AT News KABUL: The European Union said on Friday it was re-establishing a physical presence in Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, but stressed it was not formally recognizing the Taliban-led administration. It was the first such announcement by a Western power since the 27-nation EU and many governments withdrew staff and …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan exports have plunged drastically as air corridors to overseas have been suspended after Taliban took power, Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment said Sunday.According to ACCI officials, the suspension of flights via air corridors has created challenges in exporting merchants’ goods abroad. The officials said they …
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AT News KABUL: The first national polio immunization campaign for 2022 begins this week, 17-20 January 2022 targeting 9.9 million children aged 0–59 months across Afghanistan. The recent campaign in November 2021 delivered polio vaccinations to 8.5 million children under the age of five while the December campaign vaccinated more …
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AT News KABUL: The U.S.’s watchdog for Afghanistan predicted the collapse of Afghanistan’s air force months before U.S. troops withdrew. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) revealed its findings in a report that it first issued to the Department of Defense in January 2021 but was not publicly released until last …
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AT News KABUL: The United States Department of Defense on Tuesday announced that the helicopters of the former Afghan army would not be returned to the country so that they may not be used by the Taliban regime. After the fall of the ex-regime, many pilots of the country’s air …
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AT News KABUL: The EU provides € 268.3 million to support the education, health and livelihoods of the Afghan people. The EU has launched € 268.3 million projects that increase much-needed support to the Afghan people in the great humanitarian crisis facing Afghanistan. EU support focuses on maintaining education, maintaining livelihoods …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban-led government on Tuesday gave its approval for a railway link between Afghanistan and Pakistan, greenlighting rail links between the cities of Peshawar and Kabul and Peshawar and Jalalabad. Approval for a rail link with Uzbekistan was also given. The cabinet of the new government, during …
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AT News KABUL: Taliban authorities in the eastern zone have said that clashes broke out between Pakistani forces and Taliban on Sunday night in the Sarkano district of Kunar province, close to the Durand Line after Pakistani army fired dozens of rockets into Afghanistan. Pakistani forces fired 21 rockets towards …
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AT News KABUL: A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Qadis district in Badghis on Monday, killing 28 people, wounding several others and destroying more than 800 homes. The earthquake was preceded by a smaller earthquake and was felt in Badghis, Ghor and Herat provinces. There were fears the death toll …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf is set to visit Kabul on Tuesday amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.This would be the second high-level visit from Pakistan since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August last year, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.According to the Pakistani daily, a high-powered …
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