AT Kabul: The British government has announced that it will provide a new air defense aid package to help protect Ukraine’s civilians and its critical national infrastructure to counter Russian aerial attacks. According to the British government’s website announcement, Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of this country, during his first …
Read More »Chaman border closure hits hard on Afghan traders
AT Kabul: The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce and Industry says that the blocking of the Spin Boldak-Chaman crossing has cost Afghan traders millions of Afghanis. Abdul Baqi Bana, the deputy of this department, told Voice of America on Saturday that the property of Afghan businessmen is stuck on both sides …
Read More »Afghanistan membership revoked in MFC
AT Kabul: The Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) has announced that it has removed Afghanistan’s membership in this coalition. This decision was taken due to the loss of freedom of the media and the imposition of restrictions on the media by the current Afghan ruling body. Canada and Netherlands, which jointly …
Read More »Pakistan refuses to recognize the Taliban
AT Kabul: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, announced that his country will follow the international consensus on recognizing the Taliban government. Pakistan’s foreign minister said at a press conference in Islamabad “As far as the recognition of the Taliban is concerned, Pakistan does not want …
Read More »Turkey pushing back Afghans at Iran’s border, says HRW
AT Kabul: Human Rights Watch said in a report that Turkey is routinely pushing back tens of thousands of Afghans at its land border with Iran or deporting them directly to Afghanistan with little or no examination of their claims for international protection. “Human Rights Watch also found that Afghans …
Read More »SIGAR identified reasons for the collapse of the previous Afghan government
AT Kabul: SIGAR found the most important factor in the former ANDSF’s collapse in August 2021 was the US decision to withdraw military forces and contractors from Afghanistan, which was based on the US-IEA agreement signed in February 2020 under the Trump administration. SIGAR stated the reasons for the collapse …
Read More »Shahrazad Akbar to continue as chairperson of IHRC
AT Kabul: “Thomas West”, the US special representative for Afghanistan peace affairs, says that Shahrazad Akbar will continue her duties as the head of the Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan. West said in a twit, that he talked with Shahrazad Akbar about the tightening of restrictions against women and …
Read More »Moscow format on Afghanistan kicks off
AT Kabul: The fourth meeting of the Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan has started today, November 16, with representatives from Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The participants in today’s meeting will discuss security issues in Afghanistan, including the concern about the presence of …
Read More »Afghans face harsh winter despite humanitarian aids
AT Kabul: The Afghanistan branch of the United Nations Food Program (WFP) said the poor families have exhausted all their food reserves and resources before winter, and they will face the threat of death when the weather turns cold. The department added: “Many poor families in Afghanistan have finished all …
Read More »Frequent power outage frustrates Kabul residence
AT Kabul: Some residents in Kabul said that they have just seven to eight hours of electricity in a day. Residents of Kabul expressed concerns over the shortage of power, saying that they are facing many challenges as winter approaches, Tolo News reports. “We have a lot of problems due …
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