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AT Kabul: The ancient Silk Road, an overland route linking the East and the West, spanning thousands of miles, with its longest part lying across the territory of Central Asia, has embodied the spirit of cooperation, mutual learning and mutual benefit for years. Since China proposed the Belt and Road …

AT Kabul: Pakistan Human Rights Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Sunday said, the former ISI chief Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed wanted to bring the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members back to the country, but his plan backfired, Pakistan based Dawn newspaper reported. He said that: “At that time, General Faiz …

AT News Kabul: A delegation from the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives visited Tajikistan and met with the ambassador of former Afghan government on Monday. “Zahir Aghbar”, the ambassador of former Afghan government in Tajikistan, announced that a delegation from the foreign affairs committee of …

AT Kabul: Shops in Uruzgan province were closed by authorities due to their usage of Pakistani rupees. Officials of the committee for Afghani Promotion said that the usage of foreign currency has been banned in this province and will deal legally with violators. “We will keep this process going until …

AT News Kabul: As China’s trade with Afghanistan has been growing fast, the “Silk Road” report indicates that China is considering Afghanistan’s participation in “Belt and Road” initiative that turn Afghanistan as second largest trading partner for China, after Pakistan in 2023. Silk Road Briefing (SRB) provides global and regional …

AT Kabul: The special envoys of Iran and China for Afghanistan discussed ways for cooperation between Tehran and Beijing to ensure peace and stability in Afghanistan. Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan who also acts as the caretaker ambassador of Iran in Kabul, held a meeting …

AT Kabul: Torkham, the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been closed with local media reporting gunfire near the border transit point. It was not immediately clear whether Afghan or Pakistani authorities closed the Torkham border crossing, near the Khyber Pass, but Monday’s move comes after relations between …

AT Kabul: The Afghan interim government has decided that military bases left by foreign forces will be gradually handed over to the Ministry of Industry and Trade in order to turn them into special economic zones. Economic Deputy Office of the Prime Minister announced during the regular meeting of the …

AT Kabul: The Afghanistan Ministry of Public Works announced that heavy snowfall in Badakhshan provinces has blocked the roads in four districts of this province. According to Ministry’s the roads to Arghanchkhah, Raghistan, Kohistan and Yavan districts of this province are currently blocked. On Sunday, this ministry announced that the …

AT Kabul: The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, said that the humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan has made it more difficult for the Afghan interim government to live up with its obligations towards the international community. Speaking in a panel discussion in the Munich security conference Zardari urged …