8am: Dr. Syed Jaffar Hussain, the representative of WHO in Iran, said on Sunday that four million Afghan refugees in Iran had received the COVID-19 vaccine, Iran’s state news agency reported. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The final round of a table tennis tournament in Kabul was held on Saturday. The tournament was launched to select high-level players for the Kabul table tennis team. Wahidullah Sadat won the final round for the adult-level class out of 40 cocontestants. here here to read (external link).
Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund’s first public speech was aired on Saturday evening. It was broadcast on public television but with an audio message only. Hassan Akhund covered a range of issues including the Taliban’s fight against the US, the poverty in the country, security issues and Afghanistan’s relations
The Guardian (UK): It is a Saturday morning in November, and Afghan MP Nazifa Yousufi Bek gathers up her notes and prepares to head for the office. But instead of jumping in an armoured car bound for the mahogany-lined parliament in Kabul, her journey is by bus from a Greek hotel to a migrants’ organisation
Aamaj: The Hezb-e-Islami leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, in his Friday’s sermon stated that the media are trying to defame the Taliban by broadcasting terrible, trite, and anti-Islam programs. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Abdul Malik Sayyad, known as “Sayyad Badakhshi”, one of the famous poets and writers of Badakhshan, died last night in Fayzabad, the capital of the province. Sayyad Badakhshi has left three books of poetry, his book “The Song of the Poor” has been published and his other two books are still in pen form.
Tolo News: Jama Saidi, a German boxer of Afghan heritage, won a match against French opponent Faoud El Massoudi on Friday night in Berlin, Germany. Saidi won the match by unanimous decision. Click here to read more (external link).
Antiwar.com: An “honest mistake” is buying your partner the wrong perfume or copying someone into an email chain by accident. It is not firing a drone missile at a car, killing 10 civilians – and doing so when a small child was clearly visible moments earlier. Click here to read more (external link).