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Rumors on interim govt misleading as US issues strong denial
KABUL (Pajhwok): Social media reports claim senior Jamiat-i-Islami Afghanistan (JIA) leaders Atta Mohammad Noor and Younis Qanoni have discussed the establishment of an interim government in Afghanistan in Dubai with US Chief Negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad. However, US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson on Wednesday said the US was not advocating an…
Read More »Letter from Khalilzad to Ghani proved unauthentic
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan government and US Embassy in Kabul have rejected a letter from US Special Representative for Afghanistan Peace Process ZalmayKhalilzad to President Ashraf Ghani circulating on social media platforms Facebook and Twitter for the past couple of days. The letter reads: “We [The US] are compelled to…
Read More »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…
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