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State revenues have decreased significantly in the western Herat province since the outbreak of coronavirus. The western Herat is a key border province which contribute a huge amount to national revenue. The descending trend continues as so does the ascending outbreak of coronavirus. 43 percent drop in tax revenues Talking…

The Afghan government has approved a new financial package of 89 billion afghanis for the fight against the pandemic coronavirus and its devastating impacts in Afghanistan.   The new financial package which has been prepared by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), was approved on Saturday, May 02, following a separate…

Five doctors, who work at Ibn Sina Emergency Hospital (ISEH), have tested positive for coronavirus, says a hospital staffer, who fears that those patients, who have been in contact with the Covid-19-infected doctors in recent days, might have been infected too. “After a surgeon of us who tested positive for…

Food delivery by some restaurants in parts of the capital Kabul is going on though the city is under a loose lockdown to prevent the spread of the fatal Covid-19. Under a lockdown strategy, restaurants and cafés are shut down in Kabul. But a number of restaurants including some fast…

With the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) declared some amendments in the country’s national budget plan. The government has allocated an overall six billion and 727 million afghanis for the fight against the spread of coronavirus in Afghanistan, according to the MoF. Based on the accounts of…

As the fatal pandemic coronavirus reached Afghanistan, a country of nearly 36 million population, the Afghan government launched an awareness campaign, asking people to wash their hands, avoid unnecessary movements and stay at home. The government strategy, however, seems unlikely to be put into effect as majority of the country’s…

A finding by Kabul Now suggests that infection rate of coronavirus in western Herat province seems low for major health facilities in the city have pitfalls in assessment of Covid-19 testing. Herat was the first city which reported the first positive case of coronavirus in Afghanistan; official record, however, shows…

The Taliban era is the darkest era of our history, says the 35-year-old Saeeda who is resident of Helmand province. “I have many bitter memories and experiences of the Taliban era. There was no school, girls were not allowed to attend school. With my young fellow girls, I had to…

Afghanistan has come a long way in education sector. The country has made a remarkable quantitative and qualitative progress in this sector compared to the late 1990s, when the Taliban were in power and schools were shut in most parts of the country. Despite achievements made, the country’s educational system…

The United States threatens to cut one billion USD aid at a time when Afghanistan is locked in a political impasse and struggles with challenges caused by a rapidly spreading lethal pandemic. The unprecedented threat by Washington comes while yesterday, March 23, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in an…