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AT Kabul: The former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, in a recent interview with Canada’s CBC TV, called the education of girls very important and said that he is trying to regain this right for Afghan girls because education is the means of development and prosperity of any society. “… …

AT Kabul: A massive search operation has been launched in the north Indian state of Punjab to arrest a radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathizer, Amritpal Singh, after he was declared a “fugitive” by the Punjab police and has been on the run since Saturday. The operation that continued on …

AT Kabul: An ex-Australian SAS soldier who served in Afghanistan has been arrested and charged with a war crime. Oliver Schulz was arrested on Monday morning by Australian Federal Police officers and had his case mentioned in Queanbeyan Local Court on Monday afternoon. The AFP and the Office of the …

AT Kabul: The Ministry of Finance said that based on the decision of their leadership, import duties on basic food items have dropped by between 50 and 70 percent in the last solar year. As a result of this decision customs duties have been reduced to the value of 6.7 …

AT Kabul: Razia Muradi, a 27-year-old female student from Afghanistan, has won a gold medal for her excellent performance in a master’s programme in a college in India, VOA reported. She has dedicated this medal to all the Afghan women who were denied higher education. She pursued her bachelor’s degree …

AT Kabul: More than 70 countries, including the European Union, expressed concern about the ban on Afghan women and girls’ access to education and work in Afghanistan in a joint statement on Sunday. According to the statement, banning Afghan women’s work in domestic and foreign non-governmental organizations would deny millions …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan has sought help from the United Nations (UN) amid rising concerns about drought in the country, asking the UN to provide storage facilities for wheat, TOLOnews reported. According to this report, the chamber of agriculture and livestock has called the UN to help the country and said …

AT Kabul: The Deputy Head of Afghanistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Investment said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is Afghanistan’s major trade partner. Khanjan Alkozi pointed to the trade ties between his country and Iran, describing Iran as the main trade partner of Afghanistan. He put the …

AT Kabul: The UN food agency in Afghanistan announced on Friday that a lack of funds has forced deep cuts to life-saving assistance in March for at least four million people and appealed for urgent funding for its operations in the country to end growing hunger. The World Food Program …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan’s under-19 national team won the first match of the three-way series with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh against its rival Bangladesh. In this competition, which was held today (Saturday) at the Sharjah Stadium, the members of the Afghanistan’s 19-year-old national cricket team defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets. The …