AT News KABUL: The United Nations and humanitarian agencies have vetoed $1 billion from the budget for Afghanistan’s aid plan for 2023 slashing it to $3.2 billion, down from $4.6 billion earlier in the year, the UN humanitarian office said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …

AT News KABUL: In a shocking new revelation, more people are now in desperate need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. OCHA in its new report has found that 28.8 million Afghans need aid and over $2.26 billion is required to deliver prioritized multi-sectoral assistance to 20 million people. Since January …

AT News KABUL: Taliban authorities confirm nearly 80 schoolgirls have been poisoned in a revenge attack in Sancharak district of Sar-e Pul province. Afghanistan has seen several poison attacks against schoolgirls recently which only exacerbate existing social traumas lobotomizing Afghan girls. In a distressing incident nearly 80 schoolgirls in grades …

AT News KABUL: A Chinese energy giant is in talks with Taliban to secure a deal for development of renewable energy and coal-fired power plants in war-battered country, Taliban officials said. Acting Energy and Water Minister, Mullah Abdul Latif Mansour met with representatives of HTC Company to discuss a mega …

AT News KABUL: Norway will convene a meeting of European and regional countries in Oslo mid-June to check if the Taliban have owned up to their promises on human rights. The meeting will be attended by high-level delegates from the West and regional powers, according to media. Whether the Taliban …

AT News KABUL: Pakistan has proposed some changes to a crucial railway project connecting Afghanistan to Pakistan and has been discussing ways to alter rail link’s path, Afghan officials said. Afghanistan Railway Authority chief Bakht-ur-Rahman Sharafat has said that Islamabad is seeking to alter the railway’s route from Logar-Torkham to …

AT News KABUL: At least 2.5 million girls are deprived of education as the Taliban continue to ban female schooling across Afghanistan since they retook control of the country in 2021. Every single girl deserves to access quality education, said US Special envoy for Afghan women, girls and human rights …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban say they will allow Australian investigators into Afghanistan to investigate longstanding war crime accusations against Australian troops during their service in the country. The Taliban say it is prepared to facilitate Australian law enforcement investigating war crimes in Afghanistan, provided it believes the probe was …

AT News KABUL: An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck Faizabad in northern Badakhshan province on Saturday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The NCS said that the earthquake at a depth of 10 km occurred in the afternoon NCS tweeted, “Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.2 occurred on 03-06-2023, 15:55:02 IST, …

AT News KABUL: At least 280 people were killed and 1,000 are injured in a crash on Friday involving three trains in India’s eastern Odisha state, Indian officials say. It involved a passenger train derailing on to the adjacent track and striking an incoming train and then hitting a nearby …