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Businesses to resume partially, cabinet decides

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The Council of Ministers has given the go-ahead to a plan to gradually ease the nationwide lockdown prompted by the coronavirus.

The move is aimed to let businesses reopen for several hours, with President Ashraf Ghani asking people to stay indoors during the Eid festival.

Afghanistan has so far reported at least 9,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, as authorities fear the pandemic could spread faster in coming weeks.

A statement from the . . .

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