Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 84 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 2,109 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The Health Ministry stated that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 53,774, the total number of reported deaths is 2,314, and the total number of recoveries is
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 12, 2021 By Said Sabir Ibrahimi and Pashtana Durrani Islamic education is already an integral part of Afghanistan’s so-called “secular” educational system, in addition to pure religious teachings at mosques, madrasahs, and Shariat faculties across the country. But the Education Ministry recently proposed a new policy approach in which Islam will become part of
Ariana: Kai Eide, former head of UNAMA has pointed a finger at Afghanistan’s leaders and said there is little unity among them and that hostile statements made could undermine the peace process. Referring specifically to the first vice president, Eide said: “I see Amrullah Saleh, the vice president, constantly (making) what I would call rather
Delbar and her family of eight fled war in Afghanistan’s Faryab Province almost a year ago and their home district is currently under the control of Taliban militants. They now live in tents in the snow in the city of Sheberghan in neighboring Jawzjan Province and say they don’t have enough food. Officials say
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 106 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,202 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The Health Ministry stated that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 53,690, the total number of reported deaths is 2,308, and the total number of recoveries is
Ariana: On Monday, the New York Times reported that after Ahmad Jawad Hijri, the spokesman for the governor of Takhar Province, told the media that children were wounded in an Afghan airstrike in the province in October, government jailed him for three days and then fired him. …Ghani administration has muzzled provincial spokesmen and district
Ariana: The Afghan security forces arrested five members of a Taliban-Haqqani Network cell on charges of espionage in Paktika province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Monday. According to the NDS, the group, operating under ISI directions, was involved in the planting of IEDs and in targeted killings in the eastern parts of
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 46 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,886 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The Health Ministry stated that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 53,584, the total number of reported deaths is 2,301, and the total number of recoveries is