AT Kabul: Officials in the Ministry of Interior reported an explosion in the outer perimeter of the Kabul military airport and said that this explosion also resulted in casualties. Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafee Takor confirmed the news, saying that a number of Afghan citizens were killed in the incident. …
Read More »Suspension of Continuing Education for Girls in Public & Private Universities
By: Hekamatullah Aziz AT Kabul: On Tuesday evening, December 20, 2022, a letter signed by Mawlavi Neda Mohammad Nadeem, Acting Minister of Higher Education, was published on social media pages and in some media outlets, in which an immediate order was given to suspend the education of girls in universities …
Read More »Karzai condemns detention of Afghan refugees in Pakistan
AT Kabul: Following reports of mistreatments of Afghan refugees in Pakistan especially women and children former president Hamid Karzai has asked Pakistan to treat Afghan refugees humanely in accordance with universal principles of human rights. Karzai tweeted that as a good and civilized neighbor behave with Afghan refugees in accordance …
Read More »Brazilian football legend Pele dies at 82
AT Kabul: Pele, who is the only player in history to win three World Cups, passed away at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo following a battle with cancer. Pele, who is Brazil’s joint all-time top scorer with 77 goals in 92 matches, became an icon of the game …
Read More »NAI : 50 percent of visual media stopped operation in past year
AT Kabul: Afghanistan’s independent media support agency “NAI” says that hundreds of journalists and media workers have lost their jobs in the past year and 50 percent of visual media, 48 percent of audio, all print media and 80 percent of news agencies and online media have stopped their activities. …
Read More »UN voices concern over detention of Afghan refugees in Pakistan
AT Kabul: The United Nations Refugee Agency says that it is deeply concerned by the reports and pictures of Afghan refugees in Pakistani prisons, especially in the city of Karachi. “UNHCR is extremely concerned to see images and reports of the arrest and detention of Afghan refugees in Sindh province, …
Read More »Ex-Soviet soldier dies in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: A former Soviet soldier who chose to stay in Afghanistan when the Red Army withdrew following a disastrous decade-long occupation that ended in 1989 has died, officials said Wednesday. Bakhretdin Khakimov, who was thought to be in his 60s and was known as Sheikh Abdullah after converting to …
Read More »Afghan private universities on the verge of collapse
AT Kabul: Following the suspension of women from attending universities in Afghanistan, the union of private universities said that at least 35 private universities are at risk of collapse, Tolonews reported. “The economic challenges have surged widely. Now that we are interviewing you, 30 to 35 universities are facing major …
Read More »UN temporarily halts some operations in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The United Nations said on Wednesday that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of ban on women aid workers. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, the heads of UN agencies and several aid groups …
Read More »Karzai hails UN stance on women education and work
AT Kabul: The former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, welcomes the position of the United Nations Security Council regarding the closure of universities, schools and educational centers for girls and women’s work restriction in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai calls the Taliban interim government to open the doors of educational institutions for …
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