Tolo News: As concerns grow over lack of teachers and textbooks in schools both in Kabul and other provinces, senators on Sunday summoned education ministry officials and said they see an uneven distribution of resources among the nation’s schools. Some senators called the education issues “catastrophic,” and said the obstacles need to be removed with
Ariana News: A powerful explosion at a suspected Taliban ammunition depot in Herat has killed 20 insurgents, local officials confirmed. Officials said the incident took place Sunday in the village of Marabad in the Pashtun Zarghun district. Herat Governor Wahid Qatali confirmed the incident and said the explosion happened while the Taliban were building suicide
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health, concerned with the spread of a new Covid-19 wave in neighboring countries, warns that If Afghans neglect Covid-19 preventive measures while traveling to Iran, Pakistan, and India, the new wave may spread in Afghanistan as well. The information provided by the Ministry of Public Health shows that 40-50,000
Bruce Pannier Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 24, 2021 Some recent media reports suggest the U.S. military will seek to reposition some of its troops in Central Asia after its big decision to withdraw from Afghanistan after nearly two decades in the country. The New York Times reported on April 15 that U.S. officials had been
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 24, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Pakistan appear upset over U.S. military assessments warning of a possible resurgence of terrorism in the South Asian country after the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan and calling into question Islamabad’s commitment to peace in the war-torn neighboring country. Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie,
Tolo News: The statement reveals that the Taliban wants a system in which “a murderer is subjected to Qisas (retaliation in kind), a fornicator is subjected to Hadd (punishments that are mandated and fixed by God), a thief is punished, an oppressor’s hand is restrained from oppression, the oppressed are granted relief from injustice, one
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 24, 2021 Officials in Afghanistan on April 24 described a wave of attacks that killed at least 22 people in five provinces over the previous 24 hours as violence continued to plague efforts to hammer out a path to peace. Bombings by Taliban militants have surged since U.S. President Joe
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 113 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,137 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 58,843, the total number of reported deaths is 2,582, and the total number of recoveries is 52,392.