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DRI officials intercepted Zakia Wardak, the consul general of Afghanistan, at Mumbai airport for attempting to smuggle gold worth Rs 18.6 crore from Dubai. Wardak, possessing a diplomatic passport, had 25kg of gold bars hidden in her customised clothing. The incident occurred on April 25 and a case of gold smuggling has been filed under the Customs Act, 1962.

500 still missing following Afghanistan quake, say UN aid teams

More than one year after the Taliban returned to power, a Gallup survey has found that almost all Afghans (or 98 percent) rate their life poorly enough to be considered suffering.

Afghanistan's Taliban government shut down girls schools above the sixth grade in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province which was briefly opened earlier after a recommendation by tribal elders

The Taliban exhorted the country's minorities—Hindus and Sikhs—to return, claiming that the security situation in Afghanistan had been resolved. The claim was made during a July 24 meeting between Dr Mullah Abdul Wasi, Director General of the Taliban's Office of the Minister of State, and numerous members of the Afghan Hindu and Sikh Council, and a tweet from the Afghan Army Chief of Staff Office.