Ariana: Nearly a month has passed since the signing of the political agreement between President Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, but no fundamental work has been done to implement elements of the agreement. Arg has so far nominated seven ministers for President Ghani’s share, while Abdullah has not yet nominated any. Also, he has not finalized
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 664 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,211 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Kabul was on the top of the list with 316 new cases, followed by Kandahar with 34. Click here to read more (external link). Related Private Hospitals Charge $100
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 13, 2020 Afghan officials say at least 17 people have been killed in a string of attacks across the country. There was no claim of responsibility for the series of attacks on June 13. Violence in the country has spiked in recent weeks despite progress toward the launch of direct
1TV: Iran’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it summoned Afghanistan’s ambassador over recent “offensive moves” made against its diplomatic missions in the neighboring country. In a statement, the ministry said that the offensive moves had come from a small group of certain political movements with a record of opposition to Iran and to the good
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 556 new positive cases of the coronavirus out of 1,045 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the total accumulated cases to 24,101. The numbers are surging as the country is faced with a lack of testing capacity, treatment equipment and health facilities to
News Intervention: On June 9, Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa went to Afghanistan, unannounced. This is the first visit by a prominent Pakistani after the US-Taliban peace deal in February this year. It’s also the first prominent Pakistani visit after the results of Afghanistan elections… it’s clear that Pakistan’s ISI and their senior
DW: The Trump administration has sanctioned International Criminal Court [ICC] employees investigating whether US troops committed war crimes in Afghanistan. The ICC accused the US of trying to “interfere with the rule of law.” “The whole argument of the court being illegal, illegitimate and corrupt obviously is not a new argument,”… “The same argument has
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem June 12, 2020 ISLAMABAD – An attack on a mosque in Kabul during Friday prayers killed the imam and three worshipers and wounded several others. Mawlawi Azizullah Mofleh, the imam of Sher Shah Suri mosque in the Kart e Char area, was a well-known religious scholar. This is the second attack