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Anand K Sahay AT Kabul: The recent killing of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawhiri in a CIA drone strike in Kabul, at an address evidently linked to Taliban interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, is very bad optics for the regime. It raises complex questions about the Taliban, and requires us to ponder …

AT Kabul: More than 400 private schools across Afghanistan have closed their doors due to various reasons, including economic problems, according to a report. Zabihullah Furqani, a member of the Union of Private Schools, said that many students gave up school due to poverty, while girls from grade six to …

AT Kabul: Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has broken his silence around a year after the collapse of his government to give an interview blaming the US, politicians in Kabul and others for the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. In his first televised interview with newly established media outlet Afghan Broadcasting …

AT Kabul: “Ali Akbar Mehrabian”, Iran’s Minister of Energy, during his trip to Kabul, meets and talks with Afghan officials about Iran’s claim to the Helmand River. Recently and for the first time, the Taliban interim government opened the Kamal Khan Dam to Iran in the implementation of the Helmand …

AT Kabul: A report by the World Bank stated recently that since the fall of the government in Afghanistan, the country is facing a humanitarian crisis and is currently at risk of overlapping food crises. Responding to the report, the Ministry of Economy of Taliban however blamed the sanctions imposed …

AT Kabul: In its final report of the investigation into the authenticity of the theft of millions of dollars by the former President of Afghanistan, U.S. special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), wrote that Ashraf Ghani answered only 5 of the 56 questions of this organization, and these answers …

AT Kabul: David Petraeus, the former head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), stated that the reality and manner of America’s withdrawal allowed our enemies to claim that America is not a reliable partner and instead a great power in decline. On the anniversary of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, …

AT Kabul: In an inrerwive with NPR, Former Prisedent Hamid Karzai calls on the United States government to atone for its mistakes in Afghanistan and help Afghan nation during these hard times.When the Taliban captured Kabul last August, the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Afghans fled …

AT Kabul: Three senior commanders of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan. According to Pakistani media quoting Pakistani officials and militant sources. Omar Khalid Khorasani, Abdul Wali Mohmand, , The other two were identified as Hafiz Dawlat and Mufti Hassan were killed …

AT KABUL: The United Nations has urged greater security for minorities following the Islamic State claimed blasts that killed and injured more than 120 people in Kabul recently. The United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) wrote on its Twitter: “Following the Islamic State-claimed blasts in Kabul in recent days that killed …