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.
Read more ›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.
Read more ›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.
Read more ›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 […]
Read more ›Pakistan to UAE: ‘We not recognize Zionist occupation regime’
Pakistan on Monday said it has made it clear to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that Islamabad cannot recognize Israel until a “concrete and permanent settlement” of the Palestinian issue.
Read more ›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.
Read more ›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.
Read more ›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.
Read more ›Suicide bomber targets mosque in Paghman during prayer ceremony
At least one person was killed in Paghman district in Kabul province on Monday afternoon when a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a mosque.
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