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AT News KABUL – June 8 marks 1,000 days since the Taliban imposed a ban on girls over the age of 12 attending school in Afghanistan. The edict, enacted shortly after the Taliban regained control of the country in 2021, has deprived hundreds of thousands of girls of formal education. …

AT News KABUL – The United Nations is finalizing the agenda for a pivotal two-day international conference on Afghanistan, aiming for broad acceptance from all parties. Roza Otunbayeva, head of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, met with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul to discuss the details …

AT News KABUL – The UN’s top humanitarian official, Martin Griffiths, criticized the Taliban’s de-facto government for failing to uphold human rights commitments. Speaking at a briefing, Griffiths, who is stepping down at the end of June, expressed his disappointment, stating, “The world is a worse place now than when …

AT News KABUL – Germany is contemplating deporting Afghan migrants who threaten public security, following the fatal stabbing of a policeman by a 25-year-old Afghan at an anti-Islam event. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser emphasized the need for swift deportations of such individuals, citing public safety concerns. The federal prosecutor has …

AT News KABUL – Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, denied Pakistani officials’ claims about terrorists entering Pakistan from Afghanistan. The leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party also said that Pakistan has provided the use of its airspace to the United States over the past twenty years …

AT News KABUL – In just one month, Pakistan witnessed four girls’ schools in the country’s western region being bombed or set on fire. The last attack was on May 29, when a group of unidentified armed men attempted to set fire to a school in Surab district of Kalat division. …

AT News KABUL – The United Nations Security Council has announced plans to hold a meeting on Afghanistan, according to its monthly report. The session will feature speeches by Roza Otunbayeva, head of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, and a member of Afghan civil society. Martin Griffiths, U.N. Under-Secretary-General …

AT News KABUL – The risk of penetration of radical ideology from Afghanistan into the member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is increasing, said Rustam Emomali, chairman of Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament. Addressing the Council of the Parliament Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in …

AT News KABUL – The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)Opens in new window has rushed to support tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan who are being affected by ongoing flash floods, mainly in Baghlan, Badakhshan and Ghor. Afghanistan’s most recent floods killed about 350 people, including dozens of children, and damaged more …

Head of State, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, emphasized the situation in Afghanistan during his discussions with participants at a Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meeting, as reported by the Kazinform News Agency correspondent. The President of Kazakhstan stated that a key strategic objective currently is …