Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 1,575 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 4,452 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry also reported 86 deaths and 537 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period. Afghanistan has so far recorded 109,532 positive cases and 4,452 deaths from COVID-19. Click
Ariana: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Tuesday that a number of Taliban infiltrators were arrested in northern Kunduz province amid a sharp increase in Taliban attacks across the country. The MoD said in a statement that the infiltrators – under the guise of tribal elders – had spoken to the Defense and Security Forces
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 22, 2021 The United Nations says it continues to be concerned by the high number of children killed and maimed by all parties in the Afghan conflict — at least 2,619 last year. In its annual report on Children and Armed Conflict, published on June 22, the UN said it had
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 2,202 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 4,366 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry also reported 73 deaths and 494 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period. Afghanistan has so far recorded 107,857 positive cases and 4,366 deaths from COVID-19. Click
Abdul Hai Kakar Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 21, 2021 Hafiz Naimatullah had his life ahead of him. Earlier this year he got married, and his conservative family had sent him to an Islamic school in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan to study as a mullah or Muslim cleric. Instead, the 21-year-old
Dorian Jones VOA News June 21, 2021 ISTANBUL – Turkey is seeking to play a vital role in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US forces by offering to provide security to Kabul’s international airport. But Ankara faces formidable obstacles. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the operation and security of Afghanistan’s Kabul airport are vital
Tolo News: People in various provinces including Takhar, Balkh and Baghlan in the north, Badghis in the west, and Parwan in central Afghanistan, have taken up arms to fight the Taliban amid an escalation of violence by the group. Public uprising forces commanders in the provinces said they will stand beside the security forces to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 21, 2021 Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sharply criticized the United States and its allies for “failing” in their mission to fight extremism and bring stability to the war-torn country, instead leaving it in “total disgrace and disaster.” In an interview with AP published on June 20, Karzai said extremism was