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Electricity Outage Seen Behind Oxygen Shortage
June 15,2021
KABUL - Long queues of people seen in front of oxygen producing companies in capital Kabul shows the high level demand for oxygen in the country...
Biden to Discuss Airport Security Situation with Erdogan
June 15,2021
WASHINGTON - US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday night that President Joe Biden is heading to Brussels for Monday’s NATO Summit where ...
Afghanistan Reports 1,804 New Cases, 71 Deaths from COVID-19
June 15,2021
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 1,804 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 5,070 samples tested in the last 24 hours. . .
Japan to Provide Support to Afghanistan for Infrastructure Projects with Turkmenistan
June 15,2021
KABUL - Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev held a virtual meeting with Japan's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Katsuhiko Takahashi ...
NATO Leaders Bid Symbolic Adieu to Afghanistan at Summit
June 14,2021
BRUSSELS — U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts will bid a symbolic farewell to Afghanistan on Monday in their last summit before America winds up its longest ...
Families Find the Bodies of Two Missing Kabul Women
June 14,2021
KABUL - The bodies of two young women employed by Afghan Film in Kabul, who had been missing since Saturday’s explosion, were finally tracked down by their families ...
Afghanistan Records Its Highest Daily Death Toll So Far from COVID
June 14,2021
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday recorded 85 deaths from COVID-19 and registered another 1,597 new cases out of 4,587 people tested in the past 24 hours...
Football: Afghan Women Beat Tajikistan 1-0 in CAFA Championship
June 14,2021
Afghanistan's U-20 national football team beat Tajikistan 1-0 on Saturday night in the U-20 Women’s Championship 2021 in Dushanbe. The competition is run by the Central ...
People Won’t Surrender to Force, Khalili Tells Warring Sides
June 14,2021
KABUL - Hezb-i-Wahdati Islami party leader Mohammad KarimKhalili has said that Afghanistan’s problem could not be resolved through force or monopolization of power and stressed ...
Kabul Neighborhood, Home to Hazaras, Stunned by Wave of Attacks
June 14,2021
KABUL, Afghanistan – Amena says her family came to the Afghan capital from Bamiyan province in search of better opportunity and safety six years ago. They settled ...
Blasts in Kabul Kill 7 Civilians: Ministry
June 13,2021
KABUL - Two blasts targeted two minivans carrying civilians in two areas in the west of Kabul on Saturday afternoon, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said...
Lack of Oxygen amid Coronavirus Outbreak Peaking in Afghanistan Sparks Concerns
June 13,2021
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health, following announcing of another 14-day restriction warned of oxygen insufficiency in Afghanistan hospitals and called on the general ...
Afghanistan Records 973 New Coronavirus Cases, 67 Deaths
June 13,2021
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 973 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 3,442 samples tested in the last 24 hours. ..
Ghani, Abdullah Grieve Prof. Bawari’s Death
June 13,2021
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani says Prof. Mohammad Rassoul Bawari left behind an obvious definition of national culture and identity to the nation by writing dozens of books and articles ...
Taliban Issues Warning to Foreigners Over Embassies, Airport Plans
June 13,2021
KABUL - The Taliban on Saturday warned the international community against leaving foreign troops in the country to guard their embassies and the country’s key commercial airport in Kabul ...
Mohib Visits HKIA, Inspect Different Sections
June 12,2021
KABUL - Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in capital Kabul to remain functional on the bases of international standards, a statement said on Friday ...
Afghanistan, Poland Hold Political Consultation after 30-Year Gap
June 12,2021
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Deputy foreign ministries Mirwais Nab and Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz held the first round of political consultations almost ...
NSIA Estimates Afghanistan’s Population at 33.6 Million
June 09,2021
KABUL - The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) estimates Afghanistan’s population to be 33.6 million in the current solar ...
Sullivan Confirms US Had Intel, Military Talks with Pakistan
June 09,2021
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed on Monday that the United States had discussions with Pakistan in the military, intelligence and diplomatic channels ...
Blinken Pledges to Speed Up US Visa Process for Afghan Translators
June 09,2021
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday the US is looking at “every option” to help the United States’ Afghan employees – interpreters, drivers, construction workers and other staff – who may become victims ...
Covid-19: Afghanistan Reports 54 Deaths, 1,724 New Cases
June 09,2021
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 1,724 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and 54 deaths.
These high numbers come amid continued ...
US, NATO Promise Continued Support for Afghanistan
June 09,2021
KABUL - The withdrawal of all US forces from Afghanistan by September 11 is proceeding well, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says...
US to Keep Embassy in Kabul as Long as It’s ‘Welcome’
June 09,2021
KABUL - The United States will keep its embassy in Kabul once foreign troops have withdrawn unless Afghanistan’s next government tells U.S. officials ...
CIA Looks to Afghan Neighbors to Support US Mission: Report
June 08,2021
The New York Times on Sunday published a report outlining the CIA's struggle to put together a new counterterrorism strategy as US troops withdraw from Afghanistan ...
Officials Deny Fall of Uruzgan’s Gizab District
June 08,2021
TIRINKOT - Some sources in central Uruzgan province claims that Taliban insurgents have captured Gizab district, but government officials deny the district’s collapse. ...
1,582 New Cases of COVID-19, 56 Deaths Reported in Afghanistan
June 08,2021
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 1,582 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 4,671 samples tested in the last 24 hours...
Female Runners from Around Afghanistan Compete in Kabul
June 08,2021
KABUL - A two-day running competition in Kabul ended on Sunday that included eighty females aged 17-21 from Herat, Kandahar, Balkh, Daikundi, and Kabul provinces...
Craftswomen Best Workforce If Peace Achieved: Zarmeena
June 08,2021
SHIBERGHAN - Zarmeena, who has completed a nine month training course of sewing bags at ACTED Office in northern Jawzjan province, says the conflict has widowed a large ...
Price of Drinking Water Doubles in Nimroz: Residents
June 08,2021
ZARANJ - Residents of southwestern Nimroz province say they lack safe drinking water the price of which has doubled with increase in temperature, fearing a human catastrophe ...
Center of Ghor’s Shahrak District Falls to Taliban
June 08,2021
GHOR - The center of Shahrak district in western Ghor province has fallen to the Taliban, local officials confirmed on Monday.
But Ghor governor Abdul Zahir Faiz ...
U.S. Announces More Than $266 Million in New Afghanistan Aid
June 06,2021
KABUL - With the U.S. troop withdrawal well under way, the United States on Friday announced more than $266 million in new humanitarian aid for Afghanistan as part of ...
Afghan MoFA to Pakistani Officials: World Knows About ‘Spoilers’
June 06,2021
KABUL - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Friday reacted to recent remarks by Pakistani officials, including Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi ...
7 Issues Being Discussed with Turkmenistan, Says Atmar
June 06,2021
KABUL - Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar says Iran is playing an important role in reinforcing regional consensus on peace in Afghanistan...
Women’s Handball Competition Gets Underway in Kabul
June 06,2021
KABUL - At least 80 women have participated in a handball competition in Kabul that started on Saturday and will continue for five days to select best players for ...
Afghan Hospitals Lack Oxygen as 15 Firms Remain Closed
June 06,2021
KABUL - The private sector says that 15 out of 30 firms that supply oxygen for hospitals have remained closed over lack of power, financial problems, and other challenges, leaving the country's ...