Tolo News: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday said that Afghanistan will need at least four years to return its economy to pre-COVID-19 situation. In a report titled “Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Afghanistan – Country Note IV – Fiscal Options in Response to Coronavirus Crisis,” the UN body said to revive Afghanistan’s
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 10, 2020 KABUL — The Taliban has called on U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to stick to a February peace agreement between the militant group and the United States, describing its implementation as the “the most reasonable and effective tool” for ending the war in Afghanistan. The Taliban itself remains committed to the
Tolo News: Kabul Municipality, implementing an order by the first [vice] president [Amrullah Saleh], on Monday evening destroyed the Park Cinema in downtown Kabul despite opposition by artists and activists to stop the destruction of the decades-old building. Afghan Film chairperson Sahara Karimi who held a sit-in protest near the building said she was “forcibly”
Farkhunda Bahmanyar has become one of the first women to get her driver’s license in Afghanistan’s northern Faryab Province. In the traditional, conservative rural regions of the country, it’s rare to see women behind the wheel, but driving gives them more freedom and they are less dependent on men. Not everyone, however, is happy
Tolo News: A boxing competition was kicked off in Kabul on Monday in which 317 athletes from all Kabul clubs attended. Organizers said the competition will continue for ten days and will select 52 athletes for the Kabul team. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 166 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 566 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 42,463, the number of total reported deaths is 1,577, and the total number of
Ariana: As peace talks continued in Doha and the war intensified in a number of provinces, second vice president Sarwar Danish on Monday called for a revision and evaluation of the Afghan peace talks with the Taliban by the new US administration. Speaking at an event in Kabul he said the lack of flexibility by
Hundreds-of-thousands of families have mourned the loss of loved ones killed in Afghanistan’s 19-year-long conflict. But there is one war widow in the country’s northeastern Kunar Province who carries an especially heavy burden of grief. Taj Bibi has had three husbands killed in battle. All of them were brothers who served the Afghan National Army.