Tolo News in Dari – December 1, 2020
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Australian soldier drinks beer from dead Taliban fighter’s prosthetic leg
Ariana: A photograph obtained by The Guardian shows a senior Australian special forces soldier drinking beer out of the prosthetic leg of a dead Taliban fighter at an unauthorised bar on a base in Uruzgan province, in Afghanistan, in 2009. The picture of the beer swilling soldier comes amid a growing scandal following the release
Central Bank Chief Gave Extra Income to Appointees: Documents
Tolo News: A document seen by Tolo News suggests that Ajmal Ahmadi, the governor of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, has made dozens of new appointments over the recent months with special privileges offered to the candidates. The documents show that some of the newly appointed employees were paid more than 450,000 Afs under the
150 new cases of HIV registered in Afghanistan in past 9 months
1TV: A total of 150 new cases of HIV were registered over the past nine months in Afghanistan, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday. Data with the Ministry of Public Health shows that 3,033 people have been infected with HIV since 1989. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan: 219 New COVID-19 Cases, 21 Deaths Reported
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 219 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,650 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Data by the ministry shows that the cumulative total of cases is now 46,717, the cumulative total of reported deaths is 1,800, and the cumulative total of recoveries is
Afghan Addicts Struggle To Get Clean In Kandahar
Jamila is 35 years old, a mother of six, and says her drug-dealing husband got her addicted to heroin. In the southern Afghan city of Kandahar where she lives, there are an estimated 300,000 drug addicts and only one treatment center that offers no places for women.
Used to Freedom, Women in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Worry About Future Under Taliban Rule
In Afghanistan’s central Bamiyan province, women have enjoyed relatively more freedom than elsewhere in the country. But many of them are now facing an uncertain future. VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem reports.