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AT News KABUL: A three-day gathering of Afghan scholars will be held in Kabul on Wednesday which will be attended by more than 3,000 clerics and tribal elders from across the country. The gathering is expected to have limited coverage. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, announced that a gathering …

AT News KABUL: India has sent a shipment of 3,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan, an Indian official said, as part of New Delhi’s pledge to provide 50,000 tons of wheat to the quake-hit country. Arindam Bagchi, a spokesman for the External Affairs Ministry, said on Twitter that Delhi …

AT News KABUL: US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, pledged on Sunday to help resolve the banking problems in Afghanistan in a meeting with the Afghan Traders’ Council in the UAE. Obaidullah Sadarkhail, head of the council explained the problems faced by Afghan traders to the US envoy West. He …

AT News KABUL: Relief effort in hard-hit remote Gayan district and other parts of Paktika province recently devastated by a deadly earthquake remains limited due to funding and access constraints. Overwhelmed by the logistical complexities of issues, the Taliban are also grappling with inadequate funds as thousands are still in …

AT News KABUL: The death toll of children alone in last week’s devastating earthquake in south-eastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 155, the United Nations said. The UN’s humanitarian coordination organization, OCHA, said that another 250 children were injured in the magnitude 6 tremor that struck the mountainous villages …

AT News KABUL: Power shortages have impaled businesses and manufacturing companies in Kabul as members of the Afghan Craftsmen Association say electricity outage has caused a reduction in their productions and affected domestic industries for years. “Even in the winter, they provide us just with 10 to 12 hours of …

AT News KABUL: China has pledged to provide $7.5 million in emergency humanitarian aid for victims of a deadly earthquake in Paktika and Khost provinces. A flight carrying the first shipment of the aid including tents, sheets and convertible beds would reach Afghanistan on Monday. Global Times quoted Foreign Ministry …

AT News KABUL: Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in Paktika province are at risk of cholera disease and are in need of clean water and food, an Afghan health ministry official said on Sunday, days after a U.N. agency warned of a cholera outbreak in the region. After the earthquake hit …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations has allocated $10 million to thousands of people affected by a deadly earthquake last Wednesday in south-eastern Afghanistan. More than 1,150 people were killed and about 2,000 people were injured with 10,000 homes partially or entirely destroyed in Wednesday earthquake, and five others were …

AT News KABUL: Led by Russia, the Central Asian countries have expressed their deep concern over the threat of terrorism spreading in the region perceived to be due to the growing activity of international terrorist organizations in Afghanistan. Defense ministers of Russia and Central Asian countries met in Moscow on …