AT News Kabul: Russian President Vladimir Putin entered the ancient city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Mr. Putin is also scheduled to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. This meeting will be the first meeting between …
Read More »Slain Russian diplomats in Kabul awarded Badges of Courage
By: Demitry zhirnov-Russian Ambassador in Afghanistan Kabul: The Russian Embassy in Kabul has announced the awarding of the “Courage badge” to two employees of the embassy who were killed in an explosion 10 days ago. These two diplomats were Mikhail Shah, the second secretary of the Russian Embassy in Afghanistan, …
Read More »Taliban oppose transfer of Afghan assets to the Swiss bank
AT Kabul: Sohail Shaheen, the head of the political office of Taliban in Qatar, in response to the reports about the US’s attempt to transfer half of Afghanistan’s assets to a bank in Switzerland, considered any unilateral decision in this regard illegal. Shaheen told TRT news agency: “Seized reserves are …
Read More »Taliban refuses Pakistan call on presence of JEM leader in Afghanistan
AT News Kabul: Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate, denied the presence of Masoud Azhar, the leader of the Jaish Muhammad group, in a series of tweets on Wednesday. The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate …
Read More »Taliban and Pakistani troops clashed over border posts
AT Kabul: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Wednesday that casualties were reported in clashes across the Durand Line on Tuesday after Pakistan opened fire. IEA deputy spokesman Bilal Karimi said Pakistani forces had tried to build a post close to the Durand Line and when approached by IEA …
Read More »U.S. to move $3.5 bln in Afghan central bank assets to Swiss-based trust
AT News Kabul: The United States on Wednesday announced that it would transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets into a new Swiss-based trust fund that will be shielded from the Afghan ruling body and used to help stabilize Afghanistan’s collapsed economy. The Afghan Fund, managed by a board …
Read More »Afghanistan is not invited to the SCO summit, says Taliban
AT News Kabul: While there is only one day left for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, “Bilal Karimi”, the deputy spokesman of the Taliban interim government, said that the Afghan ruling body has not been invited to attend this meeting. The summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization with the slogan …
Read More »Pakistan asks Taliban to trace and arrest JeM chief Masood Azhar
AT News Kabul: Pakistan’s foreign ministry has contacted the Taliban in Afghanistan to trace and arrest Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, according to a Pakistani media report on Tuesday. The move comes against the backdrop of pressure on Pakistan from Western powers to act against Azhar, a UN-designated terrorist leader …
Read More »Imports decrease compared to the previous year, says ACCI
AT News Kabul: According to the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment, in the last year Afghanistan imported less than one billion dollars of goods from Pakistan, which decrease of more than half from previous year. The group added that Afghan business has decreased not only with Pakistan but also …
Read More »Afghans are caught in a humanitarian crisis, says UN
AT News Kabul: When presenting his report to the Human Rights Council, Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights for Afghanistan, warned about the human rights situation in the country and said, “Afghans are caught in a human rights crisis that the world seems unable to address.” He …
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