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By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 36 security forces were killed and over 60 others wounded in northern Afghanistan amid a surge in Taliban-claimed attacks, officials confirmed on Monday. A suicide car bombing and armed assault in Samangan left at least 10 security forces dead and over 50 wounded, the provincial […]

9th Jul 2020

Afghanistan: 7 policemen killed, 20 injured in Taliban attacks

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least seven Afghan policemen were killed and 20 more injured in two separate attacks claimed by the Taliban on Wednesday. The deadlier of the two attacks was a suicide car bombing in the southern Kandahar province, which killed three policemen and injured 20 others. The blast […]

13th Jun 2020

Afghanistan: Blast inside mosque kills 4, incl Imam

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A blast inside a mosque during Friday prayer killed at least four people and wounded eight in the Afghan capital Kabul, an official confirmed. Tariq Aryan, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told Anadolu Agency that the incident took place in the posh Karta-4 neighborhood of the city. […]

3rd Jun 2020

Afghanistan: Blast rocks in mosque in diplomatic enclave in Kabul, 2 killed

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least two people were killed when a strong blast rocked presumably the safest diplomatic enclave of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Tuesday evening, an official confirmed. Tareq Aryan, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, initially told Anadolu Agency that a suicide attacker blew his explosives inside a […]

13th May 2020

Afghanistan: Newborn babies, their mothers, nurses killed in terrorist attack

By Abdul Adil (The Muslim News): Armed assault in a maternity section of a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan left at least 16 people dead. Among the victims were newborn babies, their mothers and the nurses. In another attack on the same day, suicide attack took place at a funeral prayer in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan […]

26th Mar 2020

Afghanistan: Sikh place of worship attacked in Kabul, 25 dead

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A worship place for Afghanistan’s Sikh minority was attacked by armed terrorists in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, leaving at least 25 people dead, an official statement said. As per initial reports, at least four terrorists stormed the Gurdwara in old Shor Bazar area, a densely populated […]

19th Mar 2020

COVID-19: Over 100,000 Afghans return from Iran

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Since the outbreak of coronavirus in neighboring Iran, over 100,000 Afghans were deported or returned voluntarily to their war-ravaged country, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday. In a fresh report, the International Organization of Migration noted that due to coronavirus transmission fears in Iran, spontaneous returns from Iran over the past […]

7th Mar 2020

Afghanistan: Death toll from Daesh shooting tops 32

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The death toll from Friday’s attack in the Afghan capital Kabul surged to over 30 as terrorist group Daesh claimed responsibility for the bloodbath, an official confirmed on Saturday. Desperation and resentment gripped the capital’s western Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood a day after the anniversary of the death of […]

12th Feb 2020

Afghanistan: Six dead, 12 injured in Kabul suicide attack

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least six people died and a dozen more were injured in an early morning suicide attack in Afghanistan’s capital on Tuesday. An Interior Ministry spokesman said a suicide bomber struck in Kabul’s Qambar Square area during the morning rush hour. “The bomber detonated his suicide vest […]

29th Jan 2020

US drops record number of bombs in Afghanistan in 2019

By Shadi Khan Saif province KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The U.S. forces stationed in Afghanistan dropped a record number of bombs in 2019, according to a recent data by the U.S. air forces. The U.S. military conducted 2,434 airstrikes in the war-hit country to drop 7,423 bombs, marking a steady rise over 7,362 weapons released […]

4th Nov 2019

Afghanistan: Taliban attack on convoy kills 10

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 10 people were killed when Taliban terrorists attacked a security convoy in northern Afghanistan, an official confirmed on Sunday. The ambush took place in Nusai district of the remote northern province of Badakhshan bordering Tajikistan, police spokesman Sanaullah Ruhani told Anadolu Agency. He confirmed five […]

19th Oct 2019

Afghanistan: Bomb blasts kills 62 during Friday prayers in mosque

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) The death toll from twin blasts that targeted a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Friday rose to 62, officials confirmed. The horrendous bombings rocked Haska Maina district of the eastern Nangarhar province. According to the governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani, a total of 62 lives were lost and […]

20th Sep 2019

Afghanistan: US drone strike kills scores of Afghan civilians

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Scores of civilians were killed in a U.S. drone strike early Thursday in eastern Afghanistan close to the Tora Bora mountains. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of the restive Nangarhar province, confirmed the strike on suspected pro-Daesh militants in the Khogyani district. Without giving more details, […]

19th Sep 2019

Afghanistan: Taliban suicide truck bombing kills 20

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): An early morning suicide truck bombing by Taliban killed at least 20 people in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, an official confirmed. The massive bombing hitting the main public hospital in Qalat, capital of the Zabul province also left more than 95 others injured, Atta Jan Haq, the […]

18th Sep 2019

Afghanistan: Explosion targets Afghan president’s rally, 24 killed

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): At least 24 people were killed in Afghanistan in a Taliban-claimed bomb attack on a campaign rally by President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday, local media reported. “An explosion occurred midday as President Ghani began speaking at a campaign rally in the city of Charikar, in the Parwan province,” 69 […]

13th Sep 2019

Afghanistan: Taliban suicide bombing kills 4 soldiers in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A Taliban-claimed suicide car bombing killed at least four soldiers and injuring three in the Afghan capital Kabul near the headquarters of the army’s commando forces, an official statement said Thursday. A minibus packed with explosives was detonated close to the entrance of the headquarters, said a Defense […]

6th Sep 2019

Afghanistan: Taliban bombing rocks diplomatic enclave in Kabul kills 12

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A massive suicide car bombing by Taliban rocked Afghan capital Kabul’s diplomatic enclave on Thursday, an official said. The Health Ministry has confirmed 12 people were killed, 10 civilians and one US service member and a Romanian soldier and over 42 others wounded. Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat […]

3rd Sep 2019

Afghanistan: Truck bombing by Taliban kills 16 civilians in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The Taliban claimed responsibility for a truck bomb that killed 16 people here in the Afghan capital, an official confirmed Tuesday as US signs a peace deal with the Taliban. Interior ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi said a suicide bombing late Monday took place near the Green Village area […]

18th Aug 2019

Afghanistan: 63 killed in suicide bombing at Shia Muslim wedding party

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Authorities in Afghanistan on Sunday confirmed over 63 Shia Muslims were killed and nearly 200 injured in late last night’s suicide attack at a wedding party in the capital Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi told Anadolu Agency the suicide bombing at the Dubai City wedding hall […]

31st Jul 2019

Afghanistan: Roadside IED blast kills 34 bus passengers

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A major roadside landmine blast in Farah, western Afghanistan, bordering Iran, killed at least 34 people on Wednesday morning, an official confirmed. A passenger bus coming from the neighboring Herat province hit a roadside improvised explosive device around 8.00 a.m. (0330GMT), killing 34 passengers and injuring 17, […]

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