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Afghanistan's Public Health Minister says three people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours
Ghani fled Kabul with less than a million dollars, says report
The SIGAR report, compiled based on interviews of at least 30 former officials, including those close to Ghani, suggests a little over $500,000 million in cash on board the helicopters. Significantly, the fund that Ghani took away was not the government fund but was the leftover amount that the UAE government had provided to Ghani to support his 2019 presidential campaign.
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People breaking public health order in Kabul
Even though strict precautionary measures have been introduced with Kabul city under quarantine, bevies of people thronged the city and intercity commute seemed unhindered on Sunday
Taliban rejects Kabul peace force as ‘inconclusive’
The Taliban has rejected a delegation introduced by President Ashraf Ghani for the intra-Afghan negotiations, saying it was against a peace deal the group signed with the United States in February
Kabul imposes strict quarantine restrictions
Officials are imposing strict quarantine restrictions in capital Kabul city as they try to control the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country
Lockdown imposed in Kabul
Afghan authorities have imposed a lockdown in the capital city of Kabul starting from Saturday for at least a period of three weeks as the country witnessed an increade in the number of coronavirus cases
2,000 Afghans stranded in India will return home
Following the threat of pandemic coronavirus, India has allowed an Afghan Air Flight Company, Kam Air, to transfer the Afghan passengers from the country through five flights
EU Calls for Permanent Ceasefire in Afghanistan
The European Union in a statement on Friday condemned recent attacks in Afghanistan and called for a permanent ceasefire in the country
Taliban delegation in Kabul as prisoner release nears
In a major breakthrough, the Taliban will send a delegation to Afghanistan to facilitate the thorny prisoner swap as part of the peace deal with the United States
Afghan economy can't withstand US aid cut, COVID-19 impact
The Afghan economy cannot withstand the $1 billion aid cut by the US and the financial pressures originating coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey
IS terrorist involved in attack on Sikhs in Kabul was Kerala shopkeeper
One of the four terrorists involved in the terror attack on Sikhs in Kabul was a 30-year-old shopkeeper who had fled along with 14 other youths from Kerala to join the Islamic State (ISIS) four years ago
COVID-19 effect: Afghanistan to release 10,000 prisoners, excludes ISIS, Taliban
In a bid to contain the COVID-19 spread, Afghanistan will soon release at least 10,000 prisoners over the age of 55 years, officials said
Ghani releases list of 20 delegates for intra-Afghan talks
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has released a list of 20 representatives to negotiate with the Taliban, an important step towards the much-awaited intra-Afghan talks, a media report said
Afghan human rights commission calls for ceasefire
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Thursday welcomed and supported an appeal from the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for immediate ceasefire to fight the COVID-19 outbreak in the country
Afghanistan records 2nd death, 80 cases
MoPH has confirmed second virus-related fatality and over 80 coronavirus cases in Afghanistan so far
Partial US aid cut to Afghanistan not to affect key government sectors
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in a video message to the nation said that US announcement of reduction in aid to Afghanistan would not directly affect the key government sectors and they were trying to fill the gap, adding that the government would study all the aspects of budget to fill the vacuum
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