AT News KABUL – The recent surge in Pakistan’s efforts to expel undocumented Afghan migrants has stirred concerns among analysts and experts. The mass deportations, affecting over 250,000 Afghans, risk not just exacerbating strained relations between the two nations but also fueling radicalization among those forced to return to Afghanistan. …

AT News KABUL – Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has claimed that the Taliban’s anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan over the past year surpassed the accomplishments of the US-led coalition’s two-decade campaign, alleging US interest in exporting Afghan heroin to Russia before the Taliban came to power. Medvedev referenced …

AT News KABUL – Russia has dispatched 40 metric tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in response to the recent seismic upheaval in Herat, according to an announcement by the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Russian Defense Ministry orchestrated the delivery via two specialized flights aimed at aiding the affected population. …

AT News KABUL – A prominent global human rights advocate, Amnesty International, issued an urgent plea on Friday, pressing the Pakistani government to immediately halt the ongoing detainment and mass deportations of Afghan refugees. Livia Saccardi, Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns for South Asia at Amnesty International, underscored the gravity …

AT News KABUL – The United States and India, speaking in unison, have called upon the Taliban to honor the fundamental human rights of all Afghans, particularly emphasizing the rights of minorities and women within Afghanistan. During an impactful joint gathering in New Delhi, the Foreign and Defense ministers of …

AT News KABUL – In a landmark move heralding a significant economic shift, Iranian officials and Taliban de facto authorities have laid the foundation for a projected $10 billion bilateral trade agreement. Economic Adviser of Iranian President’s Special Envoy in Afghanistan Affairs Mohammad-Mehdi Javanmard-Ghassab has announced the ambitious target following …

AT News KABUL – Prospects remain grim for women and girls inside Afghanistan in 2023, as well as the hundreds of thousands of undocumented refugee women and girls whom Pakistan is currently forcing to return to the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. As they have since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, Gallup surveys …

AT News KABUL – Iran and Afghanistan signed five economic cooperation agreements related to transportation, civil aviation, mining and free trade zones. A delegation from the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan met with Iranian officials in Tehran and held economic discussions, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported. The meeting …

AT News KABUL – The World Bank‘s top economists say half of Afghanistan‘s population currently lives below the poverty line. World Bank Senior Economist Silvia Redaelli said: “We see that in terms of monetary poverty, we still have half of the population that in 2023 is consuming below the poverty line.” Director and …

AT News KABUL – The Taliban de facto authorities were not invited to the 16th Economic Cooperation Organization Summit in Tahskent, Uzbekistan, which is deemed as a significant regional economic gathering. Although Afghanistan is a member of the ECO, but no invitation was sent since the current interim Taliban government …