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AT News KABUL – Former senior UN official, Mark Malloch-Brown, has called on Western powers to shift their focus from “Great Game” politics to the welfare of the Afghan people. Malloch-Brown, President of the Open Society Foundation, in an opinion piece for the Financial Times, stated that the ongoing international …

AT News KABUL – The Taliban rulers have prevented scores of Afghan female students from traveling to the United Arab Emirates for higher education, says the chairman of a scholarship group that had extended offers to them. Expressing his disappointment, Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, chairman of the Al Habtoor group, …

AT News KABUL – A recent study by Care International has revealed a shocking reality in Afghanistan, where a staggering 80% of school-aged girls and young women are being deprived of education. This alarming statistic makes Afghanistan the only country in the world to enforce a ban on the education …

AT News KABUL – Save the Children has warned that children in Afghanistan are facing an imminent risk of starvation and death as the country grapples with its worst drought in 30 years – a crisis that has exacerbated the prevailing poverty and hunger in the country, particularly since the …

AT News KABUL – Angelina Jolie has stepped forward to advocate for the imprisoned Afghan education activist, Matiullah Wesa, who was arrested by the Taliban on March 27 and had been a vocal supporter of girls’ education in Afghanistan. Wesa co-founded a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting education in rural …

AT News KABUL: More than 200 members of Afghanistan’s former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since the Taliban took over, the UN mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday, despite a “general amnesty” for old enemies. This is as the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has rejected the report …

AT News KABUL: Pakistani officials said 11 soldiers were killed and three others injured in an armed attack by religious militants early on Tuesday in the South Waziristan tribal district of Barah. Tehrek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) movement — also known as the Pakistani Taliban — claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming …

AT News KABUL: Fifty Afghan businessmen, accompanied by a delegation from the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment, joined the 7th South Asia-China Import and Export Exhibition. The event showcased Afghan products and services through booths set up by these entrepreneurs. According to Khan Mohammad Sarfraz, a representative of the …

AT News KABUL: At least 13 labourers were killed and two others injured in a terrorist attack in the restive North Waziristan tribal district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan, police said on Sunday. “Terrorists detonated explosives near Gul Mir Kot in Shawal tehsil late Saturday night and blew …

AT News Kabul: Following reports of two attacks by Pakistan against Pakistani militants in Afghanistan, Fasihuddin Fitrat, the chief of the Taliban’s army, criticized Islamabad’s security capabilities. He suggested that Pakistan tends to shift blame onto Afghanistan whenever security incidents occur. Pakistani officials, including Gen. Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, …