AT Kabul: The Afghan embassy in Tehran was handed to new representative introduced by Afghanistan interim government’s foreign ministry. Fazl Mohammad Haqqani, the first secretary of the former ambassador of Afghanistan in Iran, taking the seat in a new shift in leadership of Afghan diplomatic mission in Iran. This comes …
Read More »Afghan frozen assets generates $70M interest
AT Kabul: Shah Mohammad Mehrabi, Central Bank supreme council member and board member of the Afghan Trust Fund in Switzerland said that the $3.5 billion fund along with $70 Million of its interest should be used for achieving monetary stability and reducing Afghani currency fluctuation risks. “During the meeting, the …
Read More »Kabul Warns Pak Defence Minister, ISI Chief over recent threats
AT Kabul: Pakistan defence Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif and the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Nadeem Ahmed Anjum led a delegation to Afghanistan earlier this week where they met the Afghan officials. During their meeting with, the Pakistani delegation handed a dossier to the members of the Afghan authorities …
Read More »Dozens dead after boat carrying migrants breaks apart in Italy coast
AT Kabul: Forty-three migrants died and 80 others survived after their boat sank off the Italian coastal city of Crotone in the southern region of Calabria on Sunday (February 26). Speaking to the news agency Reuters, Danilo Maida, a spokesperson for the firefighters’ service in Calabria, said that firefighters and …
Read More »Pakistan restricts movement of Afghan migrants after rise in terror attacks
AT Kabul: Pakistan in order to hide its inefficiency in controlling the terror group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) whose militants have safe haven in the tribal areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has turned towards Afghans coming into Pakistan for treatment, Afghan Diaspora Network reported. Pakistan has recently tightened security measures and controls …
Read More »Afghan citizen dies in Pakistani Jail
AT Kabul: A 60-year-old Afghan citizen died in the Landhi jail, Karachi, Pakistani media reported. As per details, the Afghani citizen named Faiz Muhammad was arrested last month for not having proper documents. The prison sources said that the Afghan council general was informed when the prisoner starts suffering from …
Read More »Our sky is occupied, says acting defence minister
AT Kabul: Afghan acting defence minister said that drones are flying above us and Afghanistan’s space is occupied, adding that everyone, including ministers, commanders, officials and generals, are looking at the sky and there is nothing they can do. He also asserted that American drones are violating Afghan airspace through …
Read More »Pakistan notified Afghan authorities over ‘cross-border attacks’
AT Kabul: Pakistan notified Kabul about the possibility of military operations on Afghan soil, if terrorists according to them, involved in cross-border attacks are not eliminated, a senior Pakistani official told Anadolu news agency. A high-level Pakistani delegation led by Defense Minister Khawaja Asif delivered the message to Afghanistan’s acting …
Read More »ICG: Reducing aid will worsen Afghan economic situation
AT Kabul: A new report by International Crisis Group (ICG) warned that reduction of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan has adverse effects on the people, so the Western countries should adopt a legitimate position. The report adds that Western countries should look for a legitimate position to respond to the ongoing …
Read More »Torkham border fully reopened for trade, transit
AT Kabul: Pakistan reopened a key border crossing with neighboring Afghanistan to all types of traffic on Saturday. The Torkham border, which connects Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to neighboring Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, was shut down unilaterally by the Afghan interim administration last week. Later the Afghan administration announced …
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