AT News KABUL: The United States Department of Defense on Tuesday announced that the helicopters of the former Afghan army would not be returned to the country so that they may not be used by the Taliban regime. After the fall of the ex-regime, many pilots of the country’s air …
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AT News KABUL: The EU provides € 268.3 million to support the education, health and livelihoods of the Afghan people. The EU has launched € 268.3 million projects that increase much-needed support to the Afghan people in the great humanitarian crisis facing Afghanistan. EU support focuses on maintaining education, maintaining livelihoods …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban-led government on Tuesday gave its approval for a railway link between Afghanistan and Pakistan, greenlighting rail links between the cities of Peshawar and Kabul and Peshawar and Jalalabad. Approval for a rail link with Uzbekistan was also given. The cabinet of the new government, during …
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AT News KABUL: Taliban authorities in the eastern zone have said that clashes broke out between Pakistani forces and Taliban on Sunday night in the Sarkano district of Kunar province, close to the Durand Line after Pakistani army fired dozens of rockets into Afghanistan. Pakistani forces fired 21 rockets towards …
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AT News KABUL: A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Qadis district in Badghis on Monday, killing 28 people, wounding several others and destroying more than 800 homes. The earthquake was preceded by a smaller earthquake and was felt in Badghis, Ghor and Herat provinces. There were fears the death toll …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf is set to visit Kabul on Tuesday amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.This would be the second high-level visit from Pakistan since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August last year, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.According to the Pakistani daily, a high-powered …
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AT News KABUL: About 90 percent of Afghanistan’s journalists are denied access to information and cannot cover news reports independently. According to a survey by Afghanistan National Journalists Union, an overwhelming majority of journalists say media has lost its independence, and censorship has dominated their activities with the rise of …
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AT News KABUL: Ambassador of Pakistan on Saturday invited a group of Afghans who have graduated from Pakistan and are working in Afghanistan currently in various public and private sectors. At this occasion, Ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan said that Pakistan will continue its contribution in supporting …
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AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has taken a tough line on Pakistani prime minister’s remarks vis-a-vis sending foreign experts to advance Afghanistan’s cause in preventing human suffering. He said there is no need for foreigners as Afghanistan already has highly educated cadres who can do the job. Chairing …
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AT News KABUL: US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has discussed with UN and ICRC officials efforts to boost the provision of urgently needed humanitarian aid and other activities supporting basic human needs in Afghanistan. Blinken had a virtual meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief …
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