AT News Kabul: Oil prices surged on Monday as the world’s major oil-producing nations agreed to cut output at the same time as a price cap placed on Russian seaborne crude oil by the G7 and its allies came into force. The US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and …
Read More »Afghanistan open for Indian investment
AT News Kabul: Over the last two decades, Indian public and private sector entities had invested around $3billion mainly in the infrastructure sector of the country. Afghanistan requires Indian investment, a representative of the Islamic Emirate told The Hindu newspaper on Sunday. Islamic Emirate Head of Political Office Suhail Shaheen …
Read More »Acting defence minister holds talks with UAE president
AT Kabul: Mullah Yaqoob, Afghan acting defence minister has met the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahyan, for talks in Abu Dhabi on strengthening relations, the ministry and UAE state media reported on Monday. They discussed “strengthening relations, bilateral cooperation between the UAE and …
Read More »2 killed as truck runs into crowd at Torkham gate
AT Kabul: Two pedestrians were killed and eight other persons, including a Frontier Corps official, sustained injuries when a loaded container at the Torkham border crossing fell on them. Officials said the incident occurred when the driver of a vehicle with a container loaded with miscellaneous export goods mounted on …
Read More »U.S., U.K. special envoys on Afghanistan to visit Delhi this week
By SUHASINI HAIDAR AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai for the first time has left the country for a foreign trip after the fall of republic government back in August 15, 2021. Days after U.S. and EU representatives met with former Afghan leaders at Herat security conference in Dushanbe, …
Read More »ISIS claims responsibility for Pakistani embassy attack in Kabul
AT Kabul: ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan’s embassy in the capital Kabul on Friday, via a statement carried by one of the militant group’s affiliated channels on Telegram on Sunday. The embassy came under attack on Friday and a Pakistani security guard was wounded by gunfire in …
Read More »UNICEF to provide cash aid to poor families in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The United Nations Children’s Fund in Afghanistan or UNICEF has written on its Twitter page that it will provide cash assistance to 112,000 needy families in Afghanistan this coming winter. The tweet further states that the aid will be provided with the cooperation of two organizations from Britain …
Read More »US envoy discusses Afghanistan with Japanese officials
AT Kabul: The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, has held talks with Japanese officials on humanitarian needs, human rights and political dialogue during his two-day visit to the country. “Japan has been a friend of the Afghan people and our partner there for over 20 yrs, and we …
Read More »Blast in Jalalabad city leaves 6 injured
AT Kabul: According to local media, an explosion occurred in the city of Jalalabad located in Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. According to the report, the incident happened in the fourth district of this city near Sikh temple. According to the Sputnik news agency, the head of the Taliban’s Intelligence and …
Read More »15 percent of Afghanistan population lives with disability: OCHA
AT Kabul: Today on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that an estimated 15 percent of Afghanistan’s population lives with disability. (OCHA) tweeted today saying that Afghan disables face dire situation as the humanitarian crisis is still raging in …
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