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
1TV: “The Americans, before they leave, there must be a settlement,” Khan said in an interview with US news outlet Axios. “A political settlement in Afghanistan would mean a sort of coalition government. A government from the Taliban side and the other side. There is no other solution.” Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Two Afghan athletes, Farzad Mansoori and Hussain Lutfi, each won a bronze medal in the 2021 Beirut Open Taekwondo Tournament which finished on Monday. The three-day tournament started on June 19 and 269 athletes from 44 countries participated. Click here to read more about (external link).
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 1,847 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 4,629 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Afghanistan has so far recorded 105,749 positive cases and 4,293 deaths from COVID-19. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: With the centers of many districts in Faryab now under Taliban control, clashes have begun in the city of Maimana in the northern province, increasing the alarm of Faryab residents and lawmakers from the province in Kabul, who say that urgent action by the security forces is needed. Click here to read more