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AT News KABUL: Taliban-led government’s foreign minister and finance and central bank officials arrived in Qatar on Wednesday to meet with U.S. special representative and Treasury department official, in the wake of last week´s deadly earthquake. Last week´s devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan killed more than 1,150, with thousands injured. …

AT News KABUL: Russian and Tajik presidents have agreed on boosting defence cooperation, including enhanced security on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border, a plan that comes against the backdrop of concerns frequently raised by both countries regarding breeding grounds of terrorism in Afghanistan. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Tajik counterpart Emomali …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations on Monday launched an emergency appeal for $110 million to provide lifesaving assistance to more than 360,000 Afghans who were affected by last week’s earthquake in Paktika and Khost provinces. The funding is required over the next three months. The United Nations Office for …

AT News KABUL: Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has reportedly approved import of quality coal from Afghanistan in Pakistani rupees instead of dollars as the neighboring country is grasping at claws to save foreign exchange amid economic turmoil. This is as the Taliban government have already stepped up coal exports …

AT News KABUL: A three-day gathering of Afghan scholars will be held in Kabul on Wednesday which will be attended by more than 3,000 clerics and tribal elders from across the country. The gathering is expected to have limited coverage. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, announced that a gathering …

AT News KABUL: India has sent a shipment of 3,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan, an Indian official said, as part of New Delhi’s pledge to provide 50,000 tons of wheat to the quake-hit country. Arindam Bagchi, a spokesman for the External Affairs Ministry, said on Twitter that Delhi …

AT News KABUL: US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, pledged on Sunday to help resolve the banking problems in Afghanistan in a meeting with the Afghan Traders’ Council in the UAE. Obaidullah Sadarkhail, head of the council explained the problems faced by Afghan traders to the US envoy West. He …

AT News KABUL: Relief effort in hard-hit remote Gayan district and other parts of Paktika province recently devastated by a deadly earthquake remains limited due to funding and access constraints. Overwhelmed by the logistical complexities of issues, the Taliban are also grappling with inadequate funds as thousands are still in …

AT News KABUL: The death toll of children alone in last week’s devastating earthquake in south-eastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 155, the United Nations said. The UN’s humanitarian coordination organization, OCHA, said that another 250 children were injured in the magnitude 6 tremor that struck the mountainous villages …

AT News KABUL: Power shortages have impaled businesses and manufacturing companies in Kabul as members of the Afghan Craftsmen Association say electricity outage has caused a reduction in their productions and affected domestic industries for years. “Even in the winter, they provide us just with 10 to 12 hours of …