Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 120 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,666 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The Health Ministry stated that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 53,327, the total number of reported deaths is 2,260, and the total number of recoveries is 43,291. Click here to read more (external link).
Advanced Security Cameras To Be Installed Across Kabul To Help Thwart Attacks
Amrullah Saleh
Radio Free Afghanistan
January 6, 2021
KABUL — Afghanistan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has announced plans to install security cameras with “advanced” technology across Kabul to better tackle actions by “terrorists and thieves” in the capital.
The project would cost more than $100 million and would be supported by NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, Saleh wrote on Facebook on January 6, noting that technology has improved dramatically since security cameras were installed across Kabul in 2008.
There have been no immediate comments from NATO or its mission in Afghanistan.
The announcement comes as continued violence and chaos across Afghanistan, including in the capital, have threatened efforts to bring an end to decades of war in the country.
Afghan government representatives and the Taliban are due to kick off a second round of peace talks in Qatar this week.
The direct intra-Afghan talks began in September, and it took about three months for the sides to agree on key procedural issues for the negotiations, allowing the talks to advance to more substantive issues, including reaching an elusive cease-fire.
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1TV Afghanistan Dari News – January 6, 2021
COVID-19: 102 New Cases Reported in Afghanistan
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 102 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,691 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The Health Ministry stated that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 53,207, the total number of reported deaths is 2,253, and the total number of recoveries is 42,840. Click here to read more (external link).
Ghani Accused of Meddling in Ex-Minister’s Trial
Tolo News: The former minister of mines, Wahidullah Shahrani, who was sentenced to 13 months in jail and fined $1.5 million on charges of misuse of authority, on Wednesday accused President Ashraf Ghani of trying to interfere in his judicial proceedings in the court. Shahrani’s aide quoted the Afghan Attorney General Farid Hamidi as saying that the jail term and the cash fine had been personally ordered by President Ghani. Click here to read more (external link).
Date Set for Afghanistan in World Cup Qualifiers
Tolo News: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced the date and time for Afghanistan National Football matches in the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said on Tuesday. Bangladesh will host Afghanistan on March 25 and the match will kick off at 5:30pm Kabul time. Click here to read more (external link).
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1TV Afghanistan Dari News – January 5, 2021
Danish calls for probe into Pakistan attack on Hazara coal miners
Ariana: Second Vice President Sarwar Danish has called on Pakistan and the international community to probe the “cowardly” attack on coal miners, seven of whom were Afghan nationals, by extremists groups in Pakistan and prosecute the culprits. The Islamic State (Daesh) claimed responsibility for executing the ethnic Hazaras. Click here to read more (external link).
Danish: Taliban Seek Collapse of System by Opposing Constitution
Mohammad Sarwar Danish
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish on Tuesday said that the Taliban’s opposition to the current Constitution of Afghanistan is meant to cause the collapse of the system. Addressing a ceremony on the 17th anniversary of the ratification of Afghanistan’s Constitution, Danish states that the Taliban’s confrontation with the Afghan Constitution is intended to bring the system’s downfall. Click here to read more (external link).
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Afghan cricket team set to play ODI series in UAE
Ariana: The Afghan National Cricket Team left Kabul for the UAE on Tuesday where they will play a three-match One Day International (ODI) series against Ireland, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said in a statement. The national team, therefore, will not travel to Oman, where they were scheduled to hold the series due to UAE Visa restrictions earlier, the statement said. Click here to read more (external link).