The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said a device built by the Herat robotics team to serve as a ventilator does not meet standards and could cause damage to coronavirus patients if it is used.

The number of the coronavirus cases in Pakistan on Monday reached 3,277 with the infections in the worst-hit Punjab province approaching 1,500 despite government claims that the ongoing lockdown in the country has slowed down the spread of the deadly virus.

Afghan government said on Monday that the Taliban are insisting on the release of 15 prisoners involved in major attacks, a demand which it said was unacceptable for now.

The Taliban said their peace deal with the United States was nearing a breaking point, accusing Washington of violations that included drone attacks on civilians, while also chastising the Afghan government for delaying the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners promised in the agreement.

Pakistan on Sunday warned the international community over the developing “humanitarian crisis” among Afghan refugees due to the coronavirus crisis, Anadolu News Agency reported.

Ata Mohammad Noor, the chief executive of Jamiat Islami, lashed out at Salahuddin Rabbani, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Amrullah Saleh for recent indecent comments being posted against him on social media.

Afghan security officials confirmed that at least six security forces were killed and wounded in Taliban’s attack on Almar District of Faryab province.

The Afghan military has released a video which shows a precision airstrike against a key Taliban compound in northern Balkh province.

The U.S. military in Afghanistan has said it would defend the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in the event the were attack.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says at least 30 new positive cases of coronavirus were registered in the country during the past 24 hours.

The Afghan Taliban warned Sunday that it will resume full-scale attacks if a peace agreement signed with the U.S. in February is not followed in letter and spirit.

According to the Asian Development Outlook 2020 report, political uncertainty and COVID-19 pandemic are going to further dampen Afghanistan’s economy.

The co-producer of “Golshahr”, Mojtaba Ehsani, has said that the documentary portrays the struggles put up by a group of Afghan immigrants in the Golshahr neighborhood in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad to halt the coronavirus pandemic.

The United States on Sunday welcomed the widespread international support for the newly formed Afghanistan government under the leadership of President Ashraf Ghani.

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Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility on its mainland after a 53-year-old man tested positive for the new coronavirus, the migration ministry said on Sunday.

 Pakistan Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) on Sunday warned the Prosperous World and the United Nations against developing human crisis in Afghan refugee camps due to prolonged lockdown situation amidst coronavirus outbreak.

A planned $1 billion cut in U.S. aid to Afghanistan would come from funds for Afghan security forces, according to three U.S. sources, a step experts said would undercut both Kabul’s ability to fight the Taliban and its leverage to negotiate a peace deal with them. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced ...

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) killed a prominent Taliban during a clash in central Wardak province, the Afghan military said.