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Over 18,000 Afghans Contracted COVID-19 Since Start of 2023
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate said that more than 18,000 people in Afghanistan have contracted COVID-19 since the beginning of 2023, but said the number of COVID-19 patients has fallen down during the last two months. Based on the statistics of the Health Ministry and World Health Organization, 225,000
ODI World Cup 2023: Warm-Up Match 2, Afghanistan vs South Africa
Ariana: Afghanistan and South Africa will lock horns in a warm up match on Friday, September 29, at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram in India, as both teams head into the eagerly anticipated ODI Cricket World Cup. While Afghanistan recently wrapped up a forgettable Asia Cup campaign, South Africa won their most recent challenge,
Exiled Afghan Professors Say No Return Without Women In Universities
By Khujasta Kabiri Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 27, 2023 When the Taliban seized power, it soon launched a purge of Afghanistan’s universities in a bid to promote its radical Islamic values. Now, facing a severe shortage of qualified university teachers, the hard-line Islamist group is trying to convince exiled educators to return to their homeland.
A Toxic Legacy: What America Left Behind In Afghanistan
Undark: America’s 20-year military occupation devastated Afghanistan’s environment in ways that may never be fully investigated or addressed. American and allied military forces, mostly from NATO countries, repeatedly used munitions that can leave a toxic footprint. These weapons introduced known carcinogens, teratogens, and genotoxins — toxic substances that can cause congenital defects in a fetus and
Tolo News in Dari – September 27, 2023
Taliban Arrest 200 Anti-Pakistan Militants in Afghanistan
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 27, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban says it has captured 200 suspected militants for staging deadly cross-border attacks against Pakistan and has implemented other “concrete steps” to “neutralize” the terrorist activity, VOA learned from Pakistani officials privy to the process. The de facto Afghan rulers shared the details about the crackdown
The Massacre of Hazaras in Oruzgan; Ethnic Prejudice and Land Grab Politics
8am: 130 years ago, on September 25, 1893, Amir Abdul Rahman Khan, the then King of Afghanistan, issued an order to massacre the Hazaras of Uruzgan Province and its suburbs. “When the Hazara tribe’s acts of rebellion, including residents from Daia and Folad, Zawoli, Sultan Ahmad, and other regions, escalated to the point where all
UN Security Council Takes Aim at ‘Gender Apartheid’ in Afghanistan
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 26, 2023 WASHINGTON — Members of the United Nations Security Council, except Russia and China, on Tuesday issued a resounding condemnation of the Taliban’s relentless persecution of women in Afghanistan, calling on all member states to take urgent action to hold the country’s leadership accountable. The U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Representative for