AT News Kabul: Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych has tendered his resignation after a public outcry erupted over comments he made suggesting that Ukrainian forces downed a Russian missile that fell on an apartment building in the central city of Dnipro and killed dozens of people. Arestovych announced his resignation …
Read More »Japan donates $1.3m to Afghanistan health Sector
AT Kabul: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Japanese Embassy in Afghanistan announced Japan’s aid of 1.3 million dollars for women in Helmand. This announcement states that this money will be spent to strengthen maternity and gynecological services for pregnant women and babies in this southern province of …
Read More »Three foreign NGOs partially resume aid in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: At least three leading international aid agencies have partially resumed life-saving work in Afghanistan, after assurances from the authorities that Afghan women can continue to work in the health sector. CARE, Save the Children, and International Rescue Committee (IRC) suspended their operations in late December in protest at …
Read More »Senior Pakistani lawyer Latif Afridi assassinated
AT Kabul: Former Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association President and senior lawyer Latif Afridi was killed after an assailant opened fire on him outside the Peshawar High Court on Monday, Geo News reported. According to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Kashif Abbasi, Adnan Afridi has been identified as …
Read More »100 Needy families received aid packages in Kabul
AT Kabul: The organization of (Read to Lead Afghanistan) in its winter drive distribution, today distributed aid packages for 100 needy families in Kabul, 4th district. According to the organization the packages which include a bag of flour, oil, rice and winter clothes were distributed to service workers of hospitals, …
Read More »Save the Children resumes some activities in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: David Wright, the operational manager of Save the Children Fund, says that all the activities of this organization in Afghanistan have been stopped for almost a month. According to Mr. Wright, the activity of female employees is very important for providing services and without women they cannot carry …
Read More »Kabulov emphasizes on national reconciliation in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: Tass news agency has reported that Zamir Kabulov, the special representative of the Russian president, met with Amir Khan Mottaqi, the Taliban acting foreign minister in Kabul. In this meeting Kabulov emphasized on the rapid establishment of peace and national reconciliation in Afghanistan. Russian embassy in Kabul said …
Read More »Frostbite and gas poisoning increases in Herat province
Health authorities in Herat province reported that more than 60 cases of gas poisoning and frostbite recorded during cold winter days. Dr. Farhad Afzali, the head of the emergency department of the Herat regional hospital, says that since last week, 25 cases of frostbite have been recorded, and most of …
Read More »Nepal plane crashes with 72 passengers onboard
AT Kabul: At least 68 people died in Nepal after a plane carrying about 72 people from capital Kathmandu crashed in Pokhara this morning. The plane was flying from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara when it crashed. Pokhara is a bustling tourist town about 200km (124 miles) west of Kathmandu. …
Read More »Former Afghan MP Killed in Kabul
AT News Kabul: Mursal Nabizada, former Afghan Member of Parliament was shot dead on Saturday night, January 15, in her house in Arzan Qimat neighborhood of the 12th PD of Kabul city, according to Kabul security officials. Khalid Zadran, the Spokesperson of the Kabul Security Department confirmed to that Mursal …
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