AT News The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation Authority said that it has reached an agreement to begin direct flights between Kabul and Doha. The ministry said that based on a mutual agreement the Afghan and Qatari airlines will be conducting flights to Doha-Kabul each week. “The …
Read More »Islamic Emirate Reopens Universities for in Hot Areas
AT News KABUL: The Islamic Emirate on Wednesday said they have reopened public universities for all in hot areas that include six provinces of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Since they swept into power in mid-August, the international community has watched to see whether the Islamic Emirate will impose restrictions on women …
Read More »629 Covid-19 Cases Recorded In Past 24hours
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health reported 629 cases of Covid-19 during the past 24 hours in 17 of 34 provinces. The ministry earlier announced that lacks kit tests for Omicron and Delta variant of Covid-19, thus it test the cases via the kits designed for the previous …
Read More »Detention of Journalists Sparked Int’l Reactions
AT News KABUL: The detention of two journalists of Ariana TV channel faced strong reactions of the human rights and media warthogs. The Free Speech Hub, an organization supporting open media in Afghanistan, and Amnesty International, as well as UNAMA, have called on the Islamic Emirate to probe the cases …
Read More »Afghan girls robotics team won second place in global Innovation for Environmental Change 2021
AT News KABUL: Months after being forced to leave Afghanistan, the Afghan girls’ robotics team won second prize in an international competition for environmental change among 88 countries, the team captain told Rukhshana Media. The competition took place two months ago online, where Somaya Faruqi, Shabnam Nurzai and Ayda Haydarpour …
Read More »India’s wheat shipment to Afghanistan to begin in February
KABUL: India’s wheat shipment to Afghanistan as part of its humanitarian aid to the country through the Pakistani soil is expected to start early February as New Delhi and Islamabad have finally agreed on the modalities after months of discussions, a media report said on Saturday. India has been pitching for providing unimpeded humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to …
Read More »Over 6,000 terrorists operate in northern Afghanistan, says Russian envoy
AT News KABUL: Militants from various terrorist organizations operating in northern Afghanistan are a threat to Tajikistan, Russian Ambassador to Dushanbe Igor Lyakin-Frolov said in an interview with TASS. “The threat does exist. According to certain data, around 6,000 militants of various terrorist organizations are operating in Afghanistan’s northern areas. …
Read More »Pakistan’s National Security Adviser visits Kabul
AT News KABUL: Moeed Yusuf, National Security Advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister arrived in Kabul on Saturday at the head of a delegation to discuss a broad range of issues with the Taliban. A Taliban official confirmed Moeed’s visit, saying he would discuss various issues with Taliban officials. Yusuf had …
Read More »UK pledges £97 million to support 2.7m Afghans
AT News KABUL: The UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has pledged £97 million of emergency UK aid to the Afghan people to provide life-saving food and emergency health support, as well as water and sanitation facilities. This latest allocation of vital support means the UK has now delivered on its promise …
Read More »U.S. judge gives White House 2 weeks to assess frozen Afghan funds
AT News KABUL: A United States judge on Friday gave the Biden administration two weeks to decide what should be done with $7 billion of frozen Afghanistan central bank funds, which some victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks want and which the Taliban claims is theirs. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in Manhattan gave …
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