AT Kabul: The committee said the administration’s decisions resulted in a “national security and humanitarian catastrophe” According to TASS news agency Republicans from the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability have started an investigation of the actions of Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration related to the withdrawal of …
Read More »US may have shot down party balloon worth $12 with $439000 missile
AT Kabul: One of the objects downed by the US Air Force using a $400,000 missile last weekend may have been a $12 balloon released by a hobby group, a report said. The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade told Aviation Week that one of its balloons had gone missing, and …
Read More »Pakistan trade with central Asia relies on Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The Pakistan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said that the current situation in Afghanistan, and other issues including terrorism, poses a challenge to economic and trade relations of Pakistan with Central Asian nations. She said that Afghanistan has a positive effect on the expansion …
Read More »Bodies of 18 Afghan migrants found in abandoned truck in Bulgaria
AT Kabul: Bulgarian police have made four arrests after 18 people, including a child, were found dead in an abandoned truck in Bulgaria, its government says. The truck appeared to have been illegally transporting a group of Afghan migrants. Thirty-four people, including five children, were rushed to hospitals and some …
Read More »China, Iran call on Afghanistan to form an inclusive government
AT Kabul: Iran and China have urged mutual neighbor Afghanistan to for an inclusive political system and end restrictions on women’s work and education. The call came in a joint statement Thursday issued at the close of a visit to Beijing by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during which the two …
Read More »OCHA: $479M needed to provide clean drinking water to 14M people
AT Kabul: Drought and a scarcity of water have become a new difficulty for ordinary Afghan people to contend with in these challenging economic times. Hunger, poverty, unemployment, security, and a lack of access to adequate healthcare and education have already had a negative influence on people’s lives. United Nations …
Read More »Iran pledges to help Afghan health sector
AT Kabul: Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health announced that Afghan Acting Minister of Public Health, met with Iranian Minister of Public Health in that country. In this meeting, which was attended by the head of the Afghan Embassy in Iran, in addition to bilateral cooperation in the health sector, there …
Read More »United Nations: 6 million Afghans face severe food insecurity
AT Kabul: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says there is an urgent need for action as millions of people in Afghanistan face food insecurity. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) wrote on its Twitter account on Wednesday when people ask about the …
Read More »Afghanistan marks 34th anniversary of Soviet withdrawal
AT Kabul: Today, 15 February, has been declared a holiday to mark the anniversary of the withdrawal of former Soviet forces from the country. The Red Army of the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan on December 1979 under the pretext of strengthening the communist government in Kabul, but after 9 …
Read More »PTM leader Ali Wazir pledges to continue struggle in Pakistan
AT Kabul: Ali Wazir one of the senior members of the Pashtun Preservation Movement (PTM), was released from Karachi prison after more than two years of imprisonment and was warmly welcomed by the members of this movement. Ali Wazir was accused of making provocative statements against Pakistan’s government institutions, but …
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