Amrullah Saleh
Ariana: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Saturday on his Facebook page – after his daily 6.30am security meeting – that “Daesh Taliban” had warned government against executing any prisoners and said if this happened they would turn “Kabul into a Shia slaughterhouse”. Click here to read more (external link).
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Hamdullah Mohib
1TV: Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said on Saturday that the peace talks, which are currently happening in Qatar, should be held within Afghanistan. Mohib said that the government is ready to hold talks with the Taliban in any area of the country the group wants. Click here to read (external link).
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Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 126 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,060 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 48,952, the number of total reported deaths is 1,960, and the total number of recoveries is 38,328. Click here to read more (external link).
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Tolo News: Afghan mixed martial arts fighters Ismail Haidari, Wahidullah Nazhand and Faramarz Mohammad as well as Iran’s Shaheen Najafi defeated their rivals in the eleventh round of mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions on Friday. Click here to read more (external link).
AP: Optimism among Afghans regarding the country’s peace process has decreased significantly in the past few months amid a spike in violence, according to a survey released on December 11. Click here to read more (external link).
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Fardin Amini
Ariana: Afghan Journalist and Ariana News anchor, Fardin Amini, was killed in a suicide attempt Friday morning in Kabul, the Interior Ministry (MoI) confirmed. Tariq Arian, a spokesman for the MoI stated in a tweet that based on evidence, Amini has committed suicide by cutting his neck with a sharp edge stone. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: The Afghan women’s cricket team, which was officially relaunched last month, is scheduled to have their first overseas training camp later this month, likely in a Gulf country. The aim of this is to prepare them for their first international match early next year, Reuters reported. Click here to read more (external link).
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Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 73 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,235 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 48,826, the number of total reported deaths is 1,949, and the total number of recoveries is 38,266. Click here to read more (external link).