Reuters: The Taliban’s stance on women’s rights should concern the world, one of Afghanistan’s top female diplomats has warned, as the government holds power-sharing talks with the Islamist group that once banned girls from going to school. Click here to read more (external link).
Xinhua: Three members of a family were killed and three others wounded in a Taliban ambush in northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, provincial police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani said. All the victims are civilians, the official said, adding the incident happened at about 4:00 a.m. local time in Darayim district when a villager Shah Mohammad along
India TV: An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Afghanistan early on Thursday. According to the National Center for Seismology, the tremors were felt 237km NNE of Kabul, at 05:33:10 IST. There were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property, because of the quake. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 25 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 188 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The number of total cases is now 39,170, the number of total reported deaths is 1,451, and the total number of recoveries is 32,619. Click here to read more
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 23, 2020 A number of Taliban prisoners who were released by the Afghan government as a condition for peace talks have returned to the battlefield, lead Kabul negotiator Abdullah Abdullah has said. Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, said negotiations with the Taliban in Qatar have
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 49 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 213 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The number of total cases is now 39,145, the number of total reported deaths is 1,446, and the total number of recoveries is 32,610. Click here to read more
Tolo News: Toofan Harirod will face De Abasin Sape in the opening match of the ninth season of Afghanistan’s football league—the Afghan Premier League (APL)–on Thursday. The opening ceremony will start at 5 pm Afghan time and will be aired live on TOLO and Lemar TV networks. The match will kick-off at 6 pm. Click
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 22, 2020 A senior U.S. envoy for Afghanistan on September 22 warned that violence there remains unacceptably high and Washington expects more setbacks in ongoing peace talks between Taliban militants and the Afghan government. Veteran diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad’s comments come as the warring sides remain far apart on even basic
Xinhua: Afghanistan’s Public Health Ministry has registered 22 new COVID-19 positive cases over the past 24 hours in the country, a news letter of the ministry released here on Tuesday said. According to the news letter, one patient died over the period, bringing the number of COVID-19 related deaths to 1,445 since the outbreak of