The financial information company "SNDP Global" has announced the agreement between the caretaker government of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan for the refining of crude oil in northern Afghanistan.

Officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan say that the first preparatory meeting of the commission for the opening of TAPI, optical fiber, TAPI and railway projects between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan has been held.

Ahmadullah Vasiq, the head of Afghanistan's physical training, told the media that the free fighting sport has been banned throughout the country.

Officials in Afghanistan's National Statistics and Information Department say that more than 3,000 foreign citizens have come to work in Afghanistan in the last month.

The third meeting of communication mechanisms of economic reconstruction and humanitarian cooperation was held in Beijing under the auspices of the representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs of Afghanistan and China.