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AT News Kabul: Locals in Kabul have expressed their frustration over prolonged power cuts amid the freezing cold. The outages have resulted in leaving people with numerous challenges a result of which they urge the authorities to address the matter. According to the residents, electricity is supplied for four to …

AT News Kabul: The Turkish foreign minister at a conference with his Iranian counterpart on Tuesday emphasized on the need to provide women and girls access to education and work, Tolo news reported. Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Tuesday that the there …

AT Kabul: The extreme cold wave of the last week, in addition to the loss of life, has also damaged animal husbandry and caused huge losses to farmers. In the Northern provinces, Samangan has the highest loss of livestock. According to the head of agriculture of this province, 10,653 sheep, …

AT News Kabul: Senior UN officials have arrived in Kabul for talks as the United Nations chief voiced concern over imposed restriction on women, a UN spokesman said Tuesday. Since returning to power 17 months ago, the Afghan interim government have imposed severe restrictions on women, keeping them out of …

AT News Kabul: Qatar has vowed to stand with Afghan women as they continue to face “irrational” restrictions by the Afghan interim government, Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Tuesday. In an interview with CNBC Middle East, Sheikh Mohammed said Qatar has been reaching out to …

AT News Kabul: Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, met with Ms. Amina Mohammad, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, and her accompanying delegation. Hamid Karzai welcomed the mentioned delegation to Afghanistan, and expressed his gratitude for the cooperation of the United Nations with Afghan people especially the …

AT Kabul: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Japanese Embassy in Afghanistan announced Japan’s aid of 1.3 million dollars for women in Helmand. This announcement states that this money will be spent to strengthen maternity and gynecological services for pregnant women and babies in this southern province of …

AT Kabul: At least three leading international aid agencies have partially resumed life-saving work in Afghanistan, after assurances from the authorities that Afghan women can continue to work in the health sector. CARE, Save the Children, and International Rescue Committee (IRC) suspended their operations in late December in protest at …

AT Kabul: The organization of (Read to Lead Afghanistan) in its winter drive distribution, today distributed aid packages for 100 needy families in Kabul, 4th district. According to the organization the packages which include a bag of flour, oil, rice and winter clothes were distributed to service workers of hospitals, …

AT Kabul: David Wright, the operational manager of Save the Children Fund, says that all the activities of this organization in Afghanistan have been stopped for almost a month. According to Mr. Wright, the activity of female employees is very important for providing services and without women they cannot carry …