Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 30 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 165 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The number of total cases is now 39,074, the total reported deaths is 1,444, and the total number of recoveries is 32,576. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: A survey by a Kabul institution of 4,912 Afghans taken by phone conversations across the country indicates that 75 percent of the respondents prefer a republic-style government as an outcome of the ongoing peace negotiations in Doha. 75% of the respondents said they prefer a republic system, 7% said they prefer an emirate,
Tolo News: Local officials on Sunday confirmed civilian casualties in an airstrike in the northern province of Kunduz that happened on Saturday. Kunduz governor’s spokesman Esmatullah Muradi said that 20 people, including Taliban fighters and civilians, were killed and 15 others were wounded in the airstrike in Khan Abad district, but he did not give
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 125 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 398 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The number of total cases is now 39,044, the total reported deaths is 1,441, and the total number of recoveries is 32,576. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 19, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Delegates of Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban continue finalizing “rules of negotiations” for a power-sharing deal a week after the two foes launched their historic U.S.-brokered direct peace dialogue. Meanwhile, battlefield hostilities between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents continued to inflict heavy casualties on both sides
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 19, 2020 Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says more than 30 Taliban militants have been killed in air strikes in the country’s north, although provincial officials said civilians were also among the dead. The ministry said two air strikes targeted a Taliban base in the Khan Abad district of the northern province
Tolo News: Ahmad Jawad Osmani, acting minister of public health, who visited the western province of Herat on Saturday said that the second wave of COVID-19 might grip the country as the weather is getting colder. Osmani said that cold weather, air pollution and seasonal diseases are among the key factors that could lead to a