AT News KABUL: Taliban’s prime minister, Mullah Mohammed Hassan Akhund, called on international community on Saturday in his first ever address to Afghan nation to not stop their aid, saying Afghanistan is already facing threat of famine. Speaking in his first TV address since Taliban’s takeover in August, Akhund promised …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations has urged concrete actions to end violence against women in Afghanistan. UNAMA said in a statement said the world needs to urgently respond to needs of women and girls in Afghanistan, especially survivors of violence and those who face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, …
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AT News KABUL: The United States is scheduled to resume talks with the Taliban next week in Qatar to reflect on humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the country not becoming a launchpad for terrorism, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price has said. The US delegation will be led by the …
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AT News KABUL: Chinese firms are visiting Afghanistan to inspect potential trillion-dollar lithium deposits, while others have made contacts about such projects. Global Times quoting several Chinese businessmen in Afghanistan said Chinese firms are marking a concrete initial step in potential cooperation in developing one of Afghanistan’s biggest mineral deposits. …
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AT News KABUL: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that India, as a neighbour and long-standing partner, supports an inclusive and representative government in Afghanistan. At the 18th meeting of the Russia-India-China foreign ministers on Friday, Jaishankar raised concerns about the situation in Afghanistan. At the virtual summit, …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s economy could shrink by 30 per cent or more in the coming months amid an economic and humanitarian crisis in the war-hit country, warned International Monetary Fund. Asia Times said in a report that Afghanistan’s financial condition is continuously moving towards a total economic collapse. Quoting …
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AT News KABUL: The US State Department says it has designated three leaders of the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan as global terrorists, amid Washington’s crackdown on the terrorist group. In a statement on Monday, the State Department said the three members of the Daesh group were classified under the Specially …
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AT News KABUL: Economic sanctions against Afghanistan are depriving millions of the basics they need to survive, said a top Red Cross official, warning Afghan people are suffering from a massive man-made catastrophe. “The economic sanctions meant to punish those in power in Kabul are instead freezing millions of people …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistan has announced over $28 million in food, medical and other humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in meeting with Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and top government officials on Monday ordered an immediate shipment of in-kind humanitarian assistance worth $28 million …
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AT News KABUL: A high-level EU delegation held talks on Monday with foreign ministers from Central Asia to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, regional cooperation and human rights. During the talks in Dushanbe, Tajikistan capital, EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell and Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen asked Afghanistan’s neighbours …
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