Afghanistan Times

AT News KABUL: The US State Department says it has designated three leaders of the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan as global terrorists, amid Washington’s crackdown on the terrorist group. In a statement on Monday, the State Department said the three members of the Daesh group were classified under the Specially …

AT News KABUL: Economic sanctions against Afghanistan are depriving millions of the basics they need to survive, said a top Red Cross official, warning Afghan people are suffering from a massive man-made catastrophe. “The economic sanctions meant to punish those in power in Kabul are instead freezing millions of people …

AT News KABUL: Pakistan has announced over $28 million in food, medical and other humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in meeting with Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and top government officials on Monday ordered an immediate shipment of in-kind humanitarian assistance worth $28 million …

AT News KABUL: A high-level EU delegation held talks on Monday with foreign ministers from Central Asia to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, regional cooperation and human rights. During the talks in Dushanbe, Tajikistan capital, EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell and Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen asked Afghanistan’s neighbours …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban have announced that 698 metric tons of dried fruits have been exported from Afghanistan in the last two weeks. In a tweet on Monday, Taliban’s deputy spokesman Ahmadullah Wasiq said dried fruit had been exported to Europe, Asia, the United States and Australia. Out of …

AT News KABUL: Taliban government has introduced new rules, banning women from appearing in television dramas and female journalists and presenters will be required to wear headscarves on screen. This is as the Taliban instructed girls and young women to stay home from school immediately after they took control of …

AT News KABUL: A senior Russian official has expressed concerns that terrorists from Afghanistan can slip into Central Asian states and Russia via the border with Kazakhstan. Russia’s Security Council deputy secretary, Alexander Grebenkin, on Sunday said that Moscow has been monitoring on tenterhooks the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power. He said Afghanistan …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations on Monday warned that Afghanistan’s financial system could collapse within months if no urgent action is taken to prop up local banks, amid lower deposits and a cash liquidity crunch pushing more people to poverty. The UN Development Programme, in a three-page report, said …

AT News KABUL: China has ramped up its measures to help Afghan people tackle an ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis by opening an air corridor for agricultural trade. Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu said on Sunday that a train with more than 1,000 tons of humanitarian aid departed China’s …

AT News KABUL: Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan has warned that afghani currency may continue to be in free fall as Afghanistan’s assets continue to be frozen by the US and its allies. “Our Western colleagues need to somehow solve this issue now,” said Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir …