1TV Afghanistan Dari News – June 5, 2021
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Voices raised over killings as #StopHazaraGenocide trends on Twitter
Ariana: Following a surge in targeted attacks against civilians in the predominately Shiite Hazara community in the western suburbs of Kabul city, tens of thousands of people have taken to social media calling on the Afghan government to recognize the attacks as acts of genocide. The hashtag #StopHazaraGenocide has been trending over the past few
Afghanistan Records Highest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll of 41
Tolo News: Afghanistan reported on Saturday 41 more deaths from the coronavirus, marking the country’s highest daily rise in fatalities and taking the total number of deaths to 3,145, data from the Public Health Ministry showed. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 79,236, the total number of reported deaths
Women’s Handball Competition Gets Underway in Kabul
Tolo News: At least 80 women have participated in a handball competition in Kabul that started on Saturday and will continue for five days to select best players for the national team. This is the fourth year of the handball competitions in which girls from six provinces have attended. Click here to read more (external
Taliban Capture 7th Afghan District as Foreign Forces Pull Out
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 4, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban seized a district in southern Afghanistan Friday without facing any resistance from Afghan government security forces, bringing to seven the number of districts the insurgents have overrun since the United States and its NATO allies began withdrawing their troops from the country a month
Talibanization in Afghanistan Could Explode Central Asia
Tolo News: Currently, there are around 36,000 religious seminaries in Pakistan functioning as factories to produce Taliban. It is a big and thriving industry, patronized by the military and run by the religious elites with huge investments from the Middle East. A good number of students here are still Afghans who have been used (and
China, Pakistan Partner in Afghanistan Against Foe U.S. Denies Exists
Newsweek: China and Pakistan are looking to bolster their strategic partnership in Afghanistan, where the withdrawal of U.S. troops after two decades of warfare is set to bring along new opportunities and uncertainties, among them the question of a common foe that the United States says does not exist. Click here to read more (external
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – June 4, 2021
Afghanistan: 1,310 New Cases of COVID-19, 36 Deaths Reported
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 1,310 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 3,811 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 77,963, the total number of reported deaths is 3,104, and the total number of recoveries is 58,125.
Asian Qualifiers: Draw Diminishes Afghanistan, Bangladesh’s Hopes
Tolo News: The 1-1 draw between Afghanistan and Bangladesh diminished the qualification hopes for both teams with the Afghan side moving to five points while Bangladeshis are on two points. Afghanistan will face Oman on June 11 while Bangladesh will face India on Monday. Their hopes of automatically advancing to the third round of the