Ariana: Japan has the world’s most powerful passport as its citizens can travel to 191 countries around the world visa-free or visa on arrival. The Henley Passport Index, which measures the world’s most travel-friendly passports from time to time based on data received from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA), has released its report for
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 9, 2021 KABUL– Afghan forces have arrested three people in connection with the December killing of prominent election activist Yusuf Rasheed. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz did not give the names of the three arrested or say if they belonged to any group in comments to RFE/RL on January 9.
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 84 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,003 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The Health Ministry stated that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 53,462, the total number of reported deaths is 2,279, and the total number of recoveries is
Tolo News: The Ariana Afghan Airlines reported nearly $3.4 million profit in last year despite COVID-19 crisis, officials of the government-owned company said. The company faced $350,000 loss last year, officials said. “We managed to overcome the losses despite the challenges that emerged from lockdown and the coronavirus,” said Salim Rahimi, head of business department
By Frud Bezhan January 8, 2021 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty For years, the Taliban’s suicide bombers frequently struck high-profile political and security targets in Afghanistan’s major cities. But in a marked shift, the Taliban is now targeting civilians — government workers, journalists, rights activists, moderate religious leaders, and women in public roles — in urban areas.
Tolo News: The Ministry of Interior Affairs says the government plans to take control of a network of over 5,000 madrassas as part of a drive to mainstream religious schools by putting them under the control of the state. “It will be a good move if they operate under the control of the government. This
Ariana: China is unaware of the deportation of Chinese nationals from Afghanistan on spying charges said Hua Chunying a foreign ministry spokeswoman on Thursday to Reuters. This comes as Ahmad Zia Saraj, chief of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) told Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of Afghan parliament on Monday that he could confirm
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 7, 2021 At least 17 Afghan civilians and members of the Afghan security forces were reported killed across Afghanistan as fighting continued to rage — despite the resumption of intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha aimed at finding an end to decades of war. Afghan government negotiators in the Qatari capital