Category: Afghanistan

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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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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Pakistan to Afghan parties: Reduce violence

The Pakistan ambassador to Afghanistan has voiced deep shock at the lives lost in Sunday’s terrorist attack in Kabul.

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10 killed, 52 wounded in Kabul bombing: Saleh

At least 10 people were killed and 52 others wounded in Sunday’s bombing targeting Wolesi Jirga member’s Khan Mohammad Wardak’s convoy, says Vice-President Amrullah Saleh.

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Why India chose silence on accepting Afghan envoys?

Afghanistan has no envoy in India since two and a half years as New Delhi has chosen silence to approve or reject the credentials of an Afghan envoy introduced to the country 16 months ago. Turkey, Tajikistan, Holland and Kuwait are other countries who in recent years have been silent over approval of credentials from Afghan envoys.

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Two wounded in Kabul IED explosion

At least two people were wounded in a magnetic IED explosion in Kabul city Monday morning, Kabul police confirmed.

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India’s attack on Pakistan to harm Afghan peace bid: FM

India’s surgical strikes against Pakistan would harm the Afghan peace process, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has warned.

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Member of Parliament targeted in Kabul explosion

An explosion ripped through the Speen Square intersection in Khushal Khan in PD 5 of Kabul city on Sunday morning, leaving a number of people dead, sources have confirmed.

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Afghanistan: Armed forces kill 74 Taliban terrorists in Kandahar, says ministry

The terrorists were planning to attack positions held by the Afghanistan National Defence and Security Forces. Afghanistan Ministry of Defense on Sunday that 74 Talibani terrorists were killed and 15 injured during clashes with the country’s armed forces in Kandahar province.

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