AT News KABUL: China has pledged to provide $7.5 million in emergency humanitarian aid for victims of a deadly earthquake in Paktika and Khost provinces. A flight carrying the first shipment of the aid including tents, sheets and convertible beds would reach Afghanistan on Monday. Global Times quoted Foreign Ministry …
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AT News KABUL: Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in Paktika province are at risk of cholera disease and are in need of clean water and food, an Afghan health ministry official said on Sunday, days after a U.N. agency warned of a cholera outbreak in the region. After the earthquake hit …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations has allocated $10 million to thousands of people affected by a deadly earthquake last Wednesday in south-eastern Afghanistan. More than 1,150 people were killed and about 2,000 people were injured with 10,000 homes partially or entirely destroyed in Wednesday earthquake, and five others were …
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AT News KABUL: Led by Russia, the Central Asian countries have expressed their deep concern over the threat of terrorism spreading in the region perceived to be due to the growing activity of international terrorist organizations in Afghanistan. Defense ministers of Russia and Central Asian countries met in Moscow on …
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AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met with a number of members of the Erfan Social Foundation. In this meeting, the participants talked about providing the ground for lessons and education and development of professional skills for girls and boys across Afghanistan as well as innovation in the health …
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AT News KABUL: Two people have been injured after a roadside bomb went off in Yaftal district of Badakhshan province on Saturday, sources said. A car carrying head of Taliban’s environment director in Yaftal district rammed into a roadside bomb. Sources said at least two people were injured in the …
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AT News KABUL: India has resumed its diplomatic mission in Afghanistan after sending a technical team to its embassy in Kabul, more than ten months after it was closed following the Taliban’s takeover of the war-torn country. New Delhi said the team was sent to the Indian embassy to monitor …
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AT News KABUL: Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) is accusing the State Department and United States Agency for International Development of withholding information about the fall of the Afghan government during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan last August. SIGAR director John Sopko said in the letter to Secretary of State …
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AT News KABUL: Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,500 people and left thousands more homeless. Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said a huge relief effort was ongoing inside and outside the quake-struck …
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AT News KABUL: The world community has pledged humanitarian aid to thousands of people affected by a monster earthquake early on Wednesday which killed at least 1,500 villagers. An additional 2,000 have been injured in the aftermath of the quake, according to Taliban officials. Japanese government and Deputy Secretary of …
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