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AT Kabul: Commentary forwarded by Russian Ambassador in Afghanistan Dmitriy Zhirnov regarding interview of Yury Ushakov, the foreign policy aide to the Russian president! Russia took the rotating presidency of the BRICS group in 2024. Yury Ushakov, Russian presidential foreign policy aide, referring to Vladimir Putin comments on the occasion …

AT Kabul: At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire blazed through a seven-story building in an upscale neighborhood in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late Thursday, health authorities said. “So far 43 people have died from the fire,” Bangladesh’s health minister Samanta Lal Sen told …

AT Kabul: At least 15 people have been killed and 44 injured in a fire at a residential building in eastern China’s Nanjing, local authorities said Saturday. The fire broke out early Friday morning, officials said at a press conference, with a preliminary investigation suggesting the blaze started on the …

AT News KABUL – The completion of the first road link between Afghanistan and China by the Taliban has sparked concerns in Beijing. Analysts suggest that despite the Taliban’s aspirations for the project to become a crucial link in China’s vast network, Beijing is likely to approach the situation with …

AT News KABUL – The Afghanistan specter casts its shadow over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, creating a complex geopolitical landscape for both the United States and Russia. Ukraine’s top commander declares a “stalemate” in Russia’s war, with resilient defenders preventing the complete annihilation of the Ukrainian state but facing …

AT Kabul: After a deadly earthquake struck Morocco, claiming over 2000 lives with more than 2000 injured, the country on Saturday declared three days of national mourning, according to an announcement from the royal palace. “Three days of national mourning have been decided, with flags to fly at half-mast on …

AT Kabul: Germany opposes sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, its foreign minister said on Friday, a day after U.S. officials said Washington was planning to provide Kyiv with the weapons, widely denounced for killing and maiming civilians. Human rights organisations oppose such a move and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock …

AT Kabul: A private rocket carrying the first Arab woman astronaut has blasted off on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher from Saudi Arabia, was joined on Sunday’s mission by fellow Saudi Ali al-Qarni, a fighter pilot. The pair are the first …

AT Kabul: Eight Pakistanis died while six were injured in a fire incident at a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah city, the Pakistan Foreign Office said on Saturday. In a statement issued today, it says, “In an unfortunate fire incident in a hotel in Makkah, we have reports of eight …

AT Kabul: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has called for nationwide “freedom” protests on Sunday after his brief arrest and detention last week triggered deadly unrest. Khan, who has been tied up in dozens of legal cases since being ousted from power in April 2022 – was freed on …