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AT Kabul: The preparatory meeting for the 49th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers for member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation kicked off in Jeddah on Sunday. The 49th session will be held on March 16-17 in Nouakchott, Mauritania. OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha said that the …

AT Kabul: A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has hit Turkey and Syria, killing over 1,600 people and trapping many others. The quake struck at 04:17 am local time (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometers (11 miles) and was followed by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock 15 minutes later, according to …

AT Kabul: Russia has no plans to close its diplomatic mission in Kabul, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Zamir Kabulov told TASS on Monday. “Such thoughts have not even occurred,” Kabulov said, when asked whether Russia had such plans. Earlier, the Al-Arabiya TV channel reported that …

AT Kabul: Former Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, has died at hospital after years of self-imposed exile in Dubai. He was 79. Local news outlets on Sunday quoted his family members as saying that the former leader succumbed to Amyloidosis after being hospitalized for months due to health complications. Pakistan’s military …

AT Kabul: China said on Saturday that mutual political trust with Russia has continued to deepen after Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu visited the Russia this week and met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. China is willing to work with Russia to implement their strategic partnership and promote further …

AT Kabul: Pakistan has decided to seek the intervention of the supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban to control the militant organizations in Pakistan after a suicide bombing killed scores of police in a mosque, officials said Saturday. During an Apex Committee meeting in Peshawar, the civil and military leadership held …

AT Kabul: Taliban announced that 200 tons of pure oil worth 130 thousand US dollars is extracted from the Qashgari mine in Sarpul province on a daily basis. Qashgari oil field in the north of the country, including three parts of Aqdaria, Qashgari and Angut, occupies a total area of …

AT Kabul: A meeting on Afghanistan between the secretaries of the security councils of Central Asian countries, Pakistan, India and China will be held in Moscow next week, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan, Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Zamir Kabulov told TASS on Friday. “Yes, that’s …

AT Kabul: The US government’s watchdog for Afghanistan reconstruction said Thursday that lawmakers need to consider whether too many U.S. aid dollars are ending up in the right hands. The report to Congress by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, is an update for lawmakers on rebuilding …

AT Kabul: Tomas Niklasson, the European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan during his three-day visit to Pakistan, met with Pakistani officials and agreed on the continuation of regional and international community’s cooperation for the people of Afghanistan during these difficult times. He also reiterated on the formation of an inclusive …