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AT Kabul: Michael McCaul, chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Sunday formally requested transcribed interviews for the Foreign Affairs Committee’s investigation into the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. McCaul is requested transcribed interviews of Jonathan Mennuti, former acting chief of staff to Acting Under …

AT Kabul: Representatives of Afghan refugees living in India have accused officials at the Afghanistan embassy in Delhi, India, including the ambassador, of corruption. In a letter seen sent to media, the representatives of the refugees accused the ambassador, Farid Mamundzay; the financial and administrative officer, Ziaullah Hashemi; and the …

AT Kabul: Sohail Shaheen, the head of the political office of the Taliban in Qatar, confirmed the reports about the appointment of the Afghan government’s charge d’affaires in New Delhi. In a message to the media, he said: “Qadir Shah, who previously worked at the Afghan embassy in India, has …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, has said that the ministry will soon auction a number of oil and gas rich areas in Afghanistan, he raised this issue in a meeting with the delegation of a Chinese company. The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has said …

AT Kabul: The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) tweeted today (Sunday) that climate change is reducing access to water across Afghanistan. According to OCHA the proportion of households experiencing water shortages rose from 48% in 2021 to 60% in 2022. OCHA says that $479.4M is needed …

AT Kabul: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has called for nationwide “freedom” protests on Sunday after his brief arrest and detention last week triggered deadly unrest. Khan, who has been tied up in dozens of legal cases since being ousted from power in April 2022 – was freed on …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan has reported the first case of poliovirus of 2023. The country’s health authorities detected it in the Nangarhar province. The country’s Ministry of Health said the first incidence of polio in Afghanistan since 2023 has been detected. According to reports, a four-year-old child has been identified as …

AT Kabul: The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva announced in a recent report that nearly three quarters of the world’s internally displaced people live in only 10 countries: Syria, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine, Colombia, Ethiopia, Yemen, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan. In the continuation of this report, the …

AT Kabul: At least two Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded on the fourth consecutive day of Israeli bombardment on the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials have said. One of the people killed in Friday’s air raid on an apartment was a senior leader of the Palestinian …

AT Kabul: Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Kandahar on Friday and met with Taliban officials, reported Tolo News. He met with Afghanistan’s Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the spokesman of the Taliban Zabiullah Mujahid said on Twitter. “In this meeting, the …