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AT News KABUL: India at the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council meeting on Afghanistan called for the protection of the rights of women and girls, including their right to education, The Print reported. Deputy Permanent Representative of India, in a statement by India during the Urgent Debate on “the …

AT Monitoring CHICAGO: At least six people were killed in the horror July 4 attack, with the US still raw from a string of recent mass shootings A person of interest has been arrested after six people were killed in a July 4 parade shooting in Chicago, shattering Independence Day …

AT Monitoring Britain: To mark the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover of their country, Afghan artists are to launch a kite-flying festival across Britain and Europe next month. The Fly With Me festival, taking place in at least 15 towns and cities, will also urge the public to “remember …

AT Monitoring Denmark: A gunman has killed three people and injured another four at a shopping mall in Denmark’s capital Copenhagen. The victims are two Danish 17-year-olds and a 47-year old Russian. Two Danes and two Swedes were wounded – one remains critical. Police said the suspected shooter, 22, had …

AT News KABUL: At least 56 people were killed and 190 others were wounded in a suicide bombing during Friday prayers at a Shia mosque in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reported. Some of the injured are reported in critical condition. No group has yet to claim the attack. …

AT News KABUL: Russia’s special representative to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov announced that his country will host Troika Plus on Afghanistan in January 2022 inviting the US, China, and Pakistan. Earlier, Pakistan hosted Troika Plus concentrated on Afghanistan, and the Taliban authorities were also invited to the meeting. It is still …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. has appointed two women diplomats to senior posts representing Washington in Afghanistan, as the country is seeing women’s rights deteriorate under the new Taliban rule. On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appointed Rina Amiri as a special envoy for Afghan women, girls and …

AT News KABUL: Cancer patients are increasing by the day in Afghanistan as the health system is crumbling because of lack of aid after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Ministry of public health has said the number of patients diagnosed with cancer has increased in state hospitals, adding that 13,500 patients …

AT News KABUL: Taliban’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai on Monday urged the US to not interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs, saying they are capable of making independent decisions. Addressing a gathering on Sunday, Stanikzai said that American soldiers fled from Afghanistan in the dark of the night, …

AT News KABUL: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Afghanistan needs economic assistance and the US and NATO with their 20-year involvement in the country should provide aid to the war-ravaged country to prevent famine. At his annual press conference, Putin said, “Now, it is necessary to provide assistance …