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AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met with a number of members of the Erfan Social Foundation. In this meeting, the participants talked about providing the ground for lessons and education and development of professional skills for girls and boys across Afghanistan as well as innovation in the health …

AT News KABUL: Two people have been injured after a roadside bomb went off in Yaftal district of Badakhshan province on Saturday, sources said. A car carrying head of Taliban’s environment director in Yaftal district rammed into a roadside bomb. Sources said at least two people were injured in the …

AT News KABUL: India has resumed its diplomatic mission in Afghanistan after sending a technical team to its embassy in Kabul, more than ten months after it was closed following the Taliban’s takeover of the war-torn country. New Delhi said the team was sent to the Indian embassy to monitor …

AT News KABUL: Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) is accusing the State Department and United States Agency for International Development of withholding information about the fall of the Afghan government during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan last August. SIGAR director John Sopko said in the letter to Secretary of State …

AT News KABUL: Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,500 people and left thousands more homeless. Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said a huge relief effort was ongoing inside and outside the quake-struck …

AT News KABUL: The world community has pledged humanitarian aid to thousands of people affected by a monster earthquake early on Wednesday which killed at least 1,500 villagers. An additional 2,000 have been injured in the aftermath of the quake, according to Taliban officials. Japanese government and Deputy Secretary of …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations’ humanitarian agency said Wednesday it was scrambling to get emergency shelter, trauma care and food aid to the scene of a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. The earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds more, …

AT News KABUL: Condolences continued to pour in to Afghanistan after at least 1,000 victims lost their lives and more than 1,500 others were injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern parts of the country. Former President Hamid Karzai said he is deeply saddened by the loss of life and …

AT News KABUL: An earthquake in the east of Afghanistan has killed 1,000 people and hurt 1,500 more, Bakhtar news agency said, as officials scramble to rescue those trapped and help those affected by Wednesday’s disaster. Rescue efforts are likely to be complicated since many international aid agencies left Afghanistan …

AT News KABUL: A massive measles outbreak in Afghanistan threatens to bring the country’s weak health system to its knees while putting an unsustainable burden on humanitarian agencies to fill the gaps, according to aid workers. Save the Children reports a spike of almost 300 percent in the number of …