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AT News KABUL: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that fundamental and life-saving primary health care services in Afghanistan are under severe threat. It is, therefore, making an urgent appeal to international donors to rapidly finance the Sehatmandi programme, as they have done for almost two decades. The programme …

AT News KABUL: Afghan women activists in a meeting with the Taliban delegation on Sunday in Norway urged the Taliban to allow all girls to go to school and include women in government. The closed-door meeting was attended by six women’s rights defenders, seven politicians and a journalist as well …

AT News KABUL: Turkiye has launched an aid campaign to support the Afghan people in need of humanitarian aid due to hunger and cold winter conditions. The decision signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was given in accordance with Turkiye’s Article 23 of Law No. 5902, Turkiye’s Official Gazette announced …

AT News KABUL: A Taliban delegation has arrived in Norway for talks with the Norwegian government and several allied countries on alleviating a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, as well as for meetings with civil society activists and human rights defenders who are part of Taliban delegation. The Norwegian Foreign Affairs …

AT News KABUL: Famous local folklore singer, vocalist and harmonium player, Ustad Salaam Logari, has died at age of 86 after being bed-ridden for years. He sang and performed original local Logari songs for four decades. He was very popular and was once awarded title of Ustadi by government. According …

AT News KABUL: At least seven people have been killed and 10 more injured in a bomb blast on a minibus in Herat city on Saturday, officials said. A bomb ripped through a public minivan in western Herat city on Saturday, killing at least seven people, said Herat police commander …

AT News KABUL: The European Union said on Friday it was re-establishing a physical presence in Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, but stressed it was not formally recognizing the Taliban-led administration. It was the first such announcement by a Western power since the 27-nation EU and many governments withdrew staff and …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan exports have plunged drastically as air corridors to overseas have been suspended after Taliban took power, Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment said Sunday.According to ACCI officials, the suspension of flights via air corridors has created challenges in exporting merchants’ goods abroad. The officials said they …

AT News KABUL: The first national polio immunization campaign for 2022 begins this week, 17-20 January 2022 targeting 9.9 million children aged 0–59 months across Afghanistan. The recent campaign in November 2021 delivered polio vaccinations to 8.5 million children under the age of five while the December campaign vaccinated more …

AT News KABUL: The U.S.’s watchdog for Afghanistan predicted the collapse of Afghanistan’s air force months before U.S. troops withdrew. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) revealed its findings in a report that it first issued to the Department of Defense in January 2021 but was not publicly released until last …