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AT Kabul: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan (OCHA) has announced that the continued deprivation of education for girls in Afghanistan will bring many challenges for girls. In a Twitter message, OCHA emphasized the need to educate women and girls in Afghanistan. OCHA says, if …

AT Kabul: Pakistani authorities have released 56 Afghan citizens, including 24 children, from jails in Karachi city of Sindh province. The release was made as a humanitarian gesture by the Pakistani authorities to ease the burden on Afghan refugees. The Afghan Consulate in Karachi has confirmed the release and thanked …

AT Kabul: Iran’s ambassador and special representative in Kabul, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, expressed concern about the actions of the Afghan governing body, which could potentially lead to more sanctions being imposed by the UN Security Council. In an interview with a local media outlet, Mr. Qomi stated that Iran will …

AT Kabul: Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai calls for national dialogue and reopening of schools and universities for girls. Karzai told this while interacting with number of country’s youth, who met him Saturday and discussed the importance of education for boys and girls in Afghanistan. During the meeting the youth …

AT Kabul: Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum on Friday appointed another of his sons as a deputy ruler of the emirate, following the death of his brother and long-serving deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2021. Dubai now has first and second deputy rulers, the …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan is grappling with the devastating consequences of climate change as it enters its third year of drought, making it one of the top 10 countries most vulnerable to these global shifts. The nation has already experienced a deadly winter, marked by extreme cold, heavy snow, and widespread …

AT Kabul: The 37th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan at the CSTO Ministerial Council was held on Thursday, according to the organization. The participants in the summit discussed the situation in Afghanistan, and noted the persistence of unfavorable trends in the security situation, including the growth of terrorist …

AT Kabul: The UN Security Council, under the current Presidency of Russia, unanimously passed the resolution on Thursday that “condemns the decision by the Taliban to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, which undermines human rights and humanitarian principles.” The resolution also calls for the …

AT Kabul: Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, the only way to end the war in Ukraine is negotiation between Kiev and Moscow. According to a report by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday, “Xi Jinping had a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky,” during …

AT Kabul: The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Turkeys’ envoy Feridun Sinirlioğlu to the global body as his special coordinator for Afghanistan on Tuesday. The Security Council asked Antonio Guterres in March to conduct and provide forward-looking recommendations for an integrated and coherent approach among relevant political, humanitarian and development …