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AT Kabul: A senior U.N. official in Afghanistan met on Sunday Afghan deputy prime minister to discuss a ban on women working for non-governmental groups that Afghan authorities have announced in a series of measures rolling back women’s rights. The interim Afghan administration decision to bar women from NGO work …

AT Kabul: The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories. The 193-member assembly voted on the resolution on Friday. Eighty-seven countries voted in favor of the resolution …

AT Kabul: Officials in the Ministry of Interior reported an explosion in the outer perimeter of the Kabul military airport and said that this explosion also resulted in casualties. Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafee Takor confirmed the news, saying that a number of Afghan citizens were killed in the incident. …

By: Hekamatullah Aziz AT Kabul: On Tuesday evening, December 20, 2022, a letter signed by Mawlavi Neda Mohammad Nadeem, Acting Minister of Higher Education, was published on social media pages and in some media outlets, in which an immediate order was given to suspend the education of girls in universities …

AT Kabul: Pele, who is the only player in history to win three World Cups, passed away at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo following a battle with cancer. Pele, who is Brazil’s joint all-time top scorer with 77 goals in 92 matches, became an icon of the game …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan’s independent media support agency “NAI” says that hundreds of journalists and media workers have lost their jobs in the past year and 50 percent of visual media, 48 percent of audio, all print media and 80 percent of news agencies and online media have stopped their activities. …

AT Kabul: The United Nations Refugee Agency says that it is deeply concerned by the reports and pictures of Afghan refugees in Pakistani prisons, especially in the city of Karachi. “UNHCR is extremely concerned to see images and reports of the arrest and detention of Afghan refugees in Sindh province, …

AT Kabul: A former Soviet soldier who chose to stay in Afghanistan when the Red Army withdrew following a disastrous decade-long occupation that ended in 1989 has died, officials said Wednesday. Bakhretdin Khakimov, who was thought to be in his 60s and was known as Sheikh Abdullah after converting to …

AT Kabul: Following the suspension of women from attending universities in Afghanistan, the union of private universities said that at least 35 private universities are at risk of collapse, Tolonews reported. “The economic challenges have surged widely. Now that we are interviewing you, 30 to 35 universities are facing major …

AT Kabul: The United Nations said on Wednesday that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of ban on women aid workers. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, the heads of UN agencies and several aid groups …