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AT Kabul: The Afghanistan Meteorological Department has warned of the possibility of heavy rain and snow on Wednesday and Thursday in 27 provinces of the country. As of Feb. 7, the Afghanistan Meteorological Department has issued a weather warning for heavy rainfall and snowfall across parts of Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, …

AT Kabul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a three-month state of emergency across the 10 provinces worst affected by Monday’s devastating earthquakes. In a speech, Reuters reports that Erdoğan said that 70 countries had offered help in search and rescue operations and that Turkey planned to open up …

AT Kabul: US President Joe Biden indicated to US Congress he is extending the executive order for the “national emergency with respect to the widespread humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the potential for a deepening economic collapse in Afghanistan.” On February 11, 2022, he declared a national emergency to deal …

AT Kabul: The preparatory meeting for the 49th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers for member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation kicked off in Jeddah on Sunday. The 49th session will be held on March 16-17 in Nouakchott, Mauritania. OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha said that the …

AT Kabul: A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has hit Turkey and Syria, killing over 1,600 people and trapping many others. The quake struck at 04:17 am local time (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometers (11 miles) and was followed by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock 15 minutes later, according to …

AT Kabul: Russia has no plans to close its diplomatic mission in Kabul, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Zamir Kabulov told TASS on Monday. “Such thoughts have not even occurred,” Kabulov said, when asked whether Russia had such plans. Earlier, the Al-Arabiya TV channel reported that …

AT Kabul: Former Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, has died at hospital after years of self-imposed exile in Dubai. He was 79. Local news outlets on Sunday quoted his family members as saying that the former leader succumbed to Amyloidosis after being hospitalized for months due to health complications. Pakistan’s military …

AT Kabul: China said on Saturday that mutual political trust with Russia has continued to deepen after Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu visited the Russia this week and met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. China is willing to work with Russia to implement their strategic partnership and promote further …

AT Kabul: Pakistan has decided to seek the intervention of the supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban to control the militant organizations in Pakistan after a suicide bombing killed scores of police in a mosque, officials said Saturday. During an Apex Committee meeting in Peshawar, the civil and military leadership held …

AT Kabul: Taliban announced that 200 tons of pure oil worth 130 thousand US dollars is extracted from the Qashgari mine in Sarpul province on a daily basis. Qashgari oil field in the north of the country, including three parts of Aqdaria, Qashgari and Angut, occupies a total area of …