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AT Kabul: Iran carried out the execution of four Afghan prisoners at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday, as documented by a human rights group. The detainees, known as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani, and Ebrahim Noorzahi, were apprehended in 2019 for drug-related offenses and subsequently given death …

AT Kabul: Afghan Retirees in the capital city staged a protest once more, demanding their retirement pensions from the interim government. Expressing frustration over the delayed payments, they highlighted their repeated demonstrations without any action from the current Afghan administration. According to Tolonews Abdul Khaliq, a retiree with 35 years …

AT Kabul: Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hold a meeting with Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva, who heads the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), on Thursday morning. In a post on social media platform X, Jaishankar mentioned their discussion on the current situation in Afghanistan and the exchange …

AT Kabul: The UK government’s plan to relocate certain asylum seekers to Rwanda faces another hurdle as the House of Lords approved an amendment exempting individuals who collaborated with the UK military or government abroad, such as Afghan interpreters. This amendment, backed by peers in multiple votes, is consistently removed …

AT Kabul: The State Bank of Pakistan has reported a more than seven percent decline in Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan over the past eight months. Pakistani media, citing the State Bank, also note a significant 59 percent decrease in the country’s imports from Afghanistan during the same period. According to …

AT Kabul: The Afghanistan Journalists’ Center (AFJC) has criticized the Taliban’s decision to suspend the private television stations Noor and Barya, condemning it as a violation of Afghanistan’s mass media law. In a statement, the center denounced the move as an effort to stifle free media activities and asserted that …

AT Kabul: The joint military exercises between Russia and Tajikistan along the Afghanistan border were initiated in response to increasing terrorism threats. Forces from Russia’s 201st Military Base stationed in Tajikistan are participating in these drills, which involve various units and specialists from both nations. The exercises aim to train …

AT Kabul: 85,000 Afghan Nationals Repatriated from Iran’s Kerman Province, Emphasizes Iranian Provincial Director of Foreign Immigrant Affairs. During a briefing with journalists on Tuesday, Rouhollah Khazaripour disclosed that in the last year, 85,000 individuals lacking residency permits were returned from Kerman Province. He highlighted the humanitarian aspect of the …

AT Kabul: The General Traffic Department has reported that during both day and night of Eid, 102 traffic incidents took place across various regions of Afghanistan, resulting in the loss of 50 lives. In its newsletter released on Monday, April 15th, the department disclosed that over the four-day Eid ul-Fitr …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan’s administration confirmed that heavy flooding due to seasonal rains has killed dozens and injured at least 27 over three days last week.  Flash floods hit Kabul and several other provinces across Afghanistan, said Abdullah Janan Saiq, the spokesman for the Afghan Natural Disaster department. He added more …