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Kremlin accuses US of bid to export Afghan heroin to Russia

AT News KABUL – Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has claimed that the Taliban’s anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan over the past year surpassed the accomplishments of the US-led coalition’s two-decade campaign, alleging US interest in exporting Afghan heroin to Russia before the Taliban came to power. Medvedev referenced …

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Russia sends 40 metric tons of aid to quick-hit Afghanistan

AT News KABUL – Russia has dispatched 40 metric tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in response to the recent seismic upheaval in Herat, according to an announcement by the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Russian Defense Ministry orchestrated the delivery via two specialized flights aimed at aiding the affected population. …

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Pakistan resists global pressure amid post-apocalyptic scenes along Afghan border

AT News KABUL – A prominent global human rights advocate, Amnesty International, issued an urgent plea on Friday, pressing the Pakistani government to immediately halt the ongoing detainment and mass deportations of Afghan refugees. Livia Saccardi, Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns for South Asia at Amnesty International, underscored the gravity …

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Washington, New Delhi urge Taliban to respect human rights

AT News KABUL – The United States and India, speaking in unison, have called upon the Taliban to honor the fundamental human rights of all Afghans, particularly emphasizing the rights of minorities and women within Afghanistan. During an impactful joint gathering in New Delhi, the Foreign and Defense ministers of …

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Iran, Afghanistan eye $10B bilateral trade volume

AT News KABUL – In a landmark move heralding a significant economic shift, Iranian officials and Taliban de facto authorities have laid the foundation for a projected $10 billion bilateral trade agreement. Economic Adviser of Iranian President’s Special Envoy in Afghanistan Affairs Mohammad-Mehdi Javanmard-Ghassab has announced the ambitious target following …

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Freedom, women’s rights in tatters in Afghanistan

AT News KABUL – Prospects remain grim for women and girls inside Afghanistan in 2023, as well as the hundreds of thousands of undocumented refugee women and girls whom Pakistan is currently forcing to return to the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. As they have since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, Gallup surveys …

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Iran, Afghanistan sign five key economic agreements

AT News KABUL – Iran and Afghanistan signed five economic cooperation agreements related to transportation, civil aviation, mining and free trade zones. A delegation from the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan met with Iranian officials in Tehran and held economic discussions, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported. The meeting …

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World Bank says half of Afghanistan lives below poverty line

AT News KABUL – The World Bank‘s top economists say half of Afghanistan‘s population currently lives below the poverty line. World Bank Senior Economist Silvia Redaelli said: “We see that in terms of monetary poverty, we still have half of the population that in 2023 is consuming below the poverty line.” Director and …

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Taliban not invited to ECO Summit in Tashkent

AT News KABUL – The Taliban de facto authorities were not invited to the 16th Economic Cooperation Organization Summit in Tahskent, Uzbekistan, which is deemed as a significant regional economic gathering. Although Afghanistan is a member of the ECO, but no invitation was sent since the current interim Taliban government …

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Washington claims no equipment were left behind during withdrawal from Afghanistan

AT News KABUL – The United States has said that no equipment was left behind by American forces during the Afghanistan withdrawal that could be utilized by terrorists to target Pakistan. This is as the Taliban inherited a huge arsenal of weaponry abandoned by American forces in August 2021. This …

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