AT Kabul: At least 68 people died in Nepal after a plane carrying about 72 people from capital Kathmandu crashed in Pokhara this morning. The plane was flying from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara when it crashed. Pokhara is a bustling tourist town about 200km (124 miles) west of Kathmandu. …
Read More »Former Afghan MP Killed in Kabul
AT News Kabul: Mursal Nabizada, former Afghan Member of Parliament was shot dead on Saturday night, January 15, in her house in Arzan Qimat neighborhood of the 12th PD of Kabul city, according to Kabul security officials. Khalid Zadran, the Spokesperson of the Kabul Security Department confirmed to that Mursal …
Read More »5 killed in Badghis due to cold weather
AT News Kabul: Local sources in Badghis province say that five people died as a result of severe cold in this province. These people died on Sunday, in Qads district of Badghis province, 8AM reports. As the unprecedented cold wave arrived in Afghanistan, which brought heavy snowfall and storms, it …
Read More »Electricity transmission from Uzbekistan cut off
AT News Kabul: Afghanistan’s Directorate of Electricity (Barshana) announced in a newsletter that imported electricity from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan has been stopped due to technical problems. According to Breshna Company imported electricity to Afghanistan was cut off on Friday at 4:00 pm due to technical problem inside the country of …
Read More »US republicans probe military withdrawal from Afghanistan
AT News Kabul: Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Friday he had written to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting an array of records regarding chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. McCaul, an opposition member on the committee who became its chairman said it was “absurd and …
Read More »UNSC calls for removal of restriction on Afghan women
AT News Kabul: Most countries on the United Nations Security Council have once again urged Afghanistan authorities to drop restrictions on women and girls, including a recent move to ban female aid workers. “We urge the Taliban to immediately reverse all oppressive measures against women and girls,” said Japanese ambassador …
Read More »Temperatures to plummet this weekend, says OCHA
AT Kabul: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan yesterday tweeted that the temperature will reached -35°C in parts of Afghanistan at the end of this week. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan has said that aid agencies …
Read More »OIC insists for women’s rights to education and work in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday discussed Afghanistan’s social and economic situation during a meeting in Jeddah. The OIC’s executive committee called on the Afghan interim government to review its ban on women in education and working in nongovernment organizations (NGOs). The committee decided to send …
Read More »Germany offers scholarships for Afghan female students
AT Kabul: The German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development has announced that this country will provide education to 5 thousand Afghan women who have taken refuge to Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan. This program has a cost of about 7 million euros, which is paid by the German government. The …
Read More »5 killed in suicide blast outside foreign ministry
AT Kabul: At least five people were killed and several others were injured in a blast outside the foreign ministry in capital Kabul on Wednesday, officials said. Kabul police chief Khalid Zadran said an explosion took place on the road outside the Afghan foreign ministry in which five of “our …
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