Tolo News in Dari – March 11, 2021
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Taliban Capture Center of Almar District in Faryab
Tolo News: The Taliban took control of the center of Almar district in Faryab province on Thursday afternoon at about 1pm, according to local security sources. Naqibullah Fayeq, provincial governor, said that the security forces have retreated from the center of the district to “prevent casualties of civilians and local forces.” Click here to read
Civil society groups hit out at govt, calling it a ‘dictator’ system
Ariana: Seven Civil Society Organizations have jointly slammed government for compromising on democratic values, and went as far as to label government a “dictatorship” and Afghanistan a country its people no longer consider safe to live in. “The government epitomizes dictatorship. Power has not been actually separated; autonomy of the three main powers is questionable;
Afghanistan: 23 New Cases of COVID-19, 3 Deaths Reported
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,857 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 55,940, the total number of reported deaths is 2,454, and the total number of recoveries is 49,465.
Deported from Europe, Afghan man pioneers mushroom farming in Kabul
Reuters: In 2016 more than one million people, a quarter of them Afghans, applied for asylum in Europe, [Rasool] Rezaie among them. His claim was rejected and he returned to Afghanistan, where he initially worked as a shopkeeper. But the memory of mushroom farming lingered. Click here to read more (external link).
Fixing Afghanistan Might Be ‘a Bridge Too Far,’ US Watchdog Warns
Jeff Seldin VOA News March 10, 2021 WASHINGTON – Any hope for a political settlement and peaceful end to two decades of war in Afghanistan remains under significant threat from rising violence, both at the hands of the Taliban and from multiple terrorist and extremist organizations, as well as from the Afghan government’s inability to
Afghans Commemorate Taliban Destruction Of Bamiyan Buddhas
RFE/RL Gandhara March 10, 2021 Twenty years after the Taliban blew up two famous Buddha statues, Afghans commemorated the tragic loss of their historical and cultural heritage on March 9 at a ceremony in the central Bamiyan valley. In a nighttime display, one of the Buddha statues came back to life as a three-dimensional projection
Education Ministry bans school girls over 12 from singing in public
Ariana: The Ministry of Education has banned all school girls over the age of 12 from singing or performing at public performances. A letter from the Kabul Education Department states that male teachers and educators are also not allowed to teach school girls over the age of 12, and that if they fail to abide
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – March 10, 2021
The life and career of Rashid Khan, Afghanistan’s cricket prodigy
Al Jazeera: The life and career of Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan has seen the theatrical treatment: The curtains parted one day and there he was. Among a cast of romantic, colourful cricketers from the country’s fairy tale, stood the teen prodigy, the one player ready-made for the biggest stage. Click here to read more (external