By Megan Specia The New York Times It may come as a surprise, particularly to those less familiar with parliamentary systems of government, that the decision on Britain’s new leader has been made by just a small (and not very representative) fraction of the country’s 67 million people. Around 160,000 …
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AT News Kabul: Afghanistan received a fresh batch of 40 million U.S. dollars in cash humanitarian aid and deposited to one of the country’s commercial banks, the central bank said in a statement on September 6. While expressing gratitude and appreciation for the help of the international community, Da Afghanistan …
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AT News Kabul: The new academic year of 1401 started yesterday in tropical provinces of Afghanistan while schools for female students in grade 7-12 remain closed around the country. In the session that were held for this purpose, the speakers expressed their satisfaction with the new beginning of the academic …
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AT News Kabul: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it plans to conduct the measles vaccination to 550,000 Afghan children. UNICEF has said in a tweet today, Wednesday, that this number of children in 9 central provinces of Afghanistan will benefit from the measles vaccine. According to the United …
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AT News Kabul: Pakistan’s Taliban accused the military Tuesday of breaking a fragile ceasefire, after the army said five soldiers and at least four militants died in a gun battle in the country’s northwest. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) declared an indefinite ceasefire in June to facilitate peace talks being brokered by …
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AT News Kabul: Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan held a meeting with Bahador Aminian, Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan in Kabul on Tuesday. In the meeting, the two sides exchanged views and discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan described Iran as a …
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AT News Kabul: Etisalat Afghanistan today announced it has distributed cash donations to victims of recent floods in Logar province. A wave of devastating flash floods hit and destroyed parts of Logar’s Khwakhay district in late August, killing at least 20 people. Etisalat sent a team to the affected areas …
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Demitry Zhirnov-Russian Ambassador in Afghanistan Kabul: The Russian Embassy in Kabul announced that its consular services have been temporarily suspended. The Russian embassy in Kabul announced it last night (Monday) by publishing a tweet. The embassy has not specified when it will resume its consular services. It should be mentioned …
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AT News Kabul: The Secretary General of the United Nations has condemned the attack on the consular section of the Russian Embassy in Kabul. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, in response to the suicide attack on the Russian Embassy in Kabul: “Attacks against civilians and diplomatic missions are …
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AT News Kabul: Officials of Kandahar Municipality say that they buried the bodies of fifty people who had no heirs in the last one year, Tolo news reports. The officials added that they recently buried the bodies of 17 people who had been kept in the hospital’s cold storage for …
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