AT Kabul: Hsiao-Wei Lee, the head of the UN World Food Programme in Afghanistan met Iran’s deputy ambassador in Kabul, Mr Hassan Mortazavi. Referring to the special position and importance of Iran in the region, the UN official called for the deepening of cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran …

AT Kabul: A mini-marathon was held in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, which was sponsored and organized with the assistance of a group of young scholars from China’s Peking University, Lanzhou University, Wenzhou University, the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the Hong Kong-based non-profit Friends of Dunhuang. Mohammad Taqqi Taqadosi, coordinator …

AT Kabul: The United Nations Children’s Fund stated that this organization has provided access to education for 500,000 boys and girls by creating community-based classes. For many of these girls, this is the only way they can go to school, UNICEF wrote on Twitter. This international organization added that it …

AT Kabul: The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning regarding the potential increase in cases of dengue fever, also known as bone-breaking fever, in Afghanistan as the rainy season commences. In a tweet posted on Sunday, the WHO expressed its preparedness to tackle this disease. The organization highlighted …

AT Kabul: In a recent interview with the media in Kabul, the ambassador of the Russian Federation in Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, explained about the depth of the crisis in Ukraine and the inevitability of this country and emphasized that the Western leaders are fully responsible for igniting the war in …

AT Kabul: The leaders of G7 countries in a statement criticized violations of human rights, particularly recent restrictions by the Afghan rulers on women’s employment and access to education in the country. The G7 leaders in their annual summit that was held in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 19, called for …

AT Kabul: Two pilots died after a military helicopter of the Afghan Air Force crashed in Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province on Sunday, Afghan Defence Ministry has confirmed. “An MD-530 model chopper of the Air Force was on patrol mission when it struck a power transmission line in Khalm district of …

AT Kabul: Eight Pakistanis died while six were injured in a fire incident at a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah city, the Pakistan Foreign Office said on Saturday. In a statement issued today, it says, “In an unfortunate fire incident in a hotel in Makkah, we have reports of eight …

AT Kabul: The Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to help the people of Afghanistan to promote peace and reconstruction. He made the remarks at the China-Central Asia Summit. China will “continue to help the Afghan people maintain security and stability and realize peace and reconstruction. We will work together to …

AT Kabul: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday called on Afghanistan to respect Iran’s water rights. Speaking during a visit to Sistan and Baluchistan Province in southeastern Iran, Raisi said a dam on the Helmand River was restricting the flow of water into a lake along the border between the …