KABUL: Facing pressure to prevent a humanitarian and economic catastrophe in Afghanistan, the Biden administration on Wednesday took steps to allow more aid to flow into the Taliban-led country. The measures exempt aid groups from stringent economic sanctions that were imposed against the Taliban before they seized control of the government and have been strangling …
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AT News KABUL: Saudi Arabia is delivering its convoy of humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan via Pakistan. Provided by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid Center, the aid is being transported by 200 vehicles from Pakistan to Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to Pakistani media. The media reported that the aid …
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AT News KABUL: After Pakistan’s missile strikes on eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban destroyed the border fence erected by the Islamabad government in the first border clash with the Pakistani military. Tasnim news agency reported that Taliban special forces destroyed the border fence Pakistani military had built along the Durand Line …
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AT News KABUL: Uzbekistan has pledged to start work on the railway that connects Tashkent to Afghanistan and Islamabad early next year, according to the Taliban. The Ministry of Finance said that the acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met with Uzbekistan’s minister for transport, Makhkamov Ilkhom, on the sidelines …
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AT News KABUL: Prices of essential food and fuel items remain high in Afghanistan markets even after the country’s currency recovered after it dived to a record low of 30 percent against the US dollar earlier this month. The value of afghani currency had dropped drastically, mostly driven by an …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban will risk losing power in Afghanistan if an inclusive government is not formed, Russian special envoy Zamir Kabulov told Sputnik on Friday. “Ethnic political inclusiveness is needed. They might lose power in the near future if they keep acting like that. They will have to …
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AT News KABUL: A US media report has revealed that US airstrikes conducted with imprecise targeting and “deeply flawed intelligence killed thousands of civilians in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. The New York Times reported that the civilian death toll was a lot higher than the 188 deaths reported in Afghanistan and the …
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AT News KABUL: Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Sunday sought cooperation of Central Asian nations to help provide aid to Afghanistan and ensure the Taliban form an inclusive and representative government in the country. At the third India-Central Asia Dialogue on Sunday, India and five Central Asian countries called …
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AT News KABUL: Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday lashed out at Pakistani Prime Minister for attempting an “obvious propaganda against Afghanistan”. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in his speech at the summit of Organization of Islamic Countries on Sunday in Islamabad said that Pakistan faced threat from Islamic …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faced growing criticism in Afghanistan on Sunday after making controversial and insulting remarks about Afghanistan and its people. His comments drew condemnation from Afghan politicians, journalists and people. The controversial statements were made on Sunday Islamabad at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s …
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