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KABUL (Pajhwok): Social media rumors regarding the imposition of a 40-day quarantine period in the country are false as the Ministry of Public Health says no such decision has been taken so far Claim: A facebook page — Department of Kankor Examination Ministry of Higher Education — shared a topic…

KABUL (Pajhwok): Medical experts have rejected social media and some individuals’ claim that natural herbal Baldghora or Gulpar — Pashto and Dari names — could cure coronavirus. According to experts, there is no academic or scientific evidence that Baldghora could treat the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus. Baldghora is a…

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban have rejected news reports that the group guarded foreign forces bases in Afghanistan for the past one year, but government claimed the Taliban would do everything to get power. Claim: the Taliban guarded foreign forces bases in Afghanistan Continuing attacks on Afghan security forces, the Taliban have…

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan government has rejected reports that say President Ashraf Ghani had paid secret visit to Pakistan. Claim: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani paid secret visit to Pakistan Kamran Khan, a well-known Pakistani journalist and director of Dunya Television channel in a tweet has wrote that Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani…

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan government has rejected reports that say President Ashraf Ghani had paid secret visit to Pakistan. Claim: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani paid secret visit to Pakistan Kamran Khan, a well-known Pakistani journalist and director of Dunya Television channel in a tweet has wrote that Afghan president, Ashraf…

KABUL (Pajhwok): A report that quoted a fake twitter account claiming 7,000 Taliban prisoners would be released and the names of Taliban leaders removed from the UN blacklist is inaccurate. Claim: 7,000 Taliban inmates would be released and Taliban leaders removed from blacklist in near future. Khaama Press, Khabaryal, Ariana News and some other…

KABUL (Pajhwok): Former President Hamid Karzai’s Chief of Staff Abdul Karim Khuram in a television debate has claimed that President Ashraf Ghani had agreed with the US to release the remaining 7,000 Taliban prisoners, but the President Ghani office rejected it as false. Claim: During a political debate with Kaviyan…

KABUL (Pajhwok): A report published by a fake facebook page ‘Peace Television’ about a ceasefire agreement between the Afghan government — Republic side — and the Taliban — Emirate —- during the upcoming Turkey Conference is incorrect. A meeting of the Afghan government, the Taliban, the UN, regional and major…

KABUL (Pajhwok): Turkey, the US and the United Nations have agreed to hold a summit in Istanbul on the Afghan peace on April 16 while the Taliban and the Afghan government say no decision in this regard has been taken so far. The Turkey Summit on Afghan peace is expected…

KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of Facebook users and people have encouraged using opium tears for treatment of Covid-19 but health experts rejected its efficiency when it comes to Covid-19 treatment and advise people to follow health guidelines. Opium is produced from tears of poppy bods, dried latex in brown color.…