Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 7, 2020 ISLAMABAD – A car bomb attack wounded at least 35 people, including women and children, in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province early Monday. Provincial officials said the attack near the headquarters of Daman district police was carried out using a Mazda mini truck. The bombing damaged parts of the building
Tolo News: Following criticism of the new plan by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to move first to third-grade classes from schools to mosques, the ministry said on Monday that this will only be implemented in areas with no schools. A statement of the ministry was edited on Monday hours after it was posted and
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 232 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,350 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 48,133, the number of total reported deaths is 1,902, and the total number of
Tolo News: Peace negotiators from the Afghan Republic and Taliban teams held their second meeting about the agenda of the negotiations in Doha following their first meeting on Saturday. So far, the details of the meetings have not been made public by the two sides, but both sides have expressed optimism about moving forward to
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 260 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,495 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 47,901, the number of total reported deaths is 1,875, and the total number of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 5, 2020 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says violence in Afghanistan is “unacceptably high” as delayed peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban get under way. Pompeo said that Washington has asked the warring parties “to stand back and indeed stand down,” adding that he hoped that
Tolo News: Amidst an increase in the cases of the coronavirus, the Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 253 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,400 samples tested in the last 24 hours across the country. The cumulative number of total cases is now 47,641, the number of total reported deaths is 1,865,
Roshan Noorzai VOA News December 4, 2020 Afghan human rights monitors are sounding the alarm over a spike in attacks against them by unknown assailants, as they cautiously welcome the formation of a new government body to protect rights activists. In a presidential decree Tuesday, the government in Kabul announced the Joint Commission for the