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Blinken, Austin to return for Congressional hearing on Afghanistan issues

The US Secretaries of State and Defence were invited to testify before a closed Senate hearing on the US policy in Afghanistan that took place on Wednesday

94% of Afghans rate their lives poorly enough to be considered suffering

The new poll indicates that nearly all Afghans, already tormented by decades of war and poverty, say their living conditions have worsened to the point where they say they are "suffering": Report

England beat Afghanistan to enter U-19 World Cup final, end 24-year wait

Afghanistan, they will head to the Coolidge Cricket Ground for the third-place playoff

WFP needs $2.6 billion to address humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

World Food Programme on Tuesday announced that it needs urgent funding of $2.6 bn to boost ops for 8.7 million starving Afghans as the freezing winter worsens the situation.

Taliban forms joint ministerial committee to address Durand line issues

The decision for the formation of the joint committee comprised of several ministries was made in a meeting chaired by the Second Deputy of Prime Minister, Abdul Salam Hanafi

From Kabul, pregnant reporter fights New Zealand govt to come home

A pregnant New Zealand reporter has chosen Kabul as a temporary base for her uphill fight to return home because of her country's strict Covid-19 entry rules

Afghan soil would not be used against neighbours, Taliban govt to Pak NSA

Pak NSA Moeed Yusuf travelled to Afghanistan where he discussed trade ties and other issues with the top Taliban leaders who assured him that the Afghan soil would not be used against its neighbours

TAPI pipeline project will begin soon, says Afghanistan government

Afghanistan has re-emphasised its commitment to start Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project soon.Meanwhile, some economists say that the implementation of the TAPI project will provide job opportunities for around 12,000 people in Afghanistan, according to Tolo News.The Taliban say that the practical work of the TAPI project will begin in the near future and all the preliminary work has been prepared for its implementation.Bilal Karimi, the deputy spokesman for the Taliban, said that work on the security and financial sectors of the project has been partially completed and that practical work on the project will begin as the weather warms up."The TAPI project should be implemented in a good way, and the Islamic Emirate is well prepared for its financial part. From our side, its technical and logistical problems have been solved," he said."The TAPI project is one of the biggest projects in the whole region, we are very sorry that we have not been able to start this ...

Progress made on talks over Afghanistan airports with Qatar, Turkey

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has reached an agreement with a joint Qatari and Turkish venture over the management of five airports in the war-torn nation, an official said here

India, 5 Central Asian nations to set up joint working group on Afghanistan

The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated drastically since the Taliban took control of Kabul in mid-August last year.

UN chief urges major Afghan aid increase, unfreezing assets

Time is of the essence, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council. Without action, lives will be lost, and despair and extremism will grow.

Participants of Oslo talks call for cooperation on Afghanistan

The meeting was hosted by Norway

Taliban meets representatives of US, 7 other nations in Oslo

Political analysts believe that such meetings could play a vital role in solving the problems in the country

Afghan girls must return to school: Former Prez Hamid Karzai

This comes as talks are underway in the capital city of Norway over wide-ranging issues concerning the fate of Afghanistan

US lawmakers urge Biden to release frozen Afghan funds to prevent disasters

US lawmakers urged US President Joe Biden to release the country's assets to prevent imminent economic and humanitarian disasters facing the Afghan people.

Reopening schools for girls our responsibility, not world pressure: Taliban

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has said that reopening schools for girls across the country was their responsibility and not due to world pressure

UN sends $32 mn in cash to Afghanistan as part of humanitarian aid

The central bank of Afghanistan has announced that the UN has sent $32 million in cash to the war-torn nation as part of the world body's humanitarian aid assistance

Over half a million lost jobs in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover: UN

More than half a million people have lost or been pushed out of their jobs in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said

Pentagon releases video of botched Kabul airstrike that killed 10 civilians

The Pentagon has declassified and publicly released video footage of a US drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians in the final hours of a chaotic American withdrawal

Biden defends Afghan withdrawal, says 'I make no apologies for what I did'

US President Joe Biden defended his decision to pull out from Afghanistan and said "I make no apologies for what I did".