Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 13, 2020 Afghan officials say at least 17 people have been killed in a string of attacks across the country. There was no claim of responsibility for the series of attacks on June 13. Violence in the country has spiked in recent weeks despite progress toward the launch of direct
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem June 12, 2020 ISLAMABAD – An attack on a mosque in Kabul during Friday prayers killed the imam and three worshipers and wounded several others. Mawlawi Azizullah Mofleh, the imam of Sher Shah Suri mosque in the Kart e Char area, was a well-known religious scholar. This is the second attack
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 575 new positive cases of COVID-19 from 978 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Kabul was on the top of the list with 193 new cases, followed by Herat with 151. The total number of known deaths from COVID-19 in the country is 369
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said 782 new positive cases of COVID-19 were registered over the past 24 hours, bringing the total positive cases to 9,998. The known death toll from the coronavirus is now 216. The total number of recoveries is 1,040. Kabul is a hotspot for the virus…Click here
By Ayaz Gul VOA News | May 12, 2020 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Officials in Afghanistan say a suicide bombing of a funeral in an eastern province and a militant raid on a hospital in the capital, Kabul, have killed around 40 people and injured scores of others. The Taliban insurgency quickly denied its involvement in
Tolo News: Wahid Majroh, deputy minister of public health, announced on Monday that in the past 24 hours 285 positive cases of COVID-19 had been reported in Afghanistan, bringing the total to 4,687. So far 122 people are known to have died of the coronavirus in the country. Kabul is still one of the worst
VOA News April 29, 2020 A suicide bombing in Kabul Province close to the Afghan capital killed three people and wounded 15 on April 29, the Interior Ministry said. “A suicide bomber detonated his explosives among civilians in the Reshkhor area of Char Asiab district of Kabul on Wednesday morning,” ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said
Ariana: The spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health said that 66 new cases had been registered in the past 24 hours, including 52 in Kabul, five in Laghman, four in Nangarhar and one in Paktia. On the other hand, Arg says that President Ashraf and the first lady, Rula Ghani, have tested negative for
Tolo News: The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) said Thursday the city’s air pollution has dropped dramatically due to the change of the seasons, and the lockdown in Kabul. Ezatullah Siddiqi, deputy head of NEPA, said they had regularly tested Kabul’s air quality over the past 16 days with mobile air quality monitors. Click here
Tolo News: Kabul, a city with an estimated population of six million, will be locked-down due to the coronavirus outbreak in Afghanistan. The lockdown will begin Saturday and will continue for at least three weeks, government officials said. Speaking at a press conference, Kabul governor Mohammad Yaqub Haidari said all Kabul residents must stay at