Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 81 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 341 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The number of cumulative total recorded positive cases is now 39, 422, the number of total reported deaths is 1,466, and the total number of recoveries is 32,879.
By Ayaz Gul VOA News October 4, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The World Bank says almost half of Afghanistan’s 18,000 schools lack proper buildings and an estimated 3.7 million children are still out of the classroom despite massive investment in the education sector. The bank’s country director Sunday urged Afghan leaders to invest more in their people
Ariana: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has expressed deep concern over increasingly frequent targeted civilian killings across the country. In a statement released Sunday, the AIHRC said their findings showed that in the first six months of this year, 533 people had been killed and 412 wounded in systematic and targeted assassinations. Click
Tolo News: Theater artists on Sunday said their shows have been confined to holiday celebrations, while instead they want to have regular performances for the people to introduce the art and reflect relevant social issues. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Flights from Kabul to Turkey have been stopped until October 17 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority said. However. the flights to Kabul from Turkey have not been stopped so far, according to Mohammad Qasim Wafaeezada, head of the aviation authority. Click here
The Daily Star: Afghanistan cricket suffered two cruel blows in the last two days. According to reports, Afghan opener Najeebullah Tarakai is in a critical condition following a road accident on Friday. According to another report, international umpire Bismillah Jan Shinwari died in a roadside blast which took place in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Saturday,
Michael Hughes: Pakistani officials recently had a golden opportunity to provide Afghan counterparts a glimmer of hope that a ceasefire with the Taliban was a possibility. A gesture of any sort would have been uplifting, considering the militant group has shown no signs that they will let up on their offensives inside Afghanistan, despite the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 3, 2020 More than a dozen people have been killed and at least 30 injured in a car-bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan. Officials in the Ghani Khel district of Nangarhar Province said the October 3 blast targeted an administrative building that also housed some military facilities. Several armed gunmen reportedly