AT Kabul: Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, the only way to end the war in Ukraine is negotiation between Kiev and Moscow. According to a report by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday, “Xi Jinping had a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky,” during …
Read More »UN appoints Türkiye’s envoy as special coordinator on Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Turkeys’ envoy Feridun Sinirlioğlu to the global body as his special coordinator for Afghanistan on Tuesday. The Security Council asked Antonio Guterres in March to conduct and provide forward-looking recommendations for an integrated and coherent approach among relevant political, humanitarian and development …
Read More »Japan donates 18 Million USD of medical aid to Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The government of Japan has announced $18 million support to Afghanistan for essential mother and children vaccines through UNICEF. This contribution aims to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable Afghan women and children amidst ongoing challenges in the country. The embassy added that since the beginning of …
Read More »Ex-White House doctor demands Biden take cognitive test or drop out of 2024 race
AT Kabul: Ex-White House doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson is demanding that President Joe Biden take a cognitive test or drop out of his newly announced 2024 race altogether. Jackson, who has repeatedly questioned whether the 80-year-old president has the cognitive ability to be commander-in-chief, renewed calls for a mental evaluation …
Read More »America says fighting ISIS is our priority in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: Vedant Patel, the Deputy Spokesperson of the US State Department, referring to the Qatar meeting for Afghanistan, said: “Recognizing the Taliban is not an option and our priority in this country is to confront the ISIS group.” He added that America will work with international allies to suppress …
Read More »UN says Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023
AT Kabul: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in humanitarian aid from the international community this year for nearly 24 million people in need, the U.N.’s humanitarian affairs agency said. Afghanistan is facing its third consecutive year of drought, its second year of severe economic hardship and the continued consequences of decades …
Read More »ISIL mastermind of Kabul airport bombing killed, US says
AT Kabul: The Afghanistan security forces, according to American media, has allegedly killed the mastermind of a suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces in 2021. The bomber detonated among packed crowds at the airport’s perimeter on August 26, 2021, killing around 170 …
Read More »Russia says US deliberately left weapons in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The Russian foreign ministry’s spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, in a press conference claimed that the US deliberately left weapons in Afghanistan, and “now they are destabilizing the situation because terrorists may get hold of them.” Speaking at the press conference, Zakharova said that “we will not be surprised if …
Read More »WHO: Afghanistan witnesses spike in Malaria diseases
AT Kabul: Today coincides with the World Malaria Day; the World Health Organization says that the incidence of this disease has doubled in Afghanistan. According to the figures published by this organization on its Twitter page today, Afghanistan has recorded 125,788 cases of malaria. This organization added that the cases …
Read More »Airline ticket prices are nearly doubled in the country
AT Kabul: A number of travel agencies in Afghanistan say that the price of airline tickets has doubled since last year. According to these agencies, currently the price of tickets for Kabul – Dubai is $500, while two years ago it was $250. “Before, the price of tickets for Kabul- …
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