Archive for December, 2020

Humvee explosion causes massive damage in Faryab

The Taliban detonated a Humvee loaded with explosives in the Dawolat Abad district market on Monday night, local officials confirmed Tuesday.

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Acting US secretary of defense pays unannounced visit to Afghanistan

President Ashraf Ghani met with US Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller on Tuesday afternoon and discussed the peace process, the situation in Afghanistan and the region, and further support to the Afghan Security and Defense Forces, the Presidential Palace said.

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Pakistan’s new visa processes in place and online applications accepted

The Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul announced on Tuesday that changes to its visa processing system, that was announced in September, have been rolled out across the embassy and its consulates across the country.

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Abdullah Flies to Tajikistan to Discuss Afghan Peace

Abdullah will “discuss the Afghan peace process, regional support and bilateral relations” in Tajikistan, Abdullah’s office said. Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, left Kabul on Monday bound for Tajikistan to discuss the Afghan peace process, his office said in a statement. He is accompanied by a high-level delegation.

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60 Attacks, 133 Deaths in Kabul Over 2 Months

First Vice President Saleh personally took charge of overseeing Kabul security two months ago. Kabul witnessed at least 60 security-related incidents over the past two months in which 133 people were killed and 280 more wounded.

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Doghabad Magnetic Bomb Blast Claims 1

At least one civilian confirmed dead after a magnetic bomb went off in Police District 7 (PD7) of the Afghan capital Kabul early Tuesday morning, local security officials said.

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8 killed, 15 injured in Afghan car blast targeting politician

A car bomb detonated in the Afghan capital of Kabul has killed at least eight people and injured 15 others including a member of parliament, officials said. Tariq Arian, a spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of the Interior, said terrorists conducted the attack on Sunday, causing severe damage to houses around the blast site.

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Death Toll of Kabul’s Attack on MP Rises to 10

The explosion occurred in Spin Kalay square in PD5 of the city while the convoy of an Afghan MP was passing the area. First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Monday said that at least 10 people were killed and 52 others were wounded in Sunday’s car bomb attack on the convoy of an Afghan MP in Kabul.

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Afghan Journalist Killed, 5th in 2 Months

Ghazni police said that the journalist was killed by unknown armed men in front of his home. A journalist in Ghazni, Rahmatullah Nikzad, who was also head of the journalists’ union in the province, was killed in an attack by armed men this evening, the provincial police said.

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Armed by Iran, 2,000 Afghans Still in Syria: Zarif

Talking in an exclusive interview with TOLOnews’ Lotfullah Najafizada, Zarif said that Iran has not sent any Afghans to Syria war. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in an interview that aired on Monday, said that 2,000 Afghans are still fighting in Syria and that Iran would be willing to arm more in the fight against Daesh if the Afghan […]

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