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AT Kabul: The board of a Swiss-based trust fund managing some $3.5 billion in frozen assets seized after the Taliban took power last year is meeting in Geneva for the first time on Monday, a Swiss government spokesperson confirmed to Reuters. Trustees include Swiss foreign ministry official Alexandra Baumann, U.S. …

AT Kabul: A blast occurring on Monday evening in the Parwan-e-Si area of Kabul left two people dead, a security spokesman said. Khaled Zadran, the spokesman of the police told the media on Monday night that a Corolla vehicle was hit by an explosion in the Parwan 3 district of …

AT News Kabul: Pakistan on Monday (November 21) reopened a border crossing with Afghanistan which was shut for trade and transit. The crossing was closed post clash between security forces last week. The border crossing is situated between Pakistani town of Chahman and Afghan district of Spin Boldak. Abdul Hameed …

AT News Kabul: An earthquake has struck the main Indonesian island of Java, leaving at least 56 people dead and hundreds injured, local officials say. The 5.6 magnitude quake struck Cianjur town in West Java, at a shallow depth of 10km (six miles), according to US Geological Survey data. Officials …

Markus Potzel, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan, has visited Tajikistan and Uzbekistan for the purpose of discussing regional cooperation with officials of these countries. UNAMA announced that during his visit this week, Mr. Putzel will discuss with the government officials of both countries about …

AT Kabul: The 21st of November coincides with the World Television Day, but this day comes while most of the visual media in Afghanistan are facing economic problems. The organization supporting the free media in Afghanistan (NAI) has published a statement on the occasion of this day and said that …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan’s National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) announced that the process of issuing National ID card in Afghanistan has been resumed normally after reaching one million and 700 thousand new electronic ID cards. The department said, a contract for printing Afghanistan’s electronic ID cards has been signed with …

AT Kabul: Two back to back road accidents killed at least 11 people and wounded 46 others in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province late on Saturday, local officials confirmed Sunday. The first accident took place on Saturday evening as two passenger buses collided with each other in the Kilagai area of …

AT Kabul: The British government has announced that it will provide a new air defense aid package to help protect Ukraine’s civilians and its critical national infrastructure to counter Russian aerial attacks. According to the British government’s website announcement, Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of this country, during his first …

AT Kabul: The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce and Industry says that the blocking of the Spin Boldak-Chaman crossing has cost Afghan traders millions of Afghanis. Abdul Baqi Bana, the deputy of this department, told Voice of America on Saturday that the property of Afghan businessmen is stuck on both sides …