Ariana: Twelve thousand square meters of land in the Alokhail area in Kabul has been set aside for the construction of a new cricket stadium, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Sunday. The ACB said in a statement that the move was agreed to in a decree signed by President Ashraf Ghani. Click here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 20, 2020 Afghan authorities say a car bombing targeting a member of parliament killed at least nine people in the capital, Kabul. Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi told reporters on December 20 that lawmaker Khan Mohammad Wardak was among 20 people wounded in the attack. Andarabi said the lawmaker was in
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 141 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,431 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 50,677, the number of total reported deaths is 2,074, and the total number of
Ariana: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Saturday that the delayed parliamentary elections in central Ghazni province will be held in October next year. Addressing a press conference, Hawa Alam Nuristani, the chairperson of the IEC, stated that the provincial council, municipal, and parliamentary elections will be held in Ghazni simultaneously. Click here to read
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 19, 2020 ISLAMABAD – UNICEF has struck a rare agreement with the Taliban in war-ravaged Afghanistan to establish thousands of informal schools in areas controlled by the Islamist insurgent group. The program will reach up to 140,000 Afghan boys and girls, said Sam Mort, the agency’s chief of communications, advocacy
Tolo News: In her interview with Radio Azadi earlier this week, Rula Ghani described the parliament as a vote-trading ground, saying that the acting ministers who were rejected by the parliament will continue their jobs whether the lawmakers want them to continue their jobs or not. Lawmakers described Rula Ghani’s statement as an insult to
By Radio Mashaal December 19, 2020 An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on December 19 handed over a lawmaker and Pashtun-rights leader to be held in custody for 12 days over a sedition charge that has sparked protests all over northwestern Pakistan. Lawmaker Ali Wazir was arrested in the city of Peshawar on December 16 after the
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 80 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,123 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 50,536, the number of total reported deaths is 2,054, and the total number of