AT News KABUL: India’s donation of 20,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan is a demonstration of India’s intention to strengthen its foothold and re-consolidate its soft power in Afghanistan by providing critical aid through Iran. Afghanistan is set to receive over 20,000 metric tons of wheat through Iran’s Chabahar …
Read More »Taliban chief holds wide-ranging talks with Qatar prime minister
AT News KABUL: Supreme leader of the Taliban has held wide-ranging talks with Qatar’s prime minister this month with focus on bolstering Afghanistan engagement with the international community amidst simmering tensions over Taliban rule. A Reuters’ source said Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani held talks with the supreme …
Read More »Thousands of Afghan refugees in limbo in US
AT News KABUL: Thousands of Afghans who fled the country after the takeover of the Taliban are reportedly living in uncertainty with no pathways to refugee status. Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees were allowed into the U.S. after the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan under humanitarian parole for two …
Read More »Charity scorns EU neglect of Afghan refugees
AT News KABUL: The International Rescue Committee has blasted European Union leaders for ignoring tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who have fled Afghanistan and are drowning in oblivion across Europe, two years after the Taliban rode to power. Only 271 Afghan refugees had been resettled in the EU last …
Read More »Heavy rain and flooding expected across Afghanistan, authorities warn
AT News KABUL: Afghan officials are warning of heavy rains this week, mainly in 19 provinces across Afghanistan. Afghanistan Department of Meteorology issued a warning saying there is a possibility of landslides and flooding. In a warning, they said heavy rains and floods could be expected on Monday and Tuesday …
Read More »NRC scrambles to bring European envoys back to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland, has been on mission to persuade European government and their ambassadors to return to Afghanistan to return to Afghanistan. Insisting that Norway has also recognized Afghanistan as a country for decades, Egeland said that regimes and governments …
Read More »Afghanistan, Turkmenistan discuss deepening trade ties
AT News KABUL: Officials from Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have discussed ways to deepen the bilateral trade ties and to expand transit architecture inside Afghanistan during a recent government-level meeting. During a grand meeting between Afghan and Turkmenistan foreign ministry and transport officials and representatives of customs, trade, and oil and …
Read More »Afghanistan leaders congratulate Turkey’s victorious Erdogan
AT News KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai and Taliban Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund were among world leaders congratulating Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he won Sunday’s historic run-off election. Thousands of the Afghan refugees in Turkey also celebrated Erdogan’s win in the election. Erdogan’s landmark win is …
Read More »Afghanistan among global hunger hotspots: UN report
AT News KABUL: A new United Nations report has found that Afghanistan, Pakistan and Myanmar are among the hunger hotspots in the world, warning of increasing acute food insecurity in these countries. The report said Afghanistan and several African countries remain at the highest concern level. Deepening economic shocks continue to drive …
Read More »Iran calls border conflict ‘detrimental’ amid a battle of words, sabre rattling
AT News KABUL: An Iranian official has said that any conflict with Afghanistan over border and water disputes would be “detrimental” to both of them, just in the wake of an outbreak of border clashes between Iranian border guards and Taliban fighters on Sunday. Director of Iranian Foreign Ministry’s South …
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