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AT Kabul: Three British men have been detained in Afghanistan, UK non-profit group the Presidium Network said on Saturday. The group said on Twitter it had been “working closely with two of the families”. “We are working hard to secure consular contact with British nationals detained in Afghanistan and we …

AT Kabul: Imangali Tasmagambetov, secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), said on Friday that there is an increasing risk of terrorist organizations from Afghanistan infiltrating CSTO countries. According to a TASS report, Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov noted that apart from various terrorist groups, the forces behind illicit …

AT Kabul: A state court judge in Virginia has voided a United States Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan more than a year after he took the three-year-old girl away from the Afghan couple raising her. The girl, who will turn four this summer, was an infant when she …

AT Kabul: The BBC has launched a new education programme for children in Afghanistan who are banned from school. It is aimed at children aged 11 to 16, including girls whose secondary education has been stopped by the ruling authorities. The weekly programme is called Dars, which means lesson in …

AT Kabul: Hsiao Wei Li, country director for WFP Afghanistan, emphasized the need to provide the necessary funds for the distribution of humanitarian aid to the needy in Afghanistan and has warned that it is just “days away” from cutting assistance to 9 million people in Afghanistan if it does …

AT Kabul: Russia’s Secretary of Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, has warned that Russia has the weapons to destroy any enemy, including the United States, if its own existence is threatened, accusing Washington of underestimating Moscow’s nuclear might. Speaking with the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta he said that “American politicians trapped …

AT Kabul: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said he does not have any “regrets” about how the U.S. military left Afghanistan in August 2021. The secretary faced questions about the withdrawal on Wednesday when he and two other defense officials testified in front of the House Armed Services Committee …

AT Kabul: Many Afghans who lost their previous livelihoods and been forced to work in new industries are turned to carpet weaving to support their families. Owners of carpet factories said that during the past two years many people have requested employment as carpet weavers in the nation. In the …

AT Kabul: Addressing the 18th Meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on March 29, India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval focused on terror financing and called upon all member countries to support relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council.  He raised the …

AT Kabul: Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved on Wednesday a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as Riyadh builds a long-term partnership with China despite U.S. security concerns. Saudi Arabia has approved a memorandum on granting the kingdom the status of a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), …