Egg price came down from 12 afghanis to 6 afghanis per unit on Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock said.

US President Donald Trump and Qatari leader Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani agreed in a phone call on Wednesday on the importance of the Taliban reducing violence in Afghanistan, the White House said in a statement.

Afghan-Japan Communicable Disease Hospital in Kabul faces numerous problems including shortage of medical supplies and staff and delaying coronavirus test results, an Afghan rights watchdog said on Wednesday.

73 percent of US veterans and 69 percent of troops' family members support a full withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

Taliban militants killed eight guards of Mes Aynak copper mine in central Logar province last night, the ministry of mines and petroleum said on Wednesday.

Eleven Afghan forces were killed when Taliban insurgents attacked security checkpoints in northern Sar-i-Pul province last night, an official told 1TV on Wednesday.

Kabul's coronavirus cases have risen to 385, the health ministry said on Tuesday, overtaking western Herat for the first time to register the highest total in an Afghan province.

A roadside bomb targeted the convoy of Afghan governor of eastern Khost province on Tuesday, an official said.

Preventing the coronavirus spread in Afghanistan is almost impossible if violence continues, top US commander of international forces in Afghanistan has said.

Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi agreed to work for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and start of intra-Afghan talks as they spoke via phone on Monday.