AT News KABUL: A group of women staged a peaceful protest in Kabul on Tuesday against the closure of girls’ schools, saying the world remained indifferent about women’s rights in Afghanistan. Protesters gathered at gates of UNAMA in Kabul accused the international community, human rights groups, and United Nations of …

AT News KABUL: Chinese and Pakistani leaders on Tuesday called on the international community to provide urgent humanitarian and economic aid to Afghanistan, as the United Nations has warned the country will face acute food and medicine shortages in the coming winter. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister …

AT News KABUL: The UN World Food Programme has once again warned that millions will face starvation this winter in Afghanistan unless urgent humanitarian aid is delivered. In a statement, WFP said that more than half the population – about 22.8 million people – face acute food insecurity, while 3.2 …

AT News KABUL: Russia is planning to deliver humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the coming days and that it is preparing for a new round of talks next month on the crisis in Afghanistan, said Zamir Kabulov, President Vladimir Putin’s special representative on Afghanistan. This came days after Russia hosted …

AT News KABUL: Iranian government will host an international minister-level conference, including Afghanistan’s neighbors, on Wednesday for talks about inclusiveness of new government and stability in Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate is not invited to the meeting yet, but government spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said he hopes the meeting’s outcome will benefit …

AT News KABUL: The European Union is planning to reopen its diplomatic mission in Afghanistan within a month as the bloc is trying to increase involvement with the Taliban government. The move means that EU diplomats will return to Kabul about 12 weeks after they fled the city, as Brussels …

AT News KABUL: The United States was losing the war to the Taliban, said ex-US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, and that peace negotiations were chosen as an alternative to avoid a defeat. Khalilzad in an interview with CBS News said the US military had struggled to fortify its position against …

AT News KABUL: Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Abdul Salaam Hanafi met with UN secretary-General’s special representative to Afghanistan Deborah Lyons in Presidential Palace on Saturday, seeking the UN’s cooperation in Afghanistan. He assured the special representative of protecting all UN’s administrations in Afghanistan, said a …

AT News KABUL: The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, met with officials of the Islamic Emirate on Saturday and exchanged views about a range of issues including humanitarian aid, human rights and inclusive government. Lyons met with PM Deputy Abdul Salam Hanafi, acting Foreign Minister Amir …

AT News The government of Afghanistan has denied “baseless claims” made by former US peace envoy about presence of al-Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan. The US veteran diplomat, Zalmay Khalilzad, made the remarks in a recent interview. Khalilzad said reports indicate that leader of Al-Qaeda is in Afghanistan or an adjacent …