AT Kabul: Residents of Jalalabad, the center of Nangarhar province, say that most of the citizens have limited access to potable water, but the rest of them face problems in getting clean water. Ghulam Nabi, a resident of the 4th district of Jalalabad city, says that the water supply agency …
Read More »UN says its female staffers banned from working in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The United Nations has told all Afghan staff not to report to work in Afghanistan for 48 hours for security reasons while it seeks additional information from the authorities about a ban on Afghan women working for the world body, UN sources told Reuters on Tuesday. “We remind …
Read More »Russia opens its consulate in Mazar
AT Kabul: The Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Monday that the general consulate of Russia based in Mazar-e-Sharif is operating, Tolo news reported. According to the TASS report, Alexey Pereverzev was previously appointed as Russian consul general in Mazar-e-Sharif. The Afghan Foreign Ministry said that several …
Read More »Imran khan appears in court in bullet proof headgear
AT Kabul: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared before the Special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore under heavy security, wearing a bulletproof helmet and escorted by bodyguards with shields. Today (Tuesday, April 4) was the last day of Imran Khan’s bail and after his appearance in court; his temporary …
Read More »Taliban destroyed ISIS hideouts in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: Security forces have killed 16 ISIS members and arrested 15 more in separate operations of the intelligence department against ISIS hideouts in Balkh, Nimroz and Faryab provinces. As a result of the operation of the Taliban intelligence department on April 3, against the hideouts of ISIS in Naharshahi …
Read More »Information data center for journalist in Afghanistan to be established
AT Kabul: The Afghanistan Ministry of Information and Culture announced that they have decided to register all journalists across Afghanistan in the Ministry’s database and distribute Press ID cards for them. “It was decided to register all the country’s journalists at the Ministry’s database and distribute [press ID] cards for …
Read More »Japan donates 5m food aid to Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$5 million contribution from the Government of Japan towards its emergency response in Afghanistan. This latest funding comes at a time when WFP announced to reduce assistance in March for at least 4 million people due to a lack …
Read More »Russia accuses UK of ‘violating’ international law by supplying Ukraine depleted uranium
AT Kabul: Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Afghanistan “Dmitry Zhirnov” says in an interview with media that Britain’s plan to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium ammunition show that the West is ready to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. Referring to statements of the Deputy Ministry of Defense of …
Read More »3m blank Afghan passports reportedly in a Lithuanian warehouse
AT Kabul: Foreign Policy wrote in a report on Sunday that three million blank Afghan passports are kept in a warehouse somewhere in Lithuania. According to this report, the previous Afghan government signed a contract with Garsu Pasaulis, a printing firm in Lithuania, to produce them, but this company refused …
Read More »British, Tajik diplomats discuss Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan says that a delegation led by its deputy foreign minister, Sharaf Sheralizoda, has discussed Afghanistan’s situation in a meeting held with the the UK Minister of State for European and North American Affairs Leo Docherty in London. According to Ministry of …
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