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AT News KABUL: The European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that engagement with the Taliban is necessary, but added that that it should be conditional. “Conditions for engagement include five benchmarks that EU had highlighted in September, and the Islamic Emirate should make progress on those benchmarks,” …

AT News KABUL: Central Bank said on Tuesday that it is taking measures to ensure the stability of the afghani, a day after a rapid 12 percent loss of its value against the dollar amid a deepening economic crisis and soaring inflation. The abrupt withdrawal of foreign aid following the …

Afghan students offered scholarships by the Indian government to study this year have been left stranded in Afghanistan as they can’t be granted visas due to closure of Indian embassy after the Taliban takeover. A student with Indian scholarship said that over 1,800 students like him, half of whom from …

A top Taliban official has downplayed any possible threat by the Islamic State terrorist group, Daesh, in Afghanistan, rejecting claims that the group has training centers in the country. Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Motaqi during his visit to Turkey said there is no security problem posed by Daesh …

The ninth evacuation flight by Qatar Airlines took off on Monday from Kabul, flying hundreds of Afghans to Doha, a Qatari official said. Over 353 passengers including an unknown number of Americans, faculty staff and students of Afghanistan’s American University, citizens of Afghanistan, Australia, the Netherland, and Denmark were flown …

A house-t0-house vaccination campaign will begin in Afghanistan to protect millions of children against polio. In a statement, WHO and UNICEF lauded the Taliban to allow the resumption of the vaccination process to all children in Afghanistan. The vaccination drive again polio will resume on November 8 and will be …

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said the current Taliban government in Afghanistan needs internal legitimacy in order for it to gain international recognition. He said that could only be achieved through the expression of the will of the Afghan people, either in the form of elections or holding the Loya …

AT News KABUL: The European Union announced an amount of 1.5 billion-dollar humanitarian package to Afghanistan to prevent further economic crisis in the war-torn country. A part of this fund will go to the neighboring countries of Afghanistan, where hundreds of thousands of people are settled as refugees, fleeing the …

AT News KABUL: Chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah blamed former President, Ashraf Ghani for fall of the country, saying that Ghani’s fleeing from the country caused severe chaos. He made the remarks at India Today Conclave 2021. According to Abdullah, the culmination of some specific …

AT News KABUL: The US and Islamic Emirate Officials reached an agreement over provision of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. The statement said that the direct talks held between the representative of the Islamic Emirate and US officials …