The World Bank Group’s (WB) Doing Business 2019: Training for Reform report, released on Wednesday night, states Afghanistan carried out a record number of business reforms in the past year, earning the country a spot in this year’s top 10 global improvers.

With five reforms in the past year, Afghanistan advanced to 167th place in the global ease of doing business rankings. 

A number of political figures invited to the Moscow peace meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday said that differences between Washington and Moscow are apparently delaying the planned meeting.
 
But Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said discussions between Afghanistan and Russia about holding the talks were ongoing.