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AT News KABUL: The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said that he “deeply regrets” the closing of schools for girls in grades 7-12 in Afghanistan. “Support for the rights of Afghan women & girls is support that lifts children out of hunger & communities out of poverty,” he said.  “I deeply …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met with the members of the Afghan Saffron Union in Kabul. The office of the former president said that the members of the saffron union shared their concerns over the problems exist ahead of the saffron products and business in the country. Karzai …

AT News KABUL: Save the Children in a recent report voiced concern about the Afghan children’s status and warned that hunger is threatening the life of 14 million children in Afghanistan. The organization called on the international community to boost up efforts to provide support to the people of Afghanistan. …

AT News KABUL: Dozens of Islamic Scholars in a gathering in Kabul urged the Islamic Emirate to reopen the schools for girls above sixth. They stressed that there is no Islamic (Sharia) justification for depriving girls of education if an Islamic environment is facilitated with females’ respecting Hijab.  “If the …

AT News KABUL: The third Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan was held in China, reached eight pronged consensus about the situation in Afghanistan. The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, and Qatar, where they called for …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The World Bank has suspended four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million amid concerns over a decision by the Islamic Emirate to ban girls from returning to public high schools, the bank said. The projects, to be funded under the revamped Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, were …

AT News KABUL: The foreign ministers of Afghanistan, China and Pakistan held a trilateral meeting in China, where they discussed the regional cooperation and mutual interests. The meeting was attended by the acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, …

AT News KABUL: The work on a major canalization project began on Wednesday in the northern province of Balkh with the presence of senior officials of the current government. Talking to the opening ceremony of the project—which is named Qosh Tapa canal—in Kaldar district of Balkh, the first deputy of …

AT News KABUL: The passport-issuing will begin on April 5th across the country, a spokesman for the Passport Department said on Tuesday. Shafiullah Tasal, a spokesman for department of passport said they have also recruited female employees to assist with the processing and distribution of passports for women. “From sixteen …

AT News KABUL: China is due to be hosted for the third meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighbors on the Afghan situation on Wednesday and Thursday,   The meeting is named “Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan Plus Afghanistan.” China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin told a press conference that the …