AT Kabul: A 4.3 magnitude quake shook southeastern Afghanistan on Friday evening at 11: 12 AM, according to India seismic recording agency. The National Center of Seismology of India has announced that an earthquake with a magnitude of 4 on the Richter scale and a depth of 10 km from …
Read More »Fresh border clashes kills one, injures 12 at Chaman
AT News Kabul: The Afghan local authorities and news sources from Kandahar province are reporting today Thursday that there has been a renewed clash between the Pakistani military and Afghan border forces at the Spin-Boldak border crossing in Kandahar province. The local officials of the in Kandahar say that the …
Read More »Inclusive government in Afghanistan key to regional stability
AT Kabul: Pakistan and Tajikistan leaders discussed regional and international issues and called it important to establish an inclusive government in Afghanistan. During their talks in Islamabad, the leaders of two countries, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and Tajikistan’s President Imam Ali Rahman declared in a statement that “In …
Read More »Contract signed to legalize hunting of rare birds in Afghanistan
AT Kabul: The Ministry of Information and Culture said it has signed contracts with a foreign organization to license the hunting of certain birds. The officials said that the contract is worth around $42 million. “Different contracts worth $42 million were signed. All legal considerations have been made,” said the …
Read More »Iran envoy discuss business opportunities with Afghan Investors
AT Kabul: The special representative of the President of Iran in Afghanistan announced his meeting with Afghan and Iranian activists and businessmen. Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan, says that in a meeting with some Afghan and Iranian activists and businessmen in Mashhad city, he discussed business opportunities, …
Read More »UNHCR chief urges engagement with Afghanistan to curb refugee crisis
AT Kabul: Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) chief, stated that the international community has no choice but to interact with Afghanistan, and added that if interaction does not take place, the Afghan people will suffer more and more people will be forced to leave their …
Read More »Injection of new banknotes won’t cause currency slide
AT Kabul: A member of the Afghan Central Bank’s supreme council, Shah Mehrabi, said that the newly printed Afghani banknotes will enter the markets through proper methods that will not affect the value of the Afghan currency. Mehrabi, who is also a member of the trust fund of $3.5 million …
Read More »China urges citizens to leave Afghanistan after Kabul attack
AT Kabul: China on Tuesday advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country “as soon as possible,” following a coordinated attack by ISIS militants the previous day on a Chinese-owned hotel in Kabul city. The militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack Monday afternoon on Kabul Longan …
Read More »Frequent power cut frustrates factory owners
AT Kabul: The Chamber of Industry and Mines said that electricity blackouts have caused factories to decrease output by 60 percent. According to this chamber, 600 factories are active in Kabul city and if the problem of power outages is not solved, most of these factories will go dark. Rahimullah …
Read More »ISIS claims responsibility for attack on Chinese hotel
AT Kabul: In an announcement late on Monday, December 12, ISIS claimed that at least 30 people were killed and wounded in the attack on the guest house of Chinese diplomats and citizens. The emergency hospital said that 3 dead and 18 injured were transferred to this hospital from the …
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