AT News KABUL: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan has confirmed that the Netherlands recently made a generous contribution of €25 million to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF), as the nation faces a deepening humanitarian crisis. Established by OCHA, the AHF aims to …

AT News KABUL: Children in Afghanistan are facing a devastating measles outbreak, resulting in tragic fatalities. The United Nations estimates that by 2022, a staggering 1.1 million malnourished children in Afghanistan will be at a heightened risk of succumbing to this deadly disease. However, the administration of two doses of …

AT News KABUL: The agricultural sector in Baghlan province, located in northern Afghanistan, is facing a dire situation as locusts wreak havoc on farmlands. The region, known as the country’s breadbasket due to its substantial wheat production, is now at risk of a major food crisis. Many farmers in all …

AT News KABUL: The chairman of Iran’s union of oil products exporters has acknowledged that the Taliban has discontinued its purchase of gasoline from Iran due to concerns regarding product quality. In an interview with Iranian news platform Fararu on Monday, Hamid Hosseini revealed that both Iraq and Afghanistan have …

AT News KABUL: The World Bank’s recent report reveals that the regime change in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in August 2021 has not only had adverse effects on the economy but also on the welfare of the Afghan people. According to the World Bank’s report on “Women, Business and …

AT News KABUL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan has declared a national day of mourning to honor hundreds of citizens who lost their lives in the tragic sinking of a fishing trawler off the Greek coast. The boat, overcrowded with migrants from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories, and Pakistan, …

AT News Kabul: A local journalist has recently gone missing in Zabul province following his return from a trip to Iran. Reports have emerged suggesting that the Taliban may have arrested him, although authorities have denied these allegations. Reza Shaheer, a reporter affiliated with Rah-e-Farda TV channel, is believed to …

AT News KABUL: A UN’s top expert on human rights in Afghanistan on Monday lambasted the Taliban for its systematic abuses against Afghan women, urging countries to hold the Taliban accountable for their “gender persecution”. “Grave, systematic and institutionalized discrimination against women and girls is at the heart of Taliban …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. government has said Afghanistan is among the worst countries in human trafficking where millions of people are exploited every year by trafficking mobs. The Taliban’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has however rebuked the report as propaganda, saying Afghanistan doesn’t face such grave humanitarian crisis. The U.S. …

AT News KABUL: More than two years after the U.S. and Taliban peace agreement in Doha, a top Human Rights Watch official has lambasted the deal as incomprehensive which greatly excluded Afghan women from any future political engagement. Heather Barr, associate director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights …