AT Kabul: In a new report, the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has expressed concern about the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. In his 56th quarterly report to the United States Congress, SIGAR pointed out the general situation in Afghanistan, especially the situation of women …
Read More »Al-Zawahiri: From a surgeon to Al Qaeda leadership
AT Kabul: American officials and media announced this Saturday morning that Ayman al-Zawahiri, the senior leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, was killed in an American airstrike in Afghanistan, but who he was and how did he become the leader of the world’s largest terrorist network? Ayman Mohammad Rabi Mustafa …
Read More »Taliban in talks with china over oil
AT Kabul: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said in its annual report that the ministry is in discussions with the Chinese CNPCI company about the oil contract for the Qashqari region of the Amu Darya River basin. The Taliban acting minister of mines and petroleum said that Afghanistgan …
Read More »Farmlands, homes washed away in Amu River overflow
AT Kabul: Some residents of the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz province complain about the destruction of their agricultural land and homes by Amur River floods. They said frequent flooding in the river caused them damages and massive loss. If the river’s banks were not fortified, they warned, their …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi begins Asia tour, with no mention of Taiwan
AT Kabul: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi kicked off a closely-watched Asia tour on Monday in Singapore as China warned that its military would never “sit idly by” if she were to visit Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing. Amid widespread speculation over whether she would make …
Read More »US will continue efforts to stabilize Afghanistan’s economy
AT Kabul: The US has promised to continue working closely with its partners to help stabilise Afghanistan’s fragile economy. Outgoing US Chargé d’Affaires Ian McCary tweeted the Department of Treasury had issued multiple general licences to facilitate the flow of economic activity and vital assistance to the Afghan people. However, …
Read More »Afghan journalists in exile launch news platform
AT Kabul: Afghan journalists-in-exile have launched an independent media platform, Amu TV, to publish on-the-ground stories from Afghanistan, in hopes that safeguarding the flow of information can help save lives. After securing grants and private donations earlier this year, they recruited fellow journalists-in-exile to work as editors and translators of …
Read More »At least 120 dead in flash floods
AT Kabul: The Deputy Minister of the interim government of the Taliban announced that during the past month, 120 people in Afghanistan lost their lives due to floods. Sharafuddin Muslim, Deputy Minister of the Taliban Interim Government for disaster Management, announced that last month, 120 people lost their lives and …
Read More »Concerns rise over security threats from Afghanistan among members of SCO
AT Kabul: The meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was inaugurated in Tashkent on July 29, hosted by Vladimir Narov, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and attended by the foreign ministers of Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India and Pakistan and Zhang Ming, the Secretary General …
Read More »Rocket landed in empty house in Kabul’s Sherpur
AT Kabul: A rocket hit a house in Kabul’s locality of Sherpur on Sunday, causing no causalities, the Ministry of Interior said. Abdul Nafee Takour, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior of the interim government of the Taliban, has confirmed the occurrence of an explosion in the city of …
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