ACB to award contracts to 25 female national team cricketers

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Ariana: The Afghan Cricket Board (ACB) held a successful training camp over the past few weeks for 40 female cricketers in order to select a new national women’s team.  In a statement published on ACB’s website, the board said 25 women will be selected and awarded contracts as national team members.  The board stated that the training camp was held in accordance with “Islamic and traditional Afghan values” and wrapped up on Thursday.  Click here to read more (external link).

121 New Cases of COVID-19, 6 Deaths Reported in Afghanistan

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Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 121 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 356samples tested in the last 24 hours. According to the Public Health Ministry’s data, the cumulative number of total cases is now 41,935, the number of total reported deaths is 1,554, and the total number of recoveries is 34,440.  Click here to read more (external link).

Afghanistan’s one-man crusade to combat Kabul’s crime wave

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Amrullah Saleh

The Washington Post: Saleh, a tough-talking former national intelligence chief, has a sweeping vision of crime and an ambitious goal to tackle it in all forms. His announced targets range from pickpockets to land-grabbers, and from unregistered vehicle owners to powerful politicians who insult police at traffic stops or pressure them to free detained suspects. Click here to read more (external link).

Watchdog: Number Of Attacks Rising In Afghanistan Despite Peace Deal

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Taliban fighters (file photo)

DBA: The daily average of attacks carried out in Afghanistan during the past three months was 50 percent higher than in the second quarter of this year, a U.S. watchdog said in a report published on November 3. Meanwhile, Afghan forces conducted 1,111 ground operations in the past three months, more than double the number conducted in the same period last year, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said. “The Taliban is calibrating its use of violence to harass and undermine [the Afghan government and security forces], but remain at a level it perceives is within the bounds of the [U.S.-Taliban] agreement,” SIGAR cited the U.S. Department of Defense as saying. Click here to read more (external link).

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Bombs And Blackboards: The Challenges Of Girls’ Schooling In Afghanistan’s Rural Regions

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A bombing attack on her home and a lack of resources are just a few of the obstacles Khanomjan Noori has overcome to establish a girls school in the village of Dakhai in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost Province. More 1,000 girls now attend the school, which she opened four years ago. But there are many challenges to providing education for girls in Afghanistan’s rural regions, some of which are under the control of Taliban militants.

Eight ministerial nominees have flawed educational documents

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1TV: Eight ministerial nominees have flawed educational documents, an assessment by the parliament’s higher education and cultural commission shows. They are Hasina Safi for the ministry of women’s affairs, Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani for the ministry of industry and commerce, Masouma Khawari, for the ministry of communications and IT, Qudratullah Zaki for the ministry of transport, Muhibullah Samim for the ministry of borders and tribal affairs, Noor Rahman Akhlaqi for the ministry of refugees and repatriation, Bashir Ahmad Tahyenj for the ministry of labor and social affairs, Najibullah Yamin for the ministry of public works. Click here to read more (external link).

Afghanistan: 86 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported

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Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 86 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 356 samples tested in the last 24 hours. According to the Public Health Ministry’s data, the cumulative number of total cases is now 41,814, the number of total reported deaths is 1,548, and the total number of recoveries is 34,404. Click here to read more (external link).