Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 22, 2020 Afghan officials say 12 children were killed and several others were wounded in an air strike on a mosque in the northern Takhar Province. The strike occurred on October 21 in the Baharak district, some 15 kilometers from the regional capital of Takhar, where Taliban fighters had killed
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 116 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 440 samples tested in the last 24 hours. According to the Public Health Ministry’s data, the cumulative total number of cases is now 40,626, the number of total reported deaths is 1,505, and the total number of
Australian Special Forces reportedly shot and killed an Afghan prisoner because there was not enough space on their aircraft during a drug operation at Camp Bastion in 2012.
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 21, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan say a stampede near Pakistan’s consulate in an eastern border city and insurgent attacks elsewhere in the war-torn country have killed about 50 people. Witnesses said thousands of Afghans had gathered Wednesday morning in a stadium outside the consulate in Jalalabad waiting to
As Afghan government and Taliban negotiators try to broker a peace deal in Doha, RFE/RL’s Gandhara begins a new series that asks Afghans: “What’s at stake for you in the Afghan peace talks?” Atefa Tayeb draws a “red line” when it comes to education for girls and women, and says access to schooling is not
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 21, 2020 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the military alliance will not leave Afghanistan until security conditions allow, as rising violence threatens to derail ongoing intra-Afghan peace talks in Qatar. “We went into Afghanistan together, we will adjust together, and when the time is right, when the conditions are
Tolo News: Criminal incidents continue to take lives in Kabul despite the recent commitments by First Vice President Amrullah Saleh who pledged to fix the fragile situation in the nation’s capital. In the latest incident, Lemar Khalil, a former counter-narcotics commander of Kabul Police Headquarters was assassinated in Kabul. Also,a young girl was injured in
Tolo News: Youth and cricket fans marched through Khost city, capital of Khost province, on Wednesday, demanding the timely holding of The Million Cup Cricket League in the province. They also accused the Afghan Cricket Board (ACB) of trying to cancel the hosting of the league in Khost province, noting that the grand Paktia zone