AT Kabul: Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan traveled to Turkey to meet with some political leaders , including senior members of the previous government of Afghanistan. Following his recent visit to Germany, Karzai is taking the opportunity to meet with some influential members of the previous Afghan government, …
Read More »Argentina beat France in 2022 World Cup final
AT Kabul: Argentina won their third World Cup in an extraordinary final on Sunday as they beat France 4-2 on penalties after Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-3 draw and Kylian Mbappe grabbed a hat-trick to bring the holders back from 2-0 and 3-2 down. It was an incredible …
Read More »Attack on Pakistan police station kills 4 cops
AT Kabul: Four Pakistani police officers were killed and another four critically wounded Sunday when suspected militants attacked a police station in the country’s northwest, police said. The suspects used grenades and automatic weapons on the station in Lakki Marwat district before fleeing the scene overnight, said Nawaz Khan, an …
Read More »Iran vows clear interaction with Afghanistan
AT Kabul: Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghan interim government, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in a meeting with Hossein Mortazavi, Iran’s deputy ambassador in Kabul, and a number of Iranian diplomats and representatives of Iran’s government and private media, discussed the economic, transit, and cultural relations between the two countries. …
Read More »Fuel tanker blast kills at least 9 in North Salang
AT Kabul: At least 9 people were killed and 32 injured when a fuel tanker exploded in north Salang tunnel, local official said on Sunday. The Salang Tunnel, which is around 80 miles north of Kabul, was originally built in the 1960s to assist the Soviet invasion. It is a …
Read More »20,000 displaced people evicted in Badghis province
AT Kabul: Around 20,000 people displaced in makeshift camps have been evicted by the Afghan interim government in Badghis province, Afghanistan, in sub-zero temperatures, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) reports. “In the midst of another harsh Afghan winter approximately twenty thousand displaced people have been evicted from their homes in …
Read More »Russia launches another major missile attack across Ukraine
AT Kabul: Ukraine’s capital came under one of the biggest attacks of the war on Friday as Russia’s forces fired dozens of missiles across the country, triggering widespread power outages, Ukrainian officials said. Gunfire from air defense systems and thudding explosions combined with the wail of air raid sirens as …
Read More »Amnesty International: Afghan refugees stranded in Pakistan
AT Kabul: Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on December 15, demanded to address the problems of Afghan immigrants and refugees in this country. Agnes Callamard’s letter states that Pakistan does not have national laws to protect refugees and …
Read More »Pak–Afghan diplomatic raw heats up over border shelling
AT Kabul: Pakistan has summoned an Afghan diplomat over “unprovoked” artillery fire at their border as tensions have ratcheted up between the two countries in the past several weeks. “Afghan Chargé d’Affaires in Islamabad was called to the foreign ministry and Pakistan’s strong condemnation was conveyed over recent incidents of …
Read More »Probe launched into alleged UK war crimes in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The UK Defense Ministry announced that it has established an independent statutory inquiry to investigate and report on allegations of wrongdoing by the British Armed Forces in relation to their conduct of deliberate detention operations in Afghanistan. The inquiry will investigate alleged activity during the period mid-2010 to …
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