Ayaz Gul VOA News July 25, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The U.S. peace envoy to Afghanistan said Friday that violence in the war-torn country had lately been “too high,” but that fatalities among Afghan government security forces battling the Taliban insurgency had dropped 35 percent to 40 percent compared with the same period in 2019. Zalmay
BBC Afghan Service: In Afghanistan, family members often force women to keep their name a secret from people outside the family, even doctors. Using a woman’s name in public is frowned upon and can be considered an insult. Many Afghan men are reluctant to say the names of their sisters, wives or mothers in public.
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Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 60 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 557 samples tested over the last 24 hours. The ministry also reported 14 deaths and 52 recoveries. The total number of known cases of COVID-19 is 35,988 while there are 24,573 recoveries. The total deaths reached 1,225.
Tolo News: A group of Paralympic athletes in the western province of Herat claim their progress has been affected by government inattention, saying a lack of standard equipment and playing areas hinders them from joining overseas competitions. Chess, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, powerlifting, badminton and futsal are the main sports practiced by the Paralympic athletes in
Ariana: Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, said the group is ready to release the remaining government prisoners by Eid al-Adha, in case the government also releases the remaining 600 prisoners of the Taliban according to the list already shared with the government. Click here to read more (external link).
By Carla Babb VOA News | July 23, 2020 Members of Congress and members of the Trump administration sparred Thursday over the fate of women in Afghanistan under the U.S.-Taliban peace deal and amid a recent drawdown of U.S. troop numbers in Afghanistan. Rep. Stephen Lynch, the chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, said during
Ariana: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a recent report that although Afghanistan has traditionally relied on Pakistan as a gateway to international shipping routes, recent trends indicate that 70 percent of Afghan transit trade is now diverted through Iran. The ADB’s Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring (CPMM) Annual Report 2019, published this week,
1TV: At least 3,451 healthcare workers are believed to have been infected with COVID-19 in Afghanistan, authorities said on Thursday. The disease has killed 56 healthcare staff in the country, according to the Public Health Ministry. Minister Ahmad Javad Osmani said that the country is still suffering from coronavirus crisis and urged people to wear