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AT Kabul: Qatar has expressed “deep concern” over the Taliban’s decision to ban female employees from working with non-governmental organisations. Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement called on the Taliban to review its decision to allow women to work in the various jobs available to them in the …

AT Kabul: Four international aid agencies including Save the Children said on Sunday they were suspending their humanitarian programmes in Afghanistan in response to the Taliban’s decision to stop female employees from working, Reuters reported. The Taliban on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) not to let …

AT Kabul: Three security personnel, including the police chief for northern Badakhshan province, were killed and two others wounded as a result of an explosion, officials said. The blast took place early on Monday next to the provincial police headquarters, the interior ministry official said, adding that an investigation had …

Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, had an introductory meeting with Mr. Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the special representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran for Afghanistan and the new ambassador of that country in Kabul. In this meeting, Hamid Karzai thanked Mr. Bahadur Aminian, the former ambassador of the …

AT Kabul: The decision to ban women’s work in domestic and international organizations in Afghanistan faced widespread reactions at national and international levels. UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, said that this decision of the Taliban will have bad consequences in the areas of children’s health, nutrition and the provision …

AT Kabul: The United States Senate has passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that includes hundreds of billions of dollars for military spending but fails to include a bill seen as crucial for Afghan refugees stuck in legal limbo. The Senate passed the enormous 4,155-page bill with bipartisan support on …

AT Kabul: Taliban administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to stop female employees from coming to work, according to an economy ministry letter, in the latest restriction on women’s movements. The letter, confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson, said the female employees were not allowed to …

AT Kabul: A 69-year-old gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, witnesses and prosecutors said. The shots shortly before midday (1100 GMT) caused panic in rue d’Enghien in the trendy 10th district of the …

AT Kabul: Dozens of women marched in Afghanistan against the Taliban’s decision to ban female students from university. Women marched the streets shouting ‘everyone or no one’ after the ban was announced by the higher education minister on Tuesday. Demonstrations broke out in Kabul after female students were turned away …

AT Kabul: Former President Hamid Karzai has thanked and appreciated Al-Azhar University, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, United Nations and other countries of the world for their clear stance in supporting the right to education and higher education. Karzai, besides stressing the vital and basic value of education for the growth, …