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AT News Kabul: The United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island’s defences as tensions soar with Beijing, which warned Washington of “counter-measures.” The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly visited the self-governing democracy, prompting mainland …

AT News Kabul: Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, published a new report on the violation of the rights of Muslims in China on Wednesday. According to this report, China is accused of “seriously violating the human rights of Uighur Muslims” in the Xinjiang state, and …

AT News Kabul: Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mr Gorbachev, who took power in 1985, opened up the Soviet Union to the world and introduced a set of reforms at home. But he was unable to …

AT News Kabul: The violence erupted after the powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he is leaving politics. Protesters supporting Mr. Sadr took to the streets of the capital, Baghdad, and security forces opened fire. Mr. Sadr’s pronouncement on Twitter sent hundreds of his followers into the streets of Baghdad, …

AT News Kabul: One of Iraq’s most powerful figures, who has been at the center of a long crisis over forming a government, says he is retiring from political life. Moqtada al-Sadr, a firebrand Shia cleric with millions of followers, announced his decision on Twitter. Hundreds of his supporters have …

AT News Kabul: Ex-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Sunday that America is more likely to face another 9/11-type attack following the humiliating US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Pompeo, who served under former President Donald Trump, blasted Biden over how the US withdrew from the war-torn country, arguing the “debacle” …

AT News Kabul: Flash floods triggered by destructive monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed more than 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since June, officials have said. The new death toll came a day after Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, asked for international help in battling …

AT Kabul: Pakistani media have reported that Obaidul Rehman Nizami, the Director General of the European Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, has been replaced by Mansoor Ahmad Khan on Saturday, 5th of July. He has served as the director general of South Asia in the Ministry …

AT Kabul: General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army, said that the country’s army is considering taking a tougher position against the Tehreek-e-Taliban (Pakistani Taliban). According to Pakistan’s media, General Bajwa, the commander of the Pakistan Army, said at the 250th Corps Commanders’ Conference, which …

AT Kabul: “Nikolai Patrushev”, the national security advisor of Russia, emphasized that due to the food crisis in the world, hunger will soon spread in Afghanistan and will reach a catastrophic point. Referring to the food crisis in the world, the Russian National Security Adviser stated that the West refuses …