8am: Dawood Siawash the father of Yama Siawash today (Sunday, November 7) demanded the photos of the Central Bank cameras in the first year of his son’s assassination. Dawood Siawash also blamed ex-President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and former Central Bank Governor Ajmal Ahmadi for not identifying his son’s murderer. Click here to read more (external
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 7, 2021 A polio vaccination drive across Afghanistan, the first of its kind in years, is scheduled to be launched on November 8, the United Nations Children’s Fund announced. “Vaccinate your #children against polio and protect their future!” the UN agency urged families in Afghanistan via Twitter on November 7.
Ariana: Afghan carpet sellers said on Saturday that their sales have declined and that it has become difficult to export to international markets. “We still have products, but our sales are very low. We used to sell three or four carpets a day, but now we sell that number a week.” Click here to read
8am: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a recent census of the COVID-19 situation in Afghanistan that 40 people have been infected with the virus in the last 24 hours. The statistic was published by the WHO on (Friday, November 5). By the registration of newly infected patients, the total cases of COVID-19
Tolo News: In the second day of the football tournament in the capital city of Kabul, four teams played against each other. The first match was held between Simorgh Alborz and De Maiwand Atalanformer, with Simorgh Alborz winning 3-0 on Saturday morning..The second match was held between Toofan Harirod and Oqaban Hindukush later in the
Reuters: It was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on Aug. 19 in a chaotic crowd outside the gates of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan when a U.S. soldier, from over the tall fence, asked if they needed help. Click here to read more
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 6, 2021 Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing of four women, including a rights activist, in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif. A Taliban Interior Ministry official confirmed the arrests in a video statement posted on Twitter on November 6, saying the suspects confessed to luring the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Michael Scollon November 5, 2021 Hundreds of school-aged girls in Afghanistan are getting around the Taliban’s efforts to stymie their education by going online, giving them the opportunity to continue to learn everything from computer programming to sculpting to yoga psychotherapy. “It sends a clear message to the Taliban,” said Maryam, who
Al Jazeera: Campaigners raise concerns against The Hague-based court’s plan to exclude US forces from war crimes investigation. The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision last year to launch an investigation into alleged war crimes had raised hopes that grave atrocities committed during decades of conflict in Afghanistan would not be swept under the rug. Click