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AT Kabul: Factory owners in the Sheikh Mesri industrial town of Nangarhar province say that they have suffered heavy losses in the past month due to the lack of electricity. These industrialists add that the lack of electricity has caused serious economic problems and has made thousands of workers unemployed …

AT Kabul: A court in Pakistan’s Karachi city ordered the release of 405 Afghan nationals, the Afghanistan consulate in Karachi told TOLOnews on Wednesday. According to consulate Abdul Jabar Takhari, the order will become into effect in the coming days. “We have once released 428 people and they returned to …

AT Kabul: Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, wrote on Twitter that eight ISIS members were killed and seven other were arrested in an operation late today on 8th district of Kabul. He said that there was an operation on ISIS hideouts in Qalache and Shuhada-e-Saleheen area in Kabul. He also added …

AT Kabul: Iran plans to accept more female students from Afghanistan following the Taliban’s refusal to allow women and girls to study in the country. The official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Tuesday that Iran has increased the university’s budget fivefold for scholarships for Afghan students. There are …

AT Kabul: Russia says Ukrainian forces have killed 89 Russian troops in a missile strike in the Donetsk region, blaming the deadly attack on the illegal use of mobile phones by its soldiers. Lieutenant General Sergey Sevryukov made the remarks in a video statement released by Russia’s Defense Ministry on …

AT News Kabul: Following the increased tensions between Pakistan’s military forces and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the threat of the Pakistani Interior Minister to take action against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in Afghanistan, Ned Price, the spokesperson of the US State Department, supported Islamabad’s plan. He said on Tuesday: “We’re …

AT News Kabul: Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called upon Islamabad to stop issuing threats and carry out “deep review” of its decades long policies related to Afghanistan, adding that prevailing “insecurity” in Pakistan is the result of policies of its own government. His statement came in response …

AT News Kabul: Afghanistan Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that foreign investors from countries, including Iran, Russia and China were interested to invest in Agricultural and electricity sectors in Afghanistan. The acting commerce minister said his government will launch a new “self-sufficiency programme to stabilize the country’s economy and …

AT News Kabul: Pakistan has imposed new restrictions on the transit of Afghan commodities, the Joint Chamber of Afghanistan-Pakistan Commerce on Monday said. The new restrictions announced by Islamabad will create hurdles for traders to transfer their products through Karachi port. Najibullah Safi, head of the Joint Chamber, told media …

AT News Kabul: Dozens of retired officials held a protest in Kabul on Monday to criticize unpaid pensions, saying they have not been paid over the past 16 months, Tolo News reported. The rally was conducted by retirees from military and civil servants of previous governments who said they are …