Nation

AT Kabul: The 37th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan at the CSTO Ministerial Council was held on Thursday, according to the organization. The participants in the summit discussed the situation in Afghanistan, and noted the persistence of unfavorable trends in the security situation, including the growth of terrorist …

AT Kabul: The UN Security Council, under the current Presidency of Russia, unanimously passed the resolution on Thursday that “condemns the decision by the Taliban to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, which undermines human rights and humanitarian principles.” The resolution also calls for the …

AT Kabul: The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Turkeys’ envoy Feridun Sinirlioğlu to the global body as his special coordinator for Afghanistan on Tuesday. The Security Council asked Antonio Guterres in March to conduct and provide forward-looking recommendations for an integrated and coherent approach among relevant political, humanitarian and development …

AT Kabul: The government of Japan has announced $18 million support to Afghanistan for essential mother and children vaccines through UNICEF. This contribution aims to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable Afghan women and children amidst ongoing challenges in the country. The embassy added that since the beginning of …

AT Kabul: Ex-White House doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson is demanding that President Joe Biden take a cognitive test or drop out of his newly announced 2024 race altogether. Jackson, who has repeatedly questioned whether the 80-year-old president has the cognitive ability to be commander-in-chief, renewed calls for a mental evaluation …

AT Kabul: Vedant Patel, the Deputy Spokesperson of the US State Department, referring to the Qatar meeting for Afghanistan, said: “Recognizing the Taliban is not an option and our priority in this country is to confront the ISIS group.” He added that America will work with international allies to suppress …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in humanitarian aid from the international community this year for nearly 24 million people in need, the U.N.’s humanitarian affairs agency said. Afghanistan is facing its third consecutive year of drought, its second year of severe economic hardship and the continued consequences of decades …

AT Kabul: The Afghanistan security forces, according to American media, has allegedly killed the mastermind of a suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces in 2021. The bomber detonated among packed crowds at the airport’s perimeter on August 26, 2021, killing around 170 …

AT Kabul: The Russian foreign ministry’s spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, in a press conference claimed that the US deliberately left weapons in Afghanistan, and “now they are destabilizing the situation because terrorists may get hold of them.” Speaking at the press conference, Zakharova said that “we will not be surprised if …

AT Kabul: Today coincides with the World Malaria Day; the World Health Organization says that the incidence of this disease has doubled in Afghanistan. According to the figures published by this organization on its Twitter page today, Afghanistan has recorded 125,788 cases of malaria. This organization added that the cases …