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AT News KABUL: China’s ambassador and the Taliban’s governor of the Afghan central bank met on Thursday to discuss banking relations and business, according to Reuters. Economy, banking relations, business and relevant topics were discussed in this meeting, bank’s spokesperson Hassibullah Noori told Reuters, adding the meeting took place on …

AT News KABUL: Japan, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and NGOs have discussed humanitarian aid and economic development projects in Afghanistan, a statement said on Friday. The Special Envoy of the OIC Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Ambassador Tarig Ali Bakheet, and the coordinator of the OIC Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (AHTF), …

AT News KABUL: Norwegian government has invited the Taliban administration to a meeting to be convened on Afghanistan issues with representatives and civil activists of various countries in Oslo this week. According to official sources, Norway’s foreign ministry invited a second-level Taliban delegation instead of their foreign minister Amir Khan …

AT News KABUL: Afghan farmers have been badly hit by a staggering swarm of Moroccan locusts, continuing a cycle of destruction in northern Afghanistan, according to reports. In northern Balkh province, many wheat farms have been plagued by the veracious pests and desperate farmers use nets to sweep up the …

AT News KABUL: A number of Chinese companies have already begun negotiations with the Taliban authorities regarding possible development and infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, reports said. A group of Chinese investors have traveled to Wardak province to discuss investment to build manufactories factories. In a meeting with Maidan Wardak governor, …

AT News KABUL: A group of Afghan diaspora groups, activists and international organizations with the support of Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) is organizing the London Peace Conference on Afghanistan in an attempt to urgently call attention to the humanitarian crisis in the country. The Peace Conference on Afghanistan …

AT News KABUL: United Nations Children’s Fund on Monday warned that child labors has risen to drastic level, announcing one child out of five Afghan children is forced to work to make a living. On the occasion of ‘World Day Against Child Labor’, UNICEF said that almost 22 percent of …

AT News KABUL: Iranian officials have said positive steps have been taken regarding the Helmand Water Rights Treaty in their negotiations with the Taliban administration. The spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, Nasser Kanaani, told a press conference that an agreement has been made after an Iranian delegation met with Taliban …

AT News KABUL: The UN agencies are extremely concerned at the escalation of humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, urging a global action to pull millions of Afghans back from the brink. Food insecurity, acute starvation, and hunger continue to plague numerous regions worldwide, with Afghanistan ranking among the most affected countries. U.N. agencies …

AT News KABUL: An Austrian man has been arrested by the Taliban on accusations of spying and is being held in Afghanistan after he traveled to the country earlier this year, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The Austrian ministry confirmed that the man travelled to Afghanistan in May and …