AT News KABUL: The regular shortage of electricity in Kabul city has caused closure of dozens of factories where 15,000 workers have lost their jobs. Kabul residents are suffering problems from electricity shortage in the last one month and are provided with power only six hours a day. The power …
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AT News KABUL: The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) says they have started the initial works of the restoration of the fifth minaret in the western province of Herat. They said Wednesday that samples of the minaret had been taken and would be sent to Italy for more research. An …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Aga Khan, on behalf of the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), on November 24 reaffirmed his enduring commitment to a peaceful and pluralistic Afghanistan, according to the AKDN. In a statement delivered at the virtually held 2020 Afghanistan Conference, His Highness the …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met chairman of reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday, talking about the council’s efforts on peace and the recent developments. Abdullah’s office said that the two sides emphasized on reduction of violence, urging that all points of peace should be concentrated on this. …
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Since the collapse of the Taliban regime in 2001, the international community’s financial support has been the bedrock of progress in Afghanistan, with tangible impacts in the lives of millions of war-hit Afghans. Sans multi-donor countries support, including the World Bank’s International Development Association, the fragile development at the status …
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Two explosions rocked central Bamyan city, formally regarded as one of the safest provinces, injuring nearly 50 others AT News KABUL: Double explosions in the heart of Bamyan city, the provincial capital of the same name, claimed 14 lives and injured nearly 50 others, provincial officials confirmed. The blast happened …
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AT News KABUL: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, angrily addressed Atta Noor Chief Executive of Jamiat Party, promising to dismiss employees of the Hairatan port in Balkh province most of whom are said to have been Noor’s men. Saleh said Tuesday that the security pact was not a secret document, …
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AT News KABUL: The parliament canceled Tuesday session in criticizing first vice president Amrullah Saleh who had accused the legislators of corruption. The members of parliament planned to listen to six nominees for cabinet, but the session was canceled. Parliament Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani said that the Green Trend, a …
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AT News KABUL: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation called on the Afghan war parties to “seize the historic opportunity” to pursue dialogues for reconciliation and lay out a durable peace in Afghanistan. The OIC in a statement on Tuesday said that Secretary General of the Organization, Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen …
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AT News KABUL: Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that Iran has always supported intra-Afghan dialogue, owned and led by Afghans themselves. He made the remarks in an address to the virtual 2020 Afghanistan Conference in Geneva on Tuesday. It is a tragedy of epic proportions that twenty years …
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