Afghanistan Times
AT Kabul: The UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths said in a meeting with the Taliban authorities that they will provide 4.6 billion dollars’ worth of aid to Afghanistan in 2023. Mr. Griffiths said that the purpose of our trip to Afghanistan is to focus on humanitarian activities so …
Read More »Afghanistan extends electricity supply contract with Turkmenistan
AT News Kabul: Power Company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) and Turkmenenergo have signed an additional agreement to extend contracts for electricity supplies from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan for 2023, the Afghan company reported. The document was signed in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat by DABS CEO Mula Muhammad Hanif Hamza …
Read More »Russia and West on verge of ‘real war’ – Lavrov
AT Kabul: The current situation in Ukraine shows that the conflict between Russia and the West can no longer be defined as a “hybrid war” but is instead approaching being a real one, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference following a meeting with …
Read More »Humanitarian aid reached to half a million Afghans this winter: OCHA
AT Kabul: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan announced that they have provided humanitarian aid to 565,700 people during this winter. According OCHA they are delivering vital winter support to vulnerable Afghan families including blankets, heating, shelter repair & cash for rent. Previously OCHA …
Read More »Companies at risk of layoffs due to power outage
AT Kabul: Abdul Jabbar Safi, the head of the Afghan Industrialists Association, says that more than 1200 industrial companies in the capital, south and east of the country have stopped operating due to the lack of electricity and thousands of people have lost their jobs in recent weeks. With the …
Read More »Fire engulfs police station in Balkh province
AT News Kabul: The local officials in Balkh province says that the police station in Dehdadi district is burnt down due to electrical failure and caused damages worth about one million Afghanis. According to Balkh province police department the incident happened at 5:30 pm on Saturday, and the three-story building …
Read More »Russia interested to join TAPI project
AT News Kabul: Russia will participate in TAPI transnational gas pipeline project if receives a proposal from partner countries, says President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for Afghanistan Pajhwok news reported. The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline will transport up to 33 billion cubic meters of gas per year through a steel pipeline …
Read More »Chinese nationals arrested over smuggling Lithium stone
AT News Kabul: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have arrested five men, including two Chinese nationals, for allegedly trying to smuggle an estimated 1,000 metric tons of lithium-bearing rocks out of the country. The arrests and the seizure of the rocks were made in the eastern Afghan border city of Jalalabad. …
Read More »Unknown disease claims live of 21 people in Badakhshan
AT News Kabul: Local sources in “Badakhshan” province announced that 21 residents of “Pamir” died due to a respiratory disease that is very similar to Corona. Sources say that this disease had spread in Pamir two weeks ago and at first it took the lives of 6 residents of this …
Read More »Taliban vows to guarantee safety of TAPI gas pipeline project
AT News Kabul: Security officials of the Afghan interim government, in a meeting with the executive officials of the project to transfer Turkmenistan’s gas from Afghanistan to India and Pakistan (TAPI), assured the security of this project in Afghanistan. The economic deputy of the Taliban cabinet said that if needed, …
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