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Funding to provide time-critical agricultural support to 8 000 food insecure smallholder families Kabul: Japan has announced to disburse USD 122.2 million to support humanitarian and development programmes in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The new funding is part of Japan’s previous commitment to provide financial assistance to Afghanistan by up to …

Abdul Rahman Habibzui KABUL: Afghan women urge for an immediate ceasefire and end the ongoing war in the country. Zuhra Ahmadzai, head of women commission in the High Council for National Reconciliation said Tuesday that the commission was working on a plan to ensure permanent cease fire and sustainable peace …

AT News KABUL: Two drug traffickers were arrested with 19 Kilograms of hashish during a counter-narcotics crackdown in the eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said. Two drug dealers were arrested with 19 kilograms of hashish during an operation conducted by police in the Police District of Jalalabad city, the provincial …

AT News KABUL: Taliban militants have threatened to resume attacks on the foreign soldiers if the US would not remain adherent to the peace deal signed last year under which American troops are to leave Afghanistan by May this year. In a statement, the insurgents rejected allegations of having hand …

AT News KABUL: The government accused the Taliban of making hurdles on the path of the peace negotiations and prolonging war across the country. Rahmatullah Andar, spokesman for the National Security Council said that Ghani administration showed flexibility regarding ceasefire and other issues related to the peace process. “The peace …

AT News KABUL: At least 49 Taliban fighters were killed and 11 others wounded during operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces over the past 24 hours, security officials said. “The Taliban rebels had gathered and were planning to attack the Afghan security forces’ checkpoints in …

AT News KABUL: A magnetic bomb targeted a military vehicle, killing two people and wounded another one in the PD 7 of Kabul city’s Jangalak neighborhood. One of the dead was civilian, Kabul police said in a statement on Monday without providing further details. Nobody asserted responsibility for the attack. …

AT Times KABUL: The Urban Water Supply and Sewage company says it would implement irrigation projects in all cities by the end of the 1400 Persian Year (March 2022). Hamidullah Yalani, head of the company said Monday that the projects were underway in 22 cities, assuring that many people in other cities …

AT News KABUL: Around 200 internal displaced families received cash donations provided by an international relief agency in northern Baghlan and western Ghor provinces, officials said Monday. The Provincial Directorate of Refugees and Repatriates in Ghor province granted cash aids to 98 internal displaced families, said a statement issued by …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 62 new positive cases of Coronaviurs disease with one person succumbing to the pandemic over the past 24 hours throughout the country, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday.   The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic now reaches to 55,121 cases …