AT News KABUL: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced $560,000 of humanitarian aid for the winter to those athletes left behind inside Afghanistan, after evacuating about 300 members of the Afghan sports community. “Thanks to our discreet diplomacy, the Taliban accept and support the delivery by the IOC of …
Read More »AT News KABUL: Afghanistan will host the Netherlands for a three-match ODI series in Qatar which gets underway from January 21 next year. The second and third games are set to be played on January 23 and 25 respectively. All three games will be staged at Asian Town Cricket Stadium, …
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AT News KABUL: China has called on the international community to provide necessary support and assistance to Afghanistan. “We once again call on the international community to provide necessary support and assistance to Afghanistan,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian said in Beijing on Tuesday. He said that as a …
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AT News KABUL: Qatari Foreign Minister has said that the international community has no clear policy on how to deal with the current situation in Afghanistan. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Qatar’s foreign minister, said that the situation in Afghanistan needed “everybody’s help,” specifically to rebuild Afghan infrastructure and support the …
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By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: Following French President Emanuel Macron’s remarks regarding the deployment of EU ambassadors to Kabul, the bloc says that deploying these ambassadors does not mean recognizing the Taliban. French President Emmanuel Macron says several European countries are working to open a joint diplomatic mission in Afghanistan to …
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AT News KABUL: Construction projects worth over $5 billion in Afghanistan have been stalled since Taliban takeover driving up unemployment, according to the union of private construction companies. The Union is urging the Taliban government to appoint a minister of urban development and housing, to address the uncertainty of construction projects in Afghanistan. The country is …
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AT News KABUL: The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said Afghanistan’s current problems are a direct offshoot of wrong policies adopted by the United States during 20 years of its presence in the war-torn country. Ali Shamkhani made the remarks in a Sunday meeting with the visiting …
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AT News KABUL: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that that the situation in Afghanistan has wider repercussions for the Central Asian region and added that both India and Russia have a common interest in ASEAN centrality. Jaishankar’s remarks came during the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held on Monday. “The situation in Afghanistan has …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is on the brink of mass starvation as more than half the population face acute hunger amid freezing temperatures after nearly four months since the Taliban seized power, with the United Nations World Food Program saying the economy is in a freefall. The economic crisis and …
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AT News KABUL: The United States chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan has damaged the U.S. position as a reliable partner amongst global allies, said top experts at the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday. Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst stated during a panel that “U.S. credibility was jeopardized in the last year …
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