AT Kabul: The Secretary General of the United Nations has said in a tweet that this year more than 70 journalists have been killed worldwide because of their important role in society, and added that most of the cases of these crimes have not been investigated. The UN Secretary-General has …

AT Kabul: The Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva, met with a number of Afghan businesswomen and women entrepreneurs. In a meeting with Afghan women entrepreneurs and businesswomen on Tuesday, November 1, a UN official reportedly discussed opportunities for women-led businesses. The chief of …

AT Kabul: A blast occurred Wednesday morning in the Silo Markazi area of PD 5 in the capital city of Kabul, according to the residents. The residents said that the blast targeted a transport vehicle that was carrying the employees of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Khaled Zadran, …

AT Kabul: Kabul News, a private TV channel in Afghanistan that had been in operation for ten years, has stops broadcasting owing to what it called “pressures”, without further elaboration. On Tuesday, October 30, a source with information on the situation told the media that this news channel had seen …

AT Kabul: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released its first report on the illegal opium trade since the Taliban’s return to power. This organization has emphasized that drug cultivation has increased by 30 percent this year, despite the Taliban leadership order on banning the production, …

AT Kabul: Following calls to reopening of girls’ schools above sixth grade and employment for women, a group of women staged a protest in Kabul on Monday, to express their concerns about the continued effective ban on female students over 6th grade and on female employment. Protesters called on the …

AT Kabul: The number of dangerously malnourished children has spiked 47% since January this year, Save the Children said in a recent report. The number of dangerously malnourished children admitted to Save the Children’s mobile health clinics in Afghanistan has increased by 47% since January this year, with some babies …

AT Kabul: Twitter will revise its user verification process, Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday, just days after he took over one of the world’s most influential social media platforms. “Whole verification process is being revamped right now”, Musk said in his tweet without giving more details. Twitter …

AT Kabul: Abdullah Abdullah, the former head of the Supreme Reconciliation Council of Afghanistan, had a telephone conversation with Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan. During this conversation, Abdullah and West stressed the need for initiating national dialogues among all Afghan people and reopening of girls’ secondary schools …

AT Kabul: A number of female students of Badakhshan University said that Taliban prevented them from entering the university because of their clothing and claims that some Taliban militants beat them. Today these students demonstrated and chanted in front of Badakhshan University. One of these students told local media in …