Category: Afghanistan

OIC condemns recent Kabul mosque bombing

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned in the strongest terms the powerful explosion on Friday 29 April 2022, targeting the Khalifa Sahib mosque in Western Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city. In a statement the Muslim block said, the despicable attack marks yet another carnage in a string of attacks on Afghan civilians in the holy month of Ramadan, and […]

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Afghanistan working on plans to expand ties through railway network

Afghanistan Railway Authority (ARA), said Friday they are working to expand economic ties with neighboring countries through railway projects. The director general of the Afghan Railways, Bakht-u-Rehman Sharafat, says they are working on plans to develop the railway system in Afghanistan and to use this form of transport for exports. He said that Russia and Kazakhstan have also shown interest […]

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Afghans celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr across the country

Afghans celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Sunday, across all provinces of Afghanistan, including Kabul, after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government declared the first day of Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday night. The Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, said after Eid prayers at the Palace mosque in Kabul, that this Eid has come with peace […]

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Explosions in northern Afghanistan kill at least 9, wound 13

Two explosions, within minutes of each other, killed at least nine people and wounded 13 in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, a spokesman for a Taliban-appointed police chief said. The blasts targeted two separate vehicles in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, according to Mohammad Asif Waziri, the spokesman. The source of the blasts was not immediately clear and the spokesman […]

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Afghanistan working on plans to expand ties through railway network

Afghanistan Railway Authority (ARA), said Friday they are working to expand economic ties with neighboring countries through railway projects. The director general of the Afghan Railways, Bakht-u-Rehman Sharafat, says they are working on plans to develop the railway system in Afghanistan and to use this form of transport for exports. He said that Russia and Kazakhstan have also shown interest […]

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IEA leader issues Eid message, invites Afghans to return home

Hebatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), issued a message Friday on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr and called on Afghans to return to their country and on the international community to recognize the government. Akhundzada reiterated that the IEA has granted a general amnesty to all opposition and has implemented the order. “On […]

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IEA condemns deadly mosque bombing in Kabul

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has condemned the bombing in Kabul city during a khanaqah which resulted in dozens of casualties on Friday afternoon. Official reports have put the death toll at 10 with 30 wounded but eyewitnesses said dozens more were killed and wounded. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the IEA, condemned the explosion and said in a […]

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At least 10 killed in mosque explosion in Kabul city

Kabul police confirmed Friday night that at least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded in an explosion at a mosque in PD6 in Kabul city late afternoon. According to officials, the explosion happened in a Khanqah adjacent to a mosque in the Alauddin area of PD6. Khalid Zadran, Kabul police spokesman, said security agencies are investigating the incident. He […]

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Unfolding Scenario In Afghanistan Likely To Affect India – Analysis

The serial blasts, the revival of Islamic radicalism and the Pak-Taliban military standoff will affect Indian interests When the ruthless, militarily powerful and ideologically-driven Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, the expectation was that peace ( even if it was only the peace of the graveyard) would return to the hapless country. But contrary to expectations, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is […]

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Afghan ‘Fighting Season’ Ushers in New Anti-Taliban Groups

With the onset of the “fighting season” in Afghanistan, small pockets of anti-Taliban resistance appear to be forming across much of the country. The development, coupled with a spike in deadly attacks by the Islamic State terrorist group, could threaten the Taliban’s hold on power eight months after their takeover of Afghanistan.

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