News Hour
By TOLOnews
TOLOnews 10pm News 18 March 2020
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, is back in Kabul and has met with Abdullah Abdullah, close to aide to Abdullah said on Wednesday as election crisis prevails in the country.
Tackling the ongoing political crisis and the peace process were on the agenda of the meeting between Abdullah and Khalilzad, said the aide.
The government has established five quarantine centers in Herat and Nimroz provinces as part of its efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the country where 22 people have so far tested positive for the virus, officials said.
Also, a 200-bed hospital in Kandahar has been prepared for the coronavirus patients, according to the Administrative Office of the President.