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AT News Kabul: A local journalist has recently gone missing in Zabul province following his return from a trip to Iran. Reports have emerged suggesting that the Taliban may have arrested him, although authorities have denied these allegations. Reza Shaheer, a reporter affiliated with Rah-e-Farda TV channel, is believed to …

AT News KABUL: A UN’s top expert on human rights in Afghanistan on Monday lambasted the Taliban for its systematic abuses against Afghan women, urging countries to hold the Taliban accountable for their “gender persecution”. “Grave, systematic and institutionalized discrimination against women and girls is at the heart of Taliban …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. government has said Afghanistan is among the worst countries in human trafficking where millions of people are exploited every year by trafficking mobs. The Taliban’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has however rebuked the report as propaganda, saying Afghanistan doesn’t face such grave humanitarian crisis. The U.S. …

AT News KABUL: More than two years after the U.S. and Taliban peace agreement in Doha, a top Human Rights Watch official has lambasted the deal as incomprehensive which greatly excluded Afghan women from any future political engagement. Heather Barr, associate director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights …

AT News KABUL: A Russian company will help rebuild Salang Tunnel which is a major route linking Central Asia to south Asia. The tunnel has been in shambles for the past decade as it serves as the only dilapidated route for heavy cargo to northern Afghanistan. An Afghan-Russian construction company …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban authorities have met with UN OCHA head to push for more aid as Afghanistan is suffering from both economic and humanitarian crisis. Taliban’s Minister of Economy, Qari Deen Mohammad Hanif met with the head of UN OCHA Isabelle Moussard Carlsen and asked the United Nations …

AT News KABUL: More than 100 experts from national and international banks in a conference convened in Dubai on Thursday discussed ways to strengthen Afghanistan’s payment system to help revive the private sector and create jobs. World Bank’s country director for Afghanistan, Melinda Good, said the two-day workshop was attended …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban have reportedly accepted to allow a team of Iranian experts to inspect the reservoir of the Kajaki dam as both countries are at loggerheads over their shares to Helmand River. The caretaker of Iran’s Embassy in Kabul Hassan Kazemi Qomi has said that agreements have …

AT News KABUL: A top Russian official is blaming the Australian authorities for attempting to downplay the war crimes its soldiers committed in Afghanistan. According to an investigation, Australian Special Forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan. As a result, Australia reported 19 active-duty and former soldiers …

AT News KABUL: The U.N. children’s agency has said it is discussing with the Taliban over possibility and timelines for a handover of UN education programmes in Afghanistan. UNICEF said that the Taliban could ban international organisations could no longer be involved in education projects, in a move criticized by the …