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Afghanistan reports 112 new COVID-19 cases, 35,615 in total
Xinhua: The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday confirmed 112 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 35,615. A total of 333 tests were conducted within the past 24 hours, and 112 were positive in 11 out of 34 Afghan provinces, the ministry said in a statement. Three COVID
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – July 20, 2020
Over 2 dozen killed as clash erupts in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province
Xinhua: More than two dozen fighters including 12 security personnel were confirmed dead as clash erupted outside Kunduz city, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province on Monday, deputy to Provincial Council Safiullah Amiri said. According to the official, the clash flared up after the Taliban insurgents stormed security checkpoints in Qazaq and Shinwari areas
No contacts on Afghanistan planned due to delays in prisoner exchange process
Tass: No contacts on Afghanistan are currently being planned in any format as the process of prisoner exchange between Kabul and the Taliban radical movement (outlawed in Russia as a terrorist organization – TASS) has stalled, Russian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan and director of the Russian foreign ministry’s second Asia department, Zamir Kabulov, told
Afghanistan reports 40 new COVID-19 positive cases
Xinhua: Afghanistan’s Public Health Ministry has registered 40 new COVID-19 positive cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of infections to 35,503 in the country, said a statement of ministry on Monday. According to the statement, two patients died over the period, bringing the number of COVID-19 related deaths to 1,183 since the
Zimbabwe appeals to government to allow Afghan T20 tour to go ahead
Ariana: Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) is still hoping to host Afghanistan in the near future in a five-match Twenty20 International series despite ongoing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic. According to New Zimbabwe news on Sunday, the country’s national cricket team members have been in training in anticipation of the proposed series. Click here to read more
Taliban Blames Govt for Delay in Peace Talks
Tolo News: A key member of the Taliban’s political office in Doha has blamed the Afghan government for delays in the intra-Afghan negotiations that are aimed at ending the decades of war in the country. The talks were expected to begin 10 days after the Feb. 29 deal between the US and the Taliban, but
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – July 19, 2020
Study: As many as two million people have caught coronavirus in Kabul
1TV: Mohammad Yaqub Haidari, the governor of Kabul, said that the survey was conducted with cooperation of religious clerics, local elders and those in-charge of cemeteries. Click here to read more (external link). Related MoPH: 174 new positive cases of the coronavirus from 633 samples tested over the last 24 hours Turkey suspends flights to