AT News KABUL: The Taliban misconstrued facts in their recent letter to the US Congress warning of humanitarian consequences if the United States fails to unfreeze more than $9 billion in Afghan assets, said US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West. “The Taliban’s letter to Congress earlier this week misconstrued …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban government said on Saturday that overdue salaries of all government employees from past three months will be paid at once starting on Saturday. Deputy spokesperson of Taliban’s government, Inamullah Samangani, quoting the ministry of finance tweeted, “salaries of all government employees from past three months …
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AT News KABUL: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the situation in Afghanistan prompts the need for additional security measures on Russia’s southern frontiers. Addressing a high-profile government meeting in Moscow on Thursday, Putin said, “We face serious tasks in the Afghan direction, especially after the Americans have pulled out …
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AT News KABUL: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that America is focused on the evacuation of its citizens from Afghanistan, and will keep working on it. Speaking at the IISS Manama Dialogue 2021, Austin said, “We remain focused on making sure currently that we can continue to get out those American citizens and …
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AT News KABUL: Taliban say an ISIS hideout was obliterated in an operation on Thursday evening in Murad Bik village of Kabul’s Shakar Dara district, where two Daesh terrorists were killed and gunfire was exchanged for several hours. Fighting between the Taliban forces and the Daesh fighters lasted for five …
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AT News KABUL: Russia’s Security Council secretary Nikolay Patrushev has said that Afghanistan is in a critical situation, warning that crisis could lead to civil war if the Taliban fails to find a viable solution. “The situation unfolding today in Afghanistan is unprecedented both in military-political and socio-economic terms. If …
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AT News KABUL: Trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan has recently surged based on data released by Pakistan envoy, as Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment said that a longstanding trade dispute between the two countries have been resolved. Based on data shared on Twitter by the Pakistani special envoy for …
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AT News KABUL: Australian and Afghan rights groups have urged Australia to not balk at its plan to compensate victims of alleged war crimes, warning that crisis in Afghanistan should not delay the compensations.“The essential task of involving Afghans should not be put off due to the dramatic deterioration in …
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AT News KABUL: The UN envoy for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons has warned that Afghanistan in on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe and that the international community must help provide financial support to the Afghan people. An estimated 60 percent of Afghanistan’s 38 million people are facing crisis levels of …
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AT News KABUL: In reaction to a recent remark by the Taliban’s minister of virtue and vice Mohammad Khalid Hanafi about former leaders of Afghanistan, former President Hamid Karzai advised him that unity is the path to stability and a national system in the country. In his recent speech in …
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