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Iran, Afghanistan sign five key economic agreements

AT News KABUL – Iran and Afghanistan signed five economic cooperation agreements related to transportation, civil aviation, mining and free trade zones. A delegation from the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan met with Iranian officials in Tehran and held economic discussions, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported. The meeting …

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World Bank says half of Afghanistan lives below poverty line

AT News KABUL – The World Bank‘s top economists say half of Afghanistan‘s population currently lives below the poverty line. World Bank Senior Economist Silvia Redaelli said: “We see that in terms of monetary poverty, we still have half of the population that in 2023 is consuming below the poverty line.” Director and …

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Taliban not invited to ECO Summit in Tashkent

AT News KABUL – The Taliban de facto authorities were not invited to the 16th Economic Cooperation Organization Summit in Tahskent, Uzbekistan, which is deemed as a significant regional economic gathering. Although Afghanistan is a member of the ECO, but no invitation was sent since the current interim Taliban government …

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Washington claims no equipment were left behind during withdrawal from Afghanistan

AT News KABUL – The United States has said that no equipment was left behind by American forces during the Afghanistan withdrawal that could be utilized by terrorists to target Pakistan. This is as the Taliban inherited a huge arsenal of weaponry abandoned by American forces in August 2021. This …

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200,000 Afghan refugees return from Pakistan to Afghanistan

AT News KABUL – More than 200,000 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan since November 1, according to a spokesman for the interim Afghan administration. Suhail Shaheen, who also serves as the Taliban administration’s nominee to the UN, shared this information with Anadolu. Shaheen emphasized the urgent need …

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Taliban, ISKP weaponizing the internet in their escalating propaganda war

AT News KABUL – Two years after the Taliban’s resurgence in Kabul, the Islamic Emirate remains a significant focus for the international community, particularly its neighboring countries. The transition from insurgency to governance has cemented the Taliban’s control, despite reduced violence levels in early 2023. In the post-US withdrawal era, …

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Iran vows support for Afghanistan’s security, enhance bilateral coop with Taliban

AT News KABUL – Top Iranian officials in a meeting with a Taliban delegation, led by acting first deputy prime minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Sunday in Tehran, vowed support for Afghanistan’s security and commitment to supporting Afghanistan’s development. Baradar, responsible for the war-torn nation’s economic affairs, met Iranian …

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China can mitigate Afghanistan’s crisis amid Pakistan’s mass deportations

AT News KABUL – The Pakistan-Afghanistan border is currently witnessing one of the largest forced expulsions of people since the Second World War, as Pakistan’s decision to deport over a million Afghans threatens to exacerbate Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis and endanger thousands of lives. However, China, with a strategic interest in …

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Afghanistan grapples with soaring drug addiction, economic fallout of Taliban’s poppy ban

AT News KABUL – Afghanistan is facing a profound challenge with approximately 3.5 million drug users, a startling number that accounts for nearly 10 percent of the country’s total population, as revealed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the wake of the Taliban’s return to power. This grim …

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Afghanistan-Pakistan border crisis: Chaos at ‘Zero Point’

AT News KABUL – Torkham border crossing, now known as zero point, is bearing witness to a growing humanitarian crisis as thousands of expelled refugees are entering Afghanistan as Pakistan is ramping up its mass expulsions of undocumented Afghans. At the beginning of October, Pakistan’s interim government announced a deadline …

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