AT News KABUL: Uzbekistan and Afghanistan are discussing the resumption of the construction of the Surkhan-Puli-Khumri transmission line, according to media. Negotiations on this took place in Tashkent from 25 to 30 December with representatives of the Taliban and Afghan Energy Company DABS attending the talks. The agreement on the …
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AT News KABUL: Over 28,000 children have been killed in conflicts since 2005 in Afghanistan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday in a press release. According to UNICEF, Afghanistan has the highest number of verified child casualties since 2005: “Afghanistan, for example, has the highest number of …
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AT News KABUL: India on Saturday supplied 5,00,000 doses of the Covaxin vaccine to Afghanistan, the second tranche of humanitarian aid to the war-torn country after its takeover by the Taliban. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the consignment of vaccine doses was handed over to the Indira Gandhi …
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AT News KABUL: Four months after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed scores of people, including 13 American service members, outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, U.S. and foreign intelligence officials have pieced together a profile of the assailant. Military commanders say they are using that information to focus on …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban on Sunday said their government’s recognition is not a need for the country but a need of the world and that political engagement with Afghanistan will benefit all. “Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is not a need of Afghanistan but of the …
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AT News KABUL: The weeks before the fall of Kabul, which was seized days after Kunduz, are emerging as one of the deadliest periods for Afghan security forces in two decades of war. The Taliban’s complete military takeover of Afghanistan left about 4,000 members of the country’s security forces dead …
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AT News KABUL: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday said that Moscow has not received any information from the Taliban side on their decision to send an envoy to Russia and mentioned that country’s recognition of the Taliban‘s government is out of the question for now.“We have not received any notifications from the Afghan side, …
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AT News KABUL: Taliban security forces have stopped the Pakistani military from fencing part of the Durand Line in southwestern Nimroz province of Afghanistan. Pakistani military on Thursday was planning the installation of a fence on Durand Line in the Chaharboluk district’s Dak locality. Pakistani forces entered 10 to 15 …
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AT News KABUL: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reported today that 45 journalists and media workers were killed in 2021 while on duty in 20 countries. The highest death toll was in Afghanistan, as 9 journalists were killed in 2021, according to the (IFJ) report. According to the (IFJ), these …
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AT News KABUL: As the omicron variant is spreading fast across the world and some neighboring countries, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) said that the World Health Organization (WHO) has been asked to provide the omicron’s testing kits for Afghanistan. Reports stated that the omicron coronavirus variant has been …
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