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Govt clueless, Taliban disown 100-person hit list
KABUL (Pajhwok): Government officials are clueless who is behind the release of a list in which some individuals are named as next target in the ongoing assassination spreewhile the Taliban disowning the list say journalists, reporters and civil society activist are not their targets.Interior Minister MasodAndarabi said the list was…
Read More »Fake social media accounts aim disunity, violence
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some circles have been trying to spread horror and intimidate people through fake social media accounts using logos of renowned media outlets including Pajhwok Afghan News simultaneously with ongoing peace talks. This comes when peace talks between Afghan warring parties have been underway since September this year and…
Read More »Taliban reject as fake papers directing attacks on US troops
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban have rejected as fake some leaflets in which the insurgents are directed to attack US and other foreign troops. Pajhwok Afghan News have obtained some papers and audio clips in which Taliban fighters in Farah and Kandahar provinces are ordered to launch attacks against foreigners because…
Read More »Cetirizine efficacy for Covid-19 patients not proven
FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Rumours about the efficacy of Cetirizine for coronavirus patients and the drug’s prescription by doctors on the basis of clinical judgment have no scientific basis. Medical experts say that Cetirizine Hydrochloride or Cetirizine Hcl, is an anti-allergy tablet that must not be used without a doctor’s prescription.…
Read More »No Afghan dies from Covid-19 ‘vaccine’ in Iran
KABUL (Pajhwok): A social media report about the deaths of Afghan refugees in Iran after being given coronavirus vaccine is false, Pajhwok Afghan News learned on Tuesday. The report was published on November 23 in a Facebook page “The Voice of Refugees.” The report titled ‘Administration of Covid-19 vaccine to…
Read More »Social media posts about Muhaqiq’s demise are false
KABUL (Pajhwok): The news regarding the death of Mohammad Muhaqiq, head of the Wahdat-i-Islami Political Party, circulating in social media is not true. Muhaqiq got infected with coronavirus in July, but he recovered. He is currently hospitalized in Turkey after a surgical operation. In the past two days, some social…
Read More »Principal’s death rumor from Coivd-19 proves false
KABUL (Pajhwok): Rumors that the Lameh Shaheed High School principal died from coronavirus and its teachers and students have been infected by the virus are false, Pajhwok Afghan News has reliably learned. While it is true that the school principal, Zarghona Akbari, has died, but she was not infected with…
Read More »Herat man dies of asthma not corona, finds Pajhwok
KABUL (Pajhwok): The death of a person from coronavirus in western Herat province has turned out to be baseless and incorrect, Pajhwok Afghan News learned on Saturday. Covid-19 for the first time surfaced in China three months earlier and spread to 160 countries during the period. According to the World…
Read More »Madena’s removal as chargé d’affaires from Washington Embassy untrue: MoFA
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has rejected news of the removal of Madina Qasami from the post of chargé d’affaires at the Afghan Embassy in Washington DC and said that she will continue her job. Earlier, Mohammad Mohaqiq, head of the Wahdat Party and member of the…
Read More »Kunduz police deny opening fire at protestors
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): A man killed near the Independent Election Commission (IEC) office in northern Kunduz province was not an observer of the ‘Stability and Partnership’ electoral team, Pajhwok has learnt. The IEC on Saturday resumed the vote recount and audit process in 28 provinces, drawing opposition from the ‘Stability…
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