AT News KABUL: Taliban officials have said they had discussed plans with a joint Turkey and Qatar delegation for firms from the two countries to run airports in Kabul and other Afghan cities. The talks came as the international community looks for ways to scale up delivery of urgently needed …

AT News KABUL: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Afghanistan needs economic assistance and the US and NATO with their 20-year involvement in the country should provide aid to the war-ravaged country to prevent famine. At his annual press conference, Putin said, “Now, it is necessary to provide assistance …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations is planning an $8 billion program of aid and services in Afghanistan for next year, taking on many government functions at a time when the Taliban regime remains under economic sanctions and lacks diplomatic recognition. From providing hot meals for children in schools, to …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has called on the international community to work with the Taliban and focus on delivering aid to Afghanistan. “The reality on the ground is that the Taliban are now the de facto authorities in the country,” the former president said in his interview …

AT News KABUL: Media outlets in Afghanistan have been hit by a collapse of previous government and over 6,400 journalists in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban rode to power, a dramatic change in the country’s media landscape this year, according to a survey. Conducted by Reporters Without …

AT News KABUL: With Afghanistan heading into a worst humanitarian catastrophe, the German government has vowed to speed up the evacuation of those in need of protection in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday. Baerbock outlined Germany’s plan that includes cutting back on bureaucracy to hasten the process. ‘Major sectors of the economy …

AT News KABUL: Media outlets across Afghanistan have been ravaged by the Taliban takeover in August and more than forty percent of them have shut down, with a bevy of journalists having lost their jobs, Reporters without Borders (RSF) and the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) said on Wednesday. A …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Wednesday clearing the way for aid to reach Afghans in desperate need of basic support, while preventing funds from falling into the hands of the Taliban, a move welcomed by the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator as a “milestone” …

KABUL: Facing pressure to prevent a humanitarian and economic catastrophe in Afghanistan, the Biden administration on Wednesday took steps to allow more aid to flow into the Taliban-led country. The measures exempt aid groups from stringent economic sanctions that were imposed against the Taliban before they seized control of the government and have been strangling …

AT News KABUL: Taliban foiled a suicide bombing plot in Kabul with security forces killing a terrorist who tried to blow his explosives inside the congested passport office. Deputy spokesman for interior ministry Aqil Jan Ezam said that an assailant, who was trying to enter the passport office premises on Thursday afternoon, …