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HERAT, Afghanistan — A ban on pharmaceutical imports from Pakistan has accelerated the growth of Afghanistan’s domestic pharmaceutical industry, with manufacturers in Herat now supplying a significant share of the …

Environmental officials in western Afghanistan have released dozens of rescued wild birds and a snake back into their natural habitat, amid growing concern over illegal hunting and wildlife trafficking in …

HERAT, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s already fragile economy is increasingly being tested by its ability to absorb a large wave of returnees from neighboring Iran, placing renewed attention on the country’s …

Abdul Sattar, a sixty-year-old farmer from Siyawushan village in Guzara district of Herat province, begins his day by aligning solar panels to capture sunlight, using solar energy to pump water …

In the bustling Friday market of “Pul-e Pashtun” in Herat, among the noise of bargaining voices and the scent of dust and sweat, small cloth sacks wriggle faintly on the …