AT News KABUL: The Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada called for the world to stop interfering in how they run Afghanistan, insisting sharia law was the only model for a successful Islamic state Akhundzada, who has not been filmed or photographed in public since the Taliban returned to power in …
Read More »India delivers 6 tons of medical aid to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: India has delivered another batch of aid comprising six tons of essential medicines to Afghanistan as part of its humanitarian assistance to the country in the wake of a devastating earthquake in southeast. India has supplied 20 tons of medical assistance in seven batches to Afghanistan in the last few months. …
Read More »US, Taliban in Qatar discuss frozen assets, women’s rights
AT News KABUL: The delegation of Taliban and the United States held a two-day talk in Qatar to discuss in detail US actions to preserve $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank reserves for the benefit of the Afghan people as well as steps to build international confidence in Da Afghanistan …
Read More »Situation of Afghan women, girls worsening, warns UN
AT News KABUL: The recent earthquake in Afghanistan has aggravated the already desperate situation facing the Afghan population, especially women and girls, says the United Nations human rights chief. Addressing a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet said hunger and food insecurity were affecting over 90 percent …
Read More »Putin says Russia in contact with all Afghan political forces
AT News KABUL: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow is keeping contacts with all Afghan political forces, stressing that all afghan ethnic groups should be involved in running the country. At a meeting with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon in Dushanbe on Tuesday, Putin said that Russia will …
Read More »US, Taliban officials to meet in wake of deadly earthquake
AT News KABUL: Taliban-led government’s foreign minister and finance and central bank officials arrived in Qatar on Wednesday to meet with U.S. special representative and Treasury department official, in the wake of last week´s deadly earthquake. Last week´s devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan killed more than 1,150, with thousands injured. …
Read More »Russia, Tajikistan agree to boost Afghan-Tajik border security
AT News KABUL: Russian and Tajik presidents have agreed on boosting defence cooperation, including enhanced security on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border, a plan that comes against the backdrop of concerns frequently raised by both countries regarding breeding grounds of terrorism in Afghanistan. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Tajik counterpart Emomali …
Read More »UN launches appeal for $110 million to help Paktika quake survivors
AT News KABUL: The United Nations on Monday launched an emergency appeal for $110 million to provide lifesaving assistance to more than 360,000 Afghans who were affected by last week’s earthquake in Paktika and Khost provinces. The funding is required over the next three months. The United Nations Office for …
Read More »Pakistan to import coal from Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has reportedly approved import of quality coal from Afghanistan in Pakistani rupees instead of dollars as the neighboring country is grasping at claws to save foreign exchange amid economic turmoil. This is as the Taliban government have already stepped up coal exports …
Read More »A glimpse of past two decades in Afghanistan
After the fall of the Taliban government in 2001 and establishment of a republic government in Afghanistan, many people received the change with much euphoria as they were liberated from years of persecution and finally achieved freedom.
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