AT News KABUL: US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary LIoyd Austin are summoned by congress for a hearing on Afghanistan, a US lawmaker said. “We still face a lot of real challenges in Afghanistan even though our troop presence is gone,” Senator Jim Inhofe said on Wednesday. …

AT News The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation Authority said that it has reached an agreement to begin direct flights between Kabul and Doha.   The ministry said that based on a mutual agreement the Afghan and Qatari airlines will be conducting flights to Doha-Kabul each week.   “The …

AT News KABUL: The Islamic Emirate on Wednesday said they have reopened public universities for all in hot areas that include six provinces of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Since they swept into power in mid-August, the international community has watched to see whether the Islamic Emirate will impose restrictions on women …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health reported 629 cases of Covid-19 during the past 24 hours in 17 of 34 provinces. The ministry earlier announced that lacks kit tests for Omicron and Delta variant of Covid-19, thus it test the cases via the kits designed for the previous …

AT News KABUL: The detention of two journalists of Ariana TV channel faced strong reactions of the human rights and media warthogs. The Free Speech Hub, an organization supporting open media in Afghanistan, and Amnesty International, as well as UNAMA, have called on the Islamic Emirate to probe the cases …

After being the top wicket-taker in the Vitality T20 Blast, and stints in various leagues, the Afghanistan quick bowler is raring to go in his first senior World Cup Afghanistan fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq has established himself as a T20 – and T10 – globetrotter, following in the footsteps of his …

Afghan students offered scholarships by the Indian government to study this year have been left stranded in Afghanistan as they can’t be granted visas due to closure of Indian embassy after the Taliban takeover. A student with Indian scholarship said that over 1,800 students like him, half of whom from …

A top Taliban official has downplayed any possible threat by the Islamic State terrorist group, Daesh, in Afghanistan, rejecting claims that the group has training centers in the country. Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Motaqi during his visit to Turkey said there is no security problem posed by Daesh …

The ninth evacuation flight by Qatar Airlines took off on Monday from Kabul, flying hundreds of Afghans to Doha, a Qatari official said. Over 353 passengers including an unknown number of Americans, faculty staff and students of Afghanistan’s American University, citizens of Afghanistan, Australia, the Netherland, and Denmark were flown …

A house-t0-house vaccination campaign will begin in Afghanistan to protect millions of children against polio. In a statement, WHO and UNICEF lauded the Taliban to allow the resumption of the vaccination process to all children in Afghanistan. The vaccination drive again polio will resume on November 8 and will be …