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AT Kabul: The passing of Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Qatar on Monday marks the end of an era in contemporary Islam. Al-Qaradawi was one of the world’s most influential Muslim scholars, and a vocal advocate for Palestinian liberation as well as for the Arab awakening of 2011. His passing at the …

AT Kabul: The Public Relations Department of the Governorship of Ghor announced that a contract has been signed with an Iranian company for the extraction of minerals in the Afghan province and the practical work will begin in a month. According to the announcement by the governor of Ghor in …

AT Kabul: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban deputy foreign minister, emphasized that girls’ schools in the country should be reopened as soon as possible. Stanekzai said in a meeting held on the occasion of “International Tourism Day” that education should be provided to men and women in the country …

AT Kabul: Afghan Mixed Martial Art fighter Ahmad Wali Hotak on Tuesday returned to the country after winning his first professional boxing match against his Azerbaijani opponent in Moscow. On 20th September, Hotak defeated his Azerbaijani opponent, Ali Madadov, in the third round Ahmad Wali Hotak returned to the country …

AT Kabul: The World Food Organization (WFP) said that its chartered vessel BC Vanessa has departed from Odessa’s seaport loaded with 30,000 metric tons of wheat destined for Afghanistan.  This organization adds that the first convoy of this wheat has moved to Afghanistan through the Black Sea. A spokesman for …

AT Kabul: An evacuation flight carrying people from the Sikh minority in Afghanistan arrived in India Sunday. Fifty-five Afghan Sikhs arrived in a special flight which landed at Delhi airport Sunday, as a part of the government’s efforts to evacuate the distressed minorities from Afghanistan. This group, which includes 38 …

AT Kabul: A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in the southwest area of the country late on Sunday killing all six soldiers on board, including two officers, the military said on Monday. The helicopter crashed during a “flying mission” near Harnai in the province of Balochistan, the military’s public relations wing …

AT Kabul: South Korea and Japan say North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its eastern coast, amid simmering tensions on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported the launch early Sunday as a US aircraft carrier has arrived in the country to …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan continued to express concern about the decrease in the attention of the international community to Afghanistan and added that the general priority of the world community should be the revival of Afghanistan’s economy and the implementation of infrastructure and important social projects. The …

AT Kabul: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan stated in a recent report that it has signed an agreement with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) to provide essential medicines and medical supplies for drug treatment. “Through the 2 M USD partnership, UNDP and UNODC will …