Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,677 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 55,917, the total number of reported deaths is 2,451, and the total number of recoveries is 49,444.
RFE/RL’s Tajik Service May 9, 2021 SHURO-OBOD, Tajikistan — Villagers in a southern part of Tajikistan along the border with war-torn Afghanistan have been told they should be prepared “to take up arms” if militants try to enter the region. Local authorities in the Tajik district of Shamsiddin Shohin have held meetings with residents —
Ariana: Members of a number of different political parties said Tuesday that under the new US plan for a transitional government, the Taliban has been offered a 50 percent stake in the system with the balance shared between politicians and government. Meanwhile, sources from the Jamiat-e-Islami party said they proposed the power-sharing plan to the
Tolo News: Documents seen by TOLO news show that millions of dollars and hundreds of hundreds of kilograms of gold have been smuggled out of Afghanistan. Sources told TOLO news that a number of lawmakers and politicians in collaboration with the government officials are smuggling US cash and gold from Hairatan Port. Click here to
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 26 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,084 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry says the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 55,894, the total number of reported deaths is 2,451, and the total number of recoveries is 49,409. Click
Ariana: A number of Afghan women cyclists held a cycling contest to mark March 8, International Women’s Day, in Kabul. Twenty cyclists from Kabul, Bamyan, Ghazni, Balkh, and Faryab provinces cycled 35 km from the National Olympic Committee Headquarters to the Paghman Palace west of Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 8, 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has set out a series of steps to reinvigorate the stalled peace process between the Afghan government and the Taliban, according to media reports. Blinken made the suggestions in a letter to President Ashraf Ghani seen by Afghanistan’s TOLOnews. The New York Times also
Ariana: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hizb-e-Islami Party, has accused the government of being involved in targeted attacks across the country. In an interview with Ariana News, Hekmatyar threatened to expose those involved in the attacks if the government failed to “stop assassinating people”. Click here to read more (external link).