Ariana: Afghanistan Football Federation and Ariana Television on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for live coverage of the Kabul Futsal Premier League and the Afghanistan Futsal Clubs Cup competitions. The Kabul Futsal League’s second round is set to kick off on the upcoming Sunday, and Afghanistan futsal clubs cup competitions are scheduled on December
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 25, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is commending outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump for initiating the landmark peace process aimed at ending the Afghan conflict, America’s longest war. “It is after a long time that there is a prospect of [Afghan] peace. … It was a great
Ariana: Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs said on Wednesday that violence against women in Afghanistan has increased in the past year. Speaking on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the launch of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, the ministry said that 2,582 cases of
By Ayaz Gul VOA News November 25, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan say two back-to-back bombs went off Tuesday in central Bamiyan province, killing at least 14 people and injuring 50 others. The deadly violence in the predominantly minority Shiite Hazara region is the first such attack since the United States and its allies invaded
Ariana: Presidential Palace spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said at a press conference on Wednesday that no progress has been made in Doha regarding peace talks. According to Sediqqi, the Taliban’s demands contradict the Afghan Constitution. He confirmed to reporters that Masoom Stanikzai, head of the Republic of Afghanistan’s negotiating team had been in Kabul. Click here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 24, 2020 The international community pledged $3 billion in development support for Afghanistan in 2021, and a total of some $12 billion for four years, but conditioned the funds on upholding human rights in the war-torn country amid faltering peace talks with the Taliban. The pledges, made at a donor
Reuters: The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park. A source briefed on the matter told Reuters the UAE had temporarily stopped issuing new visas to Afghans, Pakistanis, and citizens of several
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 212 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,476 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 45,490, the number of total reported deaths is 1,728, and the total number of
BBC News: Heroin has long been a problem in Kabul but now many are turning to meth, a cheaper but equally dangerous drug. A new report released on Tuesday warns that Afghanistan is becoming a significant global producer of methamphetamine. The country’s opium poppy fields are already the source of the majority of the world’s