Tolo News in Dari – June 9, 2021
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MoPH: COVID-19 Spread Will Peak in Next 4 Weeks
Tolo News: The Afghan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic will hit its peak in the country in the next 4 weeks—adding that the people’s failure to respect health guidelines has been a key factor behind the rising number of positive cases of the coronavirus. Click here to read
Armed Attack Kills 10 Staff of Charity Clearing Afghan Land Mines
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 9, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan said Wednesday that gunmen assaulted the office of an international charity clearing land mines in the country, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than a dozen others. The overnight deadly attack on Britain-based HALO Trust’s camp occurred in the embattled northern Baghlan province, the scene
Taliban Captures Another Afghan District As Battle Rages Ahead Of International Troop Pullout
By Radio Free Afghanistan June 8, 2021 The Taliban has captured another district center in Afghanistan, adding to the insurgent group’s recent military gains since the start of the withdrawal of international troops from the war-torn country. Government forces abandoned the center of the Dawlat Abad district in the northern province of Faryab and retreated to
US Not Seeking Pakistani Bases, ‘Nor Is it Possible,’ Pakistani Officials Tell VOA
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 8, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has formally conveyed to the United States that Islamabad will not provide military bases to Washington for counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan after all international troops exit the war-torn country, and the U.S. side has stopped raising the issue, senior Pakistani officials said. Several top Pakistani
US could close embassy in Kabul if future Afghan government requests so: US general
1TV: The United States is planning to keep its embassy in Kabul open after US troops depart, but not if future Afghan government doesn’t want it, a top US general said on Monday. “The protection of any diplomatic mission in any country is first and foremost the responsibility of the host nation,” Gen. Kenneth McKenzie,
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – June 8, 2021
Afghanistan Starts New Drive To Weed Out Poppies In Counternarcotics Campaign
Turkey offers to run Kabul airport, but puts conditions in place
Ariana: Turkey has offered to guard and run Kabul’s airport after the United States and other NATO forces withdraw from Afghanistan, but U.S. officials say Ankara is imposing conditions which need to be resolved as their leaders prepare to meet next week, Reuters reported. Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Monday that Ankara’s offer
COVID-19: Afghanistan Reports 54 Deaths, 1,724 New Cases
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 1,724 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and 54 deaths. These high numbers come amid continued reports of a lack of medical oxygen in hospitals to treat infected patients. Click here to read more (external link).