1TV Afghanistan Dari News – March 30, 2021
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 30, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Unknown gunmen have shot dead three female anti-polio workers in Afghanistan, one of the two countries in the world along with its neighbor Pakistan, where the crippling children’s disease remains endemic. Tuesday’s violence came on the second day of a five-day polio immunization drive, this year’s
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 30, 2021 An Afghan human rights group says it is investigating the alleged killing of civilians during fighting between government forces and Taliban insurgents in the eastern province of Khost. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) announced the launch of its probe on March 29 after a number of
Radio Free Afghanistan Abubakar Siddique March 29, 2021 KABUL, — Zablon Simintov is Afghanistan’s only Jew. The 61-year-old has borne separation from his family and life during civil wars and Taliban oppression to stay in his homeland, Afghanistan. But Simintov is now planning to leave Afghanistan as the withdrawal of Western forces looms amid ongoing
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News March 29, 2021 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – A regional ministerial conference called the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) started Monday in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe to try to advance the goal of ending the decades long conflict in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who arrived early Monday to attend the annual conference, also
Tolo News: Some lawmakers in the lower house of the Afghan Parliament on Monday called for the arrest and prosecution of Alipoor, a local commander in Behsud district in Maidan Wardak, who is accused of downing an army helicopter in the district. The Wolesi Jirga speaker and some members said that the second vice president,
Tolo News: The current fiscal year’s first polio vaccination campaign began on Monday, and officials said that Afghanistan ranks nearly at the top globally of reported poliovirus cases in the past nine years, second only to Pakistan. UNICEF officials said that 56 new cases of poliovirus were reported in Afghanistan in 2020. Click here to
Tolo News: Kabul’s Istiqlal defeated Khost’s Atalan team 3-0 in the third match of Afghanistan Champions League on Saturday. The league began in Kabul last week. 12 teams from six zones are competing in the league, and the matches will be held in Kabul, Herat and Balkh provinces. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah has expressed support for the idea of power sharing with Taliban as part of peace process. Speaking in an interview with France 24, Abdullah suggested there could be discussions on power-sharing arrangement for a period of time but not exactly how the US proposal
