AT News KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faced growing criticism in Afghanistan on Sunday after making controversial and insulting remarks about Afghanistan and its people. His comments drew condemnation from Afghan politicians, journalists and people. The controversial statements were made on Sunday Islamabad at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s …
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AT News KABUL: The economic collapse of Afghanistan would have a “horrendous” impact on the region and the world, successive speakers warned Sunday at the start of a one-day summit of foreign ministers from dozens of Islamic countries. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Islamabad brought together dozens of foreign …
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AT News KABUL: The Biden administration is considering a plan to redirect helicopters and other military equipment once allocated for Afghanistan’s previous government’s military to Ukraine to help quickly reinforce its defenses amid a buildup of Russian troops near its border, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said. The equipment is being sought …
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AT News KABUL: A public meeting organized by Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) in Quetta on 2nd December to mark the 48th martyrdom anniversary of Khan Shaheed Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai said that convening an all-inclusive Loya Jirga will be crucial to ending the crises in Afghanistan. In a statement, …
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AT News KABUL: More than 300,000 Afghans were forced to take shelter in Pakistan since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August and majority of them are being asked to return. Pakistani officials revealed the numbers Thursday for the first time, saying 105,000 Afghans entered Pakistan on valid visas, …
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AT News KABUL: Uzbekistan has sent technical engineers to Mazar-e Sharif city to help repair its airport equipment and restart operations after months of shutdown after Taliban takeover in August. Technicians would complete their work on the airport early next year, Uzbekistan special envoy for Afghanistan, Ismatilla Ergashev, said on …
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AT News KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai has said that he had invited Taliban to enter Kabul before the takeover of the country’s capital city on August 15. In a shift in the popular narrative, Karzai revealed that he had invited the Taliban, who had agreed to wait outside of Kabul, to discuss a …
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AT News KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai has said ex-president Ashraf Ghani’s escape ruined a last-minute deal that was meant to transfer the power from Ghani to a power-sharing government. In an interview with the Associated Press published on Wednesday, Karzai said that rumors had spread in the city on …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s healthcare is dealt a devastating blow amid a rapidly shrinking economy and an acute cash squeeze, with hospital already running out of diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients. The Afghan-Japan Communicable Disease Hospital, the only COVID-19 facility for the more than four million …
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AT News KABUL: The UN’s special representative for Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe and its collapsing economy is heightening the risk of extremism. Deborah Lyons said the United Nations predicts that 60% of Afghanistan’s 38 million people face crisis levels of …
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