Tolo News: 59 percent of the candidates for university entrance exams are girls in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, according to officials at Herat University. This comes a day after 13,000 candidates appeared for university entrance exam in the province. “This year we accept 567 students from the Kankor (university entrance exam) and another 1,000
Tolo News: Suspected cases of COVID-19 are again rising in Herat province, the provincial health department said on Saturday, citing the public’s indifference to health guidelines as one of the core factors behind the rise. Click here to read more (external link). Related Health officials accused of negligence in COVID-19 response, duty breach
Tolo News: A group of Paralympic athletes in the western province of Herat claim their progress has been affected by government inattention, saying a lack of standard equipment and playing areas hinders them from joining overseas competitions. Chess, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, powerlifting, badminton and futsal are the main sports practiced by the Paralympic athletes in
By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News | July 23, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan’s acting defense minister said the government would soon share evidence that an airstrike in Herat province Wednesday that locals say targeted a wedding party actually killed Taliban militants. Asadullah Khalid told a gathering in Kabul Thursday that his ministry had the video footage of
Reuters: Once an important Silk Road trading hub, the Afghan city of Herat has long been a cultural centre, but decades of war have ravaged its ancient traditional crafts. Now thousands of women are returning to the ancient practices, seeking to revive the traditions of a city where traders once came to haggle for silk
Tolo News: Herat governor Waheed Qatali says that 90% of Herat customs income is stolen by the mafia in the province, who also operate in the Kabul and Islam Qala customs. The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, also called MEC, in a report on June 29 found alleged interference by government officials, MPs
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 575 new positive cases of COVID-19 from 978 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Kabul was on the top of the list with 193 new cases, followed by Herat with 151. The total number of known deaths from COVID-19 in the country is 369
By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska VOA News May 27, 2020 HERAT, AFGHANISTAN – Farhad Karimi’s eyes fill with tears as he recalls the events of August 1, 2017. It was a warm Tuesday evening and he was attending prayers in the Jawadia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, along with his 18-year-old brother and a college friend. Suddenly, a large
Ariana: The spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health said that 66 new cases had been registered in the past 24 hours, including 52 in Kabul, five in Laghman, four in Nangarhar and one in Paktia. On the other hand, Arg says that President Ashraf and the first lady, Rula Ghani, have tested negative for
Tolo News: Local officials have reported a surge in the number of positive cases of the coronavirus among health workers in the western province of Herat, which lies on the border with Iran and has the highest number of COVID-19 patients. The province has three health facilities for COVID-19 patients. Click here to read more