Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 166 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 566 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 42,463, the number of total reported deaths is 1,577, and the total number of recoveries is 34,954. Click here to read more (external link).
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Ariana: As peace talks continued in Doha and the war intensified in a number of provinces, second vice president Sarwar Danish on Monday called for a revision and evaluation of the Afghan peace talks with the Taliban by the new US administration. Speaking at an event in Kabul he said the lack of flexibility by the Taliban have caused the Doha negotiations to stall. “Taliban’s inflexibility is the main cause of existing stalemate in Doha talks,” Danish said. According to Danish government has released more than 6,000 Taliban prisoners since the Doha agreement, but some of them have returned to the battlefields. Click here to read more (external link).
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Hundreds-of-thousands of families have mourned the loss of loved ones killed in Afghanistan’s 19-year-long conflict. But there is one war widow in the country’s northeastern Kunar Province who carries an especially heavy burden of grief. Taj Bibi has had three husbands killed in battle. All of them were brothers who served the Afghan National Army.
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1TV: Afghanistan’s health ministry on Monday reported 138 new cases of coronavirus and 12 deaths attributed to it over the past 24 hours. Afghanistan has so far registered 42,297 coronavirus cases since the outbreak began in February. The country has already passed its peak, but officials are warning that coronavirus cases could increase as the weather gets cold during the winter. Click here to read more (external link).
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NPR: It’s the championship of the Afghan women’s soccer league in the capital, and the Herat Storm is facing off against the Kabul Fortress. This is a conservative country, and the players sprint across the field in long-sleeved shirts, and leggings under their baggy shorts. Black hoodie-style hijabs cover their hair. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: At least eight civilians were killed and seven more were wounded after three mortars hit near residential houses in Naw Abad area in the city of Ghazni this evening, the provincial police spokesman Wahidullah Juma said. He said that the incident happened when the first mortar “shelled by the Taliban” hit a house in the area and that the two others hit the area when the people gathered to help those affected. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Afghanistan’s Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) on Sunday summoned National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) officials, and Kabul municipal officials to answer questions over the high levels of pollution in Kabul city among other issues. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 126 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 356 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The data by the ministry shows that the cumulative number of total cases is now 42,159, the number of total reported deaths is 1,562, and the total number of recoveries is 34,458. Click here to read more (external link).