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AT News KABUL: Second Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban interim cabinet, Abdul Salaam Hanafi warned Tajikistan to stop interfering in Afghanistan’s affairs. He made the remarks in reaction to the Tajikistani President Emomali Rahmon’s speeches at the UN General Assembly. Rahmon earlier at the UN General Assembly expressed concerns …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met with graduates who were provided educational scholarships by the Karzai Educational Foundation. The scholars secured degrees of bachelor, master and Ph.D. in various faculties from Russian Federation and India. Former President praised their graduation and hope that the graduates are provided with …

Abdul Rahman Habibzui KABUL: Officials at the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) termed Afghanistan as the worst place for children, calling on the world to provide urgent assistance to Afghan children.  “The world cannot and should not avert its eyes and forget to help those who are most in need and …

Mohammad Parwiz Arian KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai held talks with the special envoys of Russia, China, and Pakistan, where they exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan. Chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, and ambassadors of Pakistan, Russia and China were also present in the …

AT News KABUL: A blast targeting the Taliban vehicle killed one child and wounded two others in Jalalabad, the capital city of the eastern Nangarhar province. Deputy spokesman of the Taliban, Bilal Karimi said that the blast took place in PD 5 of Jalalabad. The wounded include one Taliban fighter …

Mohammad Parwiz Arian KABUL: Amnesty International called for further probe into the Kabul drone strike of August 29 carried out by the U.S. forces, in which 10 civilians including children were killed. Senior Crisis Advisor with Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Programme, said: “This admission is an important step towards accountability …

“UNICEF welcomes news that secondary schools in Afghanistan will be open tomorrow after closing down for months due to COVID-19. “We are deeply worried, however, that many girls may not be allowed back at this time. “Girls cannot, and must not, be left behind. It is critical that all girls, …

Until the fall of the government, there were around twenty newspapers available in the Afghan capital alone, but “today you can’t find even one” KABUL: No newspaper has circulated in Kabul since over a month ago the Taliban took control of the country, and with their extinction the independent media …

Mohammad Parwiz Arian KABUL: Pakistani Premier Imrah Khan says he is in dialogue with the Taliban leadership to form an inclusive government in Afghanistan. The decision to begin dialogue with the Taliban on formation of the government was made after Khan held meetings with the Afghanistan’s Central Asian neighbors. “After …

AT News KABUL: Josep Borrell, chief of the European Foreign Policy says that the EU remained with no choice but to engage with the government of the Islamic Movement of Taliban and maintain its diplomatic mission in Kabul. Borrell told the European parliament that “embassies of the member states have …