Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Afghanistan on Saturday to inaugurate a $290mn hydroelectric dam with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, centre, left, arrived in Herat yesterday a day before the inauguration of the Salma Hydroelectric Dam.
Wearing masks bearing an impression of a bloodied face, dozens of Afghans protested in Kabul to demand justice for the woman savagely killed a year ago after being falsely accused of blasphemy.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani played down recent failures to jump start peace talks with the Taliban, instead choosing to highlight recent successes against the nascent Islamic State presence in Afghanistan.
Celebratory gunfire has killed a teenage boy in southern Afghanistan following the national cricket team's victory against Zimbabwe, a hospital official said.
