Daily movement restrictions in Balkh extended for 10 days

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4 years ago

April 20, 2020

(Last Updated On: April 20, 2020)

The decision to extend the restrictions on commuting was taken at a meeting of the Anti-Coronavirus Committee in Balkh.

Starting from Monday, police in Balkh will closely monitor unnecessary movement across the city and at the gates of Mazar-e-Sharif.

The curfew in Balkh is being extended while 16 new cases of the Coronavirus were registered Sunday alone, bringing the number of the infected to 43.

Munir Ahmad Farhad, the spokesman for the governor of Balkh, said these measures were serious and that the police had been ordered to help implement them.

But the citizens of Mazar-e-Sharif are unhappy with the extension of the restrictions, saying that hunger and poverty are more prevalent than ever before.

Meanwhile, local officials in Balkh, say they have allocated AFN30 million to help those in need and will be distributed before Ramadan.

They add that the money allocated to the province to fight the Coronavirus is insufficient and that with it, they cannot help all the needy.

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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners

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2 hours ago

April 20, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.

Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.

This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.

Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.

Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.

Roof collapse kills two in Helmand

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3 hours ago

April 20, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.

Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.

According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.

This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.

IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects

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18 hours ago

April 19, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 19, 2024)

Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.

According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.

“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.

Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.

According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.

“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.

However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.