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AT Kabul: India announced Rs 200 crore ($24.3 million) for Afghanistan in the Union Budget 2023-24, which was presented on Wednesday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. New Delhi development assistance for the Afghanistan in the budget, is the same amount announced in last year’s budget. Notably, India has continued its …

AT Kabul: “Amina Mohammad”, the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, stated that during her trip to Afghanistan, she discussed women’s rights with the members of the Taliban Ulama Council in Kandahar. She mentioned on her Twitter that she tried to secure the rights of Afghan women during this …

AT Kabul: Afghan women have been struggling for their rights, recently, they have launched a cultural spot, under the name of Women’s Library in Bamyan province. The purpose of establishing this library is to increase the scientific capacity of girls and women, to fight against illiteracy and to institutionalize the …

AT Kabul: Amid the relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan deteriorating, the Islamabad government released thousands of undocumented detained Afghan nationals from Sindh province. The Afghanistan embassy in Islamabad had announced the release of 120 Afghan nationals who had previously been imprisoned in Sindh. It tweeted that some 130 Afghan detainees …

AT Kabul: Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, said that Islamabad supports the continuous engagement with the current Afghan government, during a meeting with Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan. The Pakistani official tweeted that he spoke with the US special representative for Afghanistan on recent developments …

AT Kabul: The Department of Meteorology has warned of heavy snowfall and rain in 12 provinces of Afghanistan. This directorate said in an announcement on Wednesday, that the provinces of Balkh, Sarpol, Maidan Wardak, Bamyan, Daikundi, Ghor, Badakhshan, Jawzjan, Faryab, Badghis, Herat and Farah will witness snowfall and rain on …

AT Kabul: A mission of the UN Standing Committee to Afghanistan has reported positive signs concerning women’s rights in the country. The mission was sent to Afghanistan last week to look into the effects of the ban on women education and work. Omar Abdi, deputy executive director for programming of …

AT Kabul: Afghan MMA fighter Abdul Karim Badakhshi has defeated his Azerbaijani opponent Omar Razayov in an overnight bout. This competition was organized by the International Organization of free fight (ACA) and Abdul Karim Bakshi has defeated his rival. The 32nd round of the free fighting competition of this organization, …

AT Kabul: Retirees expressed concern and called on the interim government to pay their pensions as they are facing dire economic conditions, Tolo news reported. The retirees said that they have not received their pensions for the past two years, and asks the authorities to heed their demands.  “It is …

AT Kabul: Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in a meeting with Qatar’s foreign minister, Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, discussed regional developments and particularly Afghanistan. In a meeting with his counterpart from Qatar, the foreign minister of Iran stressed the need for an inclusive government in Afghanistan and referred to …