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The skyrocketing prices of daily needs have sandwiched the ordinary people, a wood buyer Yar Mohammad said, adding that the closure of borders and freezing Afghan assets abroad has caused economic problems for Afghans.

India is all set to soon host a national security advisor (NSA) level regional conference in New Delhi on Afghanistan.

Sayyed Khosti, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, said the blast occurred in Police District 1 of Kabul, killing at least two people and injuring four others.

While the security situation in Afghanistan has remained stable since the Taliban takeover in mid-August, the Central Asian country is now facing economic and humanitarian challenges, with its people longing for better life and the Taliban new government calling for international assistance.

The civil aviation ministry of Afghanistan has requested Pakistan to allow two of its airlines — Ariana Afghan Airlines and Kam Air — to begin commercial flight operations to the neighbouring country.

Noting that Afghanistan was passing through a ‘critical and challenging phase’ following its takeover by the Taliban, India today warned that the imminent threat of increased poverty in the war-torn nation could have ‘catastrophic consequences’ for regional stability.

Afghan female students are allowed to go to school in gender-separated classes, and wearing an Islamic dress is also necessary, said the Talibans acting education minister.

There are fears that groups affiliated with the international terrorist organization al-Qaida and the Islamic State (IS) militant group will increase their activities in Taliban-held Afghanistan and various parts of Africa.

BEIJING - China has decided to urgently provide 200 million yuan (US$30.96 million) worth of grains, winter supplies, vaccines, and medicines to Afghanistan according to the needs of the Afghan people.

"The way the situation in Afghanistan has transpired recently is proof that foreign military intervention and the imposition of a democratic transformation program does nothing to help solve any problem. It only creates more problems and failure is the inevitable outcome," a Chinese envoy said.

TEHRAN — A mural on a wall in Kabul of Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese doctor who engaged in humanitarian aid activities in Afghanistan until being killed by an armed group in 2019, was painted over on Sunday, according to the local art group which produced the mural.

The disturbing developments in Afghanistan are understood to have figured prominently during the ‘2+2’ Inter-sessional meeting held at the official level between India and the United States.