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171 New Coronavirus Cases in Afghanistan, Total 3,563
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday announced that in the past 24 hours 171 positive cases have been recorded across the country, and the country total is 3,563. The total number of reported recoveries in the country is 468, and total deaths is 106. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Ministry of Education launches distance learning website
Ariana: The Ministry of Education has launched a distance learning website for school students, an alternative plan for education service delivery during the pandemic in Afghanistan. The ministry said Thursday that it has launched the online education services as the lockdown continues across the country. “This website is accessible from today and the educational programs
Khalilzad meets Taliban in Qatar, to visit India, Pakistan
1TV:US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has met with Taliban deputy leader Mullah Baradar in Qatar, the group said on Thursday. Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for Taliban’s political office in Doha, said that they discussed quick release of prisoners, launch of intra-Afghan talks and full implementation of their deal. Click here to read
Afghan Spy Agency Says ‘IS-Haqqani’ Cell Busted In Kabul
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan May 6, 2020 KABUL — Afghanistan’s intelligence agency says it has busted a joint “terrorist” cell of the Islamic State (IS) group and the Haqqani network, a powerful Taliban faction. Five members of the cell were killed and eight others arrested when security forces stormed two hideouts of the group in
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – May 6, 2020
Iran dismisses US claim about mistreatment of Afghan migrants as bitter joke
Press TV May 6, 2020 Tehran has dismissed as a “bitter joke” US claim of Iranian border guards’ involvement in the tragic deaths of a number of Afghan migrants near the border, saying a “war criminal” and “state sponsor of terror” is in no position to level such allegations. Last week, some claims surfaced in
U.S. Says Taliban Not Living Up To Commitments
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 6, 2020 U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said the Taliban is not living up to its commitments as militant violence is increasingly threatening a fragile deal signed with Washington this year. After extended talks in Qatar, the Taliban and the United States signed an agreement on February 29 for
COVID-19 Not Affecting Afghan Border Fencing, Pakistan Army Says
By Ayaz Gul VOA News May 5, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Pakistan say a unilateral construction effort has erected a robust fence along “more than 70%” of the country’s roughly 2,600-kilometer border with Afghanistan, and the coronavirus pandemic has not hampered the work. Pakistan has reported a relatively low number of cases of COVID-19, with
Total Reported Coronavirus Cases in Afghanistan: 3,224
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday said that in the past 24 hours 330 positive cases have been recorded across the country, and the country total is 3,224. The number of reported recoveries in the country is 421, and the reported number of deaths is 95. Click here to read more (external