AT News KABUL: Afghan Industrialists’ Association has expressed concerns over consistent electricity shortages and outages in the country’s industrial parks, saying that these electricity limitations in factories had reduced domestic production. “Even in winter, to say that you have technical problems, unfortunately we only have ten to twelve hours out …
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AT News KABUL: China’s ambassador announced trade and investment plans for Afghanistan on Tuesday. At a rare press conference alongside the Taliban administration’s acting minister for disaster management, Ambassador Wang Yu announced $8 million in aid for relief from the June 22 earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people. “Besides …
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AT News KABUL: Uzbekistan said five mortar shells had been fired into its soil from Afghanistan on Tuesday, although none of those shell exploded. The shelling caused no casualties but there was minor damage to houses near the border, according to Uzbek foreign ministry. “On July 5, 2022 at around …
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AT News KABUL: Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai once again reiterated his call for reopening of Afghan girls’ secondary schools, saying development and prosperity is tied to education. In an interview with Al-Arabiya, he said Afghanistan needed education to cut its reliance on the world. “The most important and pressing …
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AT News KABUL: Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has promised to do all he can to help Afghan students return to India to complete their studies. Muttaqi held out the assurance at a meeting with dozens of Afghan students in Kabul on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said. Hafiz Zia Ahmad, …
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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 …
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AT News KABUL: Hundreds of tons of coal from mines across the country are being exported on a daily basis to Pakistan. The industrial companies working in the coal business said that the majority of coal is from Dara-e-Soof of Samangan and Balkhab district of Sar-e-Pul province. Meanwhile, the Pakistani …
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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 …
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KABUL: Following a devastating earthquake in southeast Afghanistan, China has contributed tens of tons of food aid to quake survivors as part of its effort to help thousands in despair in Paktika and Khost provinces. At least 1,100 people were killed and thousands more were injured in the 6.1 magnitude …
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AT News KABUL: Azizullah Fazli, former president of Afghanistan Cricket Board, has reportedly been arrested by the Taliban. Voice of America quoting a source, who did not want to be named, said that Fazli entered the Cricket Board on Sunday and wanted to take over the board as its new …
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