AT Kabul: Japan’s foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said on Friday during a press conference in Tokyo that his country had resumed limited diplomatic relations with Afghanistan after a hiatus of more than a year. According to Hayashi, the Japanese embassy in Kabul will limit their activities. “At the moment, the …
Read More »Thousands of refugees returned from Iran last month
AT Kabul: Local sources in Nimroz province announced that 34 thousand refugees were returned to Afghanistan from Iran in the past month. It is said that these returned migrants entered Afghanistan from Milk border. Sediqullah Nusrat, the head of Afghanistan’s immigration department at Nimroz province, announced that 34 thousand 188 …
Read More »Taliban to build new constitution for Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that efforts are underway to draft a new constitution and replace it with the current law. After the fall of the former government, the fate of the constitution in Afghanistan remained tentative. He added that, efforts are being made to make the …
Read More »Afghanistan to Face England in First T20 Match
AT Kabul: At the beginning of the 2022 Cricket World Cup, the Afghanistan national team will face England in the first match of this competition. This match is scheduled to be held at 3:30pm on Saturday. Afghanistan won two warm-up matches against Bangladesh and their match against Pakistan ended without …
Read More »US to hold first meeting on Afghanistan’s reserves next month
AT Kabul: Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, said in a virtual meeting about Afghanistan’s foreign exchange reserves that the first meeting among the members of the Afghanistan trust fund is expected to be held next month. According to West, the fund’s board members, that includes two representatives …
Read More »Taliban clashes with ISIS in capital Kabul
AT Kabul: Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Taliban, informed about the operation of the security forces on an ISIS hideout in the east of Kabul. He said that in this operation, 2 ISIS members were arrested and 6 others were killed, including those who attacked the Kaj education center. …
Read More »New head of UNAMA meets Afghan women activists
AT Kabul: The new head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva met with Afghan women activists and discussed the key issues affecting women and girls amid the economic slump. “Restrictions to access to education and work were particularly stressed as Afghans struggle to cope with …
Read More »Pakistan’s election commission disqualifies ex-PM Imran Khan
AT Kabul: Pakistan’s election commission has disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan from holding public office for five years on charges of unlawfully selling government gifts he received from foreign dignitaries and concealing assets. The five-member committee headed by chairman Sikandar Sultan Raja issued the verdict on Friday after the …
Read More »Afghan refugees still stranded in the Abu Dhabi camp
AT Kabul: The United Arab Emirates officials, in a meeting with the Afghan refugees in the Abu Dhabi camp, said that they will close the center for the next three months, but the American embassy has not yet made a specific promise about speeding up the refugee process and settling …
Read More »Pakistan bans Pashto language in Army Public Schools
AT Kabul: In a recent crackdown in Khaibar Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, the Army has banned Pashto in its Army Public Schools, reported local media. As it has been banned now in many schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, students have been warned they would be fined if caught speaking in the language. …
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