The infrastructure is improving and the country is relatively safe. But the reality in the private sphere ...

Through revamping rural institutions, infrastructure and technology, Afghanistan has the opportunity of more-rapid agricultural growth, poverty reduction, and boosting of shared prosperity. More than ...

Afghanistan's government has signed a $US 3.6m contract for a survey and design work for the proposed new line between Herat ...

21 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities have launched development projects to stabilize the local economy in east Afghanistan's ... and other infrastructure facilities in several districts of this ...

Only a few countries, including China, Pakistan, and Russia, have accepted Taliban diplomats following the group’s takeover ...

India’s government is expected to accept a top Taliban representative to the country soon, the latest step from New Delhi to ...

"We want Afghanistan to be self-sufficient but there are obstacles," Humayoun Afghan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Mines, told AFP. "We have no experts, no infrastructure, no knowledge." ...

Chabahar provides one such alternative. Even the US, during occupation, exempted Afghan trade in certain items through Chabahar from Iran-specific sanctions. A fully functional Chabahar outstrips both ...