AT Kabul: Somaya Faruqi, activist and former captain of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team, speaks during the Transforming Education Summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., on September 19, 2022. At the UN General Assembly, Somaya …
Read More »Pakistan emphasized on international interaction with Taliban
AT Kabul: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, in a meeting with Thomas West, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Affairs, emphasized the continuation of international interaction with the Taliban interim government, stated that his country will expand efforts to facilitate the creation of a regional …
Read More »Iran: Military conflicts in Afghanistan hinders the formation of an inclusive government
AT Kabul: Speaking about the recent tensions in Panjshir province of Afghanistan, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran expressed that these military and internal conflicts prevent the formation of an inclusive government in the country. Iran’s state news agency reported on Monday, 28 September, that Nasser …
Read More »Mehrabi: Central Bank of Afghanistan need conditional access to money for economic stability
AT Kabul: “Shah Mohammad Mehrabi”, a member of the Afghanistan Trust Fund board in Switzerland, said that the central bank of Afghanistan should have conditional access to its assets abroad in order to use it for economic stability, banking performance and reducing inflation. He added that 150 million dollars should …
Read More »Rocket attack hits largest U.S. military base in Syria
AT Kabul: The US’s biggest military base in Syria has come under rocket attack, hours after another installation housing American forces was similarly targeted with projectiles. Syria’s al-Watan daily reported the attack on Sunday, identifying the target as the US’s outpost in the al-Omar Oilfield in the eastern Syrian Province …
Read More »3 killed in an explosion in Kandahar province
AT Kabul: Local Taliban officials say that three people were killed and two others were injured after an explosion occurred in the house of a former soldier in Zhirai district of Kandahar province. Ata Mohammad,Taliban police commander for Zhirai district, says that the explosion occurred at around 12:00 AM today. …
Read More »Senior Taliban figure arrives in Kabul after decades in U.S. detention
AT Kabul: A senior Taliban figure, Haji Bashir Noorzai, has been released after decades of detention by the United States and arrived in Kabul on Monday, a Taliban spokesperson said. “Mr. Haji Bashir was released after two decades of imprisonment and arrived in Kabul today,” said Mohammad Naeem, a Taliban …
Read More »Afghan Industry holders complaining about lack of electricity
AT Kabul: Officials of the Afghanistan Chamber of Industries and Mines say that their biggest problem is the lack of sufficient electricity in the industrial parks. The industrialists’ press conference “Regarding the fate of the Afghanistan Chamber of Industries and Mines” was held in Kabul today with the presence of …
Read More »Strong earthquake hits southeastern Taiwan
AT Kabul: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads. The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung County, and followed a 6.4 …
Read More »UN urges Taliban to reopen high schools for Afghan girls
AT Kabul: The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as “tragic and shameful”. Weeks after the Taliban seized power in August last year, the group reopened high schools for boys on September …
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