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AT Kabul: The UN reaffirmed its “commitment to stay” in Afghanistan on Friday, in a review assessing its operations in the country in light of the women banned from working for the world body. The UN mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, said on Friday that it was committed “to stay and …

AT Kabul: Kabul residents have complained about the lack of water in the city and that they are compelled to buy water despite their economic challenges. Residents have urged the authorities to work on supplying water to the capital. “We used to have water in our well at seven meters …

AT Kabul: In his address to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in India on Friday, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari urged the international community to “meaningfully engage” with the interim Afghan government. Zardari said that Afghanistan’s situation brings challenges as well as new opportunities. We also call on the international …

AT Kabul: Referring to the Doha meeting, Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, said that among all the priorities, the countries agreed on “political dialogue among Afghan citizens as a key solution to all the challenges of Afghanistan”. West emphasized on his Twitter page that this meeting was …

AT Kabul: Yue Xiaoyong, Chinese special envoy for Afghanistan said most of the participants of the Doha meeting demanded the removal of sanctions and restrictions from Afghanistan and the release of their assets. He added that the United States and NATO, which have occupied Afghanistan for many years, should take …

AT Kabul: The intimidation, threats, and attacks on Afghan journalists are unacceptable, the U.N. said Wednesday, as it expressed concern for the future of the country’s media. Many journalists lost their jobs since political changes in August 2021, with media outlets closing over a lack of funds or because staff …

AT Kabul: The Iranian Special Representative and Ambassador to Kabul, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the UN’s two-day meeting in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday. The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran tweeted that Mr Qomi stressed that the Afghanistan crisis could …

AT Kabul: India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval held wide-ranging talks with his Iranian counterpart Ali Shamkhani in Tehran during a daylong visit to Iran. The discussions centered on economic, political and security ties as well as important regional and international developments. Doval said the recent agreement between Iran …

AT Kabul: A closed-door summit on Afghanistan ended Tuesday in Qatar without any formal acknowledgment of the ruling governing body, though the United Nations’ chief said they would hold another meeting in the future. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres attended the summit, which the world body described as nations and organizations …

AT Kabul: Afghan farmers have harvested more than 72,000 tons of cotton over the past year, the Ministry for Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock said in a statement on Monday. Afghanistan collected 72,493 tons of cotton from 54,869 hectares of land last year, the statement said. Balkh, Takhar, Kunduz, Baghlan, eastern …