UN Acting Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham during his visit to Afghanistan said the war-torn country needed $1.3bn in 2021 to provide assistance to 16 million people.

Qatar is proud of its role in the context of international efforts aimed at helping the brothers in Afghanistan to reach the desired peace, said the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani.

The World Bank has approved two grants totaling almost $85 million from the International Development Association (IDA), as part of a $393 million financial package to help Afghanistan overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and improve access to clean water, sanitation, and public services.

The Afghan Ministry of Interior said that based on initial reports four rockets were fired from the Khair Khana area in Kabul city early Saturday morning, killing at least one person and wounding another.

National Security Adviser (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib said on Saturday the next stages of peace talks between the Afghan Republic’s team and the Taliban should take place in Afghanistan.

Shah Hussain Murtazawi, Senior Advisor in the Office of the President of Afghanistan, on Saturday called for calm and responsible reporting after First Vice President Amrullah Saleh warned that “Daesh Taliban” have threatened to turn Kabul into a Shia slaughterhouse.

Afghans are losing hope for peace process amid violence as a series of rockets struck the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing one person and wounding another.

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in its annual World Terrorism Index placed Afghanistan as the most-affected country on earth, imposing devastating loss to the country’s economy.

At least three suspects arrested for drug trafficking charges during multiple operation the Counter Narcotic Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) carried in capital city Kabul and eastern province of Nangarhar, said the Ministry of Interior Affairs in a statement Sunday.

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday, at least 90 Taliban were killed in Kandahar province. According to the statement, Afghan defense forces repelled Taliban attacks in Panjwai, Zherai, Arghandab, and Maiwand districts of Kandahar province on Friday.