Tolo News: A number of tent-pegging participants in Paktika are petitioning the government to build precisely-specified grounds for them to play the game, which is an ancient cavalry exercise in which a mounted participant with a sword or lance approaches ground targets 100 meters away. Tent-pegging has a long history in Afghanistan and the game
Arwin Rahi: On July 17, 1973, former Prime Minister Mohammad Daoud Khan staged a coup against Afghanistan’s last king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, Daoud’s cousin and brother-in-law. Exactly what motivated Daoud to topple his cousin is a matter of contention. At the time neither Daoud nor his allies had the slightest idea that they were setting
Tribune News Service: India has thanked the Afghan government for the safe return of kidnapped Sikh Nidan Singh Sachdeva and has decided to facilitate the return of Afghan Hindu and Sikh community members facing security threats in Afghanistan to India, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement. There are about 1,000 Sikh
Ariana: According to the Ministry of Health, although the number of registrations of Coronavirus patients has been declining recently, the negligence of the people in dealing with it and the non-observance of the health points of this ministry are worrying. “The Coronavirus is not over. Although it has decreased, if we do not pay attention,
1TV: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday that 90 percent of the country’s population live below the $2 poverty line. The president made during a ceremony to launch Dastarkhan Milli, a $244 million aid distribution program. The president also suggested that Afghanistan cannot always be dependent on international donation. He said that the country
Ariana: Following the Afghan government’s demand for providing a revised list of Taliban prisoners, the group rejected the offer and insisted on the release of all those inmates mentioned in the list already shared with the government. Sources close to the Taliban said the group has asked the Afghan government to clarify why the group’s
PUL-E-KHUMRI, July 17 (Xinhua) — Six civilians and three police officers were wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s northern province of Baghlan on Friday, a local official confirmed. “Nine wounded people were admitted at a main provincial hospital Friday morning. Some of the affected people sustained serious wounds,” Haleem Ghafari from provincial health directorate
Ariana: Afghanistan has recorded 32 Coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours as the number of confirmed cases have been decreased in recent days. It brings the total fatalities to 1147 people in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, 159 new COVID-19 cases have been registered in the past 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 35889 in the