AT News KABUL: The U.S. and a host of allied countries have called on the Taliban government to end the targeted killings of former members of Afghan security forces, a claim the Taliban have been denying since an HRW report last week. Some 22 nations in a joint statement demanded …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistani government has started supplying medicines to Afghanistan in a move to strengthen its assistance as the country is facing serious medical and health challenges. The first consignment of medicines worth Rs25 million was dispatched from Karachi for treatment of viral diseases, regular drugs for common diseases …
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AT News KABUL: The United States forces withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Coronavirus, has challenged countries in the Indian Ocean, said Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. “The American withdrawal from Afghanistan leaves both the immediate and extended region grappling with serious concerns about terrorism, radicalism, instability, narco-trafficking and governance …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban in a decree banned forced marriages of girls in Afghanistan, saying women should neither be married off without consent nor be considered a property. This is as international community is pressuring Taliban government to extend women’s rights around work and education. The decree was announced …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan will be the top agenda of the meeting of foreign ministers from Organization of Islamic Cooperation which will be held in Islamabad on December 19, with presence of delegations from the European Union and the P5 group of the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China. …
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AT News KABUL: French President Emmanuel Macron has said that several European countries are considering opening a joint diplomatic mission in Afghanistan. A number of issues had to be resolved – particularly security – for ambassadors to return, Macron said, but he hoped a mission would open soon. “This would …
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AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai is calling for an inclusive government in Afghanistan and a Loya Jirga should be convened to help gain legitimacy and international recognition. Karzai emphasized on an inclusive government in Afghanistan with inclusion of different segments of the society as a means of gaining …
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AT News KABUL: Clashes that erupted between Iran’s border forces and the Taliban near the Afghan province of Nimroz have ended, Iran’s Tasnim news agency said on Wednesday, adding that the fighting was a mere “border misunderstanding”. “Clashes ended and Iran is discussing the dispute over the border with the …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations appealed on Thursday for a record $41 billion to provide life-saving assistance next year to 183 million people worldwide caught up in conflict and poverty, led by a tripling of its program in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, more than 24 million people require life-saving assistance, …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations refugee agency has urged Afghanistan’s neighbors to open their borders to Afghans seeking to flee their war-torn country — even if they don’t have documentation. Afghanistan’s land borders with Pakistan and Iran are currently open “almost solely” to Afghans with the required passports and …
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