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150 Herat Students Test Positive for COVID-19 in Past Week

13th October, 2020 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: Over 150 students tested positive for COVID-19 in Herat over the past week, the Herat Health Department said on Tuesday as classes remain packed with students who are not following the necessary health guidelines. The cumulative number of total cases is now 39,870, the number of total reported deaths is 1,479, and the

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Posted in Education, Health News | Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan, Herat |
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Girls Flock to Herat Univ. Entrance Exams

7th August, 2020 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education | Tags: Herat |
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COVID-19 Cases on Rise in Herat: Health Dept

25th July, 2020 · admin · Leave a comment

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

Posted in Health News | Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan, Herat |
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Herat Paralympic Athletes Need Regulation Wheelchairs

24th July, 2020 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: disabled, Herat, Paralympic athletes |
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Afghan Officials Say Taliban, Not Civilians, Killed in Air Strike

23rd July, 2020 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Assadullah Khalid, Herat |
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Afghan women spin new careers by reviving ancient Silk Road crafts

9th July, 2020 · admin · 7 Comments

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

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News | Tags: Herat |
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‘90% of Herat Customs Tax Lost to Fraud’: Governor

5th July, 2020 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News | Tags: Herat, Waheed Qatali |
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575 New Coronavirus Cases Reported in Afghanistan Bringing Total to 20,917

8th June, 2020 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan, Herat, Kabul |
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From Suicidal to Hopeful in Afghanistan

27th May, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

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

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Everyday Life, Health News | Tags: Herat, Mental Health |
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Coronavirus cases in Afghanistan hikes to 1,092

21st April, 2020 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan, Herat, Kabul |
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