AT News KABUL: A senior Russian official has expressed concerns that terrorists from Afghanistan can slip into Central Asian states and Russia via the border with Kazakhstan. Russia’s Security Council deputy secretary, Alexander Grebenkin, on Sunday said that Moscow has been monitoring on tenterhooks the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power. He said Afghanistan …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations on Monday warned that Afghanistan’s financial system could collapse within months if no urgent action is taken to prop up local banks, amid lower deposits and a cash liquidity crunch pushing more people to poverty. The UN Development Programme, in a three-page report, said …
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AT News KABUL: China has ramped up its measures to help Afghan people tackle an ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis by opening an air corridor for agricultural trade. Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu said on Sunday that a train with more than 1,000 tons of humanitarian aid departed China’s …
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AT News KABUL: Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan has warned that afghani currency may continue to be in free fall as Afghanistan’s assets continue to be frozen by the US and its allies. “Our Western colleagues need to somehow solve this issue now,” said Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban misconstrued facts in their recent letter to the US Congress warning of humanitarian consequences if the United States fails to unfreeze more than $9 billion in Afghan assets, said US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West. “The Taliban’s letter to Congress earlier this week misconstrued …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban government said on Saturday that overdue salaries of all government employees from past three months will be paid at once starting on Saturday. Deputy spokesperson of Taliban’s government, Inamullah Samangani, quoting the ministry of finance tweeted, “salaries of all government employees from past three months …
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AT News KABUL: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the situation in Afghanistan prompts the need for additional security measures on Russia’s southern frontiers. Addressing a high-profile government meeting in Moscow on Thursday, Putin said, “We face serious tasks in the Afghan direction, especially after the Americans have pulled out …
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AT News KABUL: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that America is focused on the evacuation of its citizens from Afghanistan, and will keep working on it. Speaking at the IISS Manama Dialogue 2021, Austin said, “We remain focused on making sure currently that we can continue to get out those American citizens and …
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AT News KABUL: Taliban say an ISIS hideout was obliterated in an operation on Thursday evening in Murad Bik village of Kabul’s Shakar Dara district, where two Daesh terrorists were killed and gunfire was exchanged for several hours. Fighting between the Taliban forces and the Daesh fighters lasted for five …
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AT News KABUL: Russia’s Security Council secretary Nikolay Patrushev has said that Afghanistan is in a critical situation, warning that crisis could lead to civil war if the Taliban fails to find a viable solution. “The situation unfolding today in Afghanistan is unprecedented both in military-political and socio-economic terms. If …
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