At least 28 Afghans were killed when two mini-trucks they were travelling in collided in Iran's southeast Sistan and Baluchistan province on Thursday, Iranian authorities said.

Afghanistan's government has approved a draft budget for the next fiscal year.

Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission on Wednesday decided to stop partial recount process.

At least seven people were killed when a car bomb exploded in Afghan  capital Kabul on Wednesday, the interior ministry said.

Afghan election's donors have called on Afghan presidential candidates to cooperate with the recount and audit process.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has formally complained about the behaviour of Afghan election commissioner Maulana Abdullah in a letter addressed to the Independent Election Commission.

American troops will stay in Afghanistan for several more years, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said on Sunday.

Afghan presidential candidate Gulbuddin Hekmaytar on Monday called for nullification of 300,000 votes which he said did not come through biometric devices.

A Pakistani delegation arrived in Kabul on Monday to express apology over mistreatment of Afghan ambassador,  a government source told 1TV.

Afghanistan's electoral authorities face a range of complex and difficult challenges in managing the count and tabulation of recent presidential election, the United Nations mission in the country told 1TV on Monday.