Tolo News: A breakthrough is reported from Doha as the two negotiating teams have agreed to include the US-Taliban deal, UN endorsements for Afghan peace process, commitments of the negotiating teams and will of the Afghan people as the base for upcoming negotiations. Sources said Afghan chief negotiator Mohammad Massoom Stanikzai and presidential peace advisor
Ariana: Well known Indian actor Sanjay Dutt’s latest movie “Torbaaz” highlights the hardships children in Afghan refugee camps face and how, as an army officer, he tries to lure children away from terrorist activities and focus instead on cricket. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 203 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,307 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 44,706, the number of total reported deaths is 1,687, and the total number of recoveries is 35,934.
Ariana: The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on Saturday voted in favor of 10 nominated ministers, including those for defense, interior, and foreign affairs. Haneef Atmar secured 197 votes of confidence for the position of the foreign minister; Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal got 205 votes as finance minister; Asadullah Khalid with 206 votes as defense
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 21, 2020 KABUL — Afghanistan’s government has blamed the Taliban for about two dozen rockets that hit residential areas of Kabul during the morning rush hour on November 21, killing at least eight people and wounding about a dozen more. The violence occurred just hours before U.S. Secretary of State
South China Morning Post: The US plan announced this week to speed up the withdrawal of thousands of troops from Afghanistan may have troubling consequences for China, which shares a border with the war-torn country in its far west region of Xinjiang. While China found the presence of the US military in its own backyard