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By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The Iraqi Embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul was attacked Monday by Daesh terrorists with a heavy blast followed by dark smoke and gunfire. Ministry of Interior spokesman Najib Danish told Anadolu Agency that up to four attackers were involved in the attack. “A suicide bomber blew […]

24th Jul 2017

Afghanistan: 30 killed, over 60 injured in Taliban suicide bomb attack in W Kabul

The Muslim News: A suicide car bomb explosion in western Kabul has killed 30 people and injured over 60, according to officials. The attack has been claimed by the Taliban, who have been very active in the last few months. Acting ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the target of the attack remained unclear, and that […]

26th Jun 2017

Afghanistan: 10 Afghan police killed in Taliban attack

By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Ten police officers were killed late Sunday in an attack by Taliban fighters in western Herat province, an Afghan official told Anadolu Agency. Another officer was injured in the attack that targeted the Salma Dam in the Chisti Sharif district, according to Herat governorate spokesman Farhad Jailani […]

18th Jun 2017

Afghanistan: 5 Afghan officers killed as Taliban storm police HQ

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The Taliban in Afghanistan stormed a regional police headquarters following a suicide car bombing on Sunday killing at least five officers, officials have confirmed. The Afghan National Police (ANP) headquarters in the city of Gardez, provincial capital of the southeastern Paktia province is a two-hour drive from […]

16th Jun 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide attack targets Shia Muslim mosque in Kabul killing six

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Two suspected suicide bombers attacked a mosque belonging to the Shia Muslim community in the capital Kabul on Thursday, leaving at least six persons dead and five others injured, according to an official. Daesh has claimed responsiblilty for the terroirst attack. The mosque was located in the […]

7th Jun 2017

Afghanistan: Bomb attack near mosque kills 8 in Herat province

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A bomb attack near the main gate of an iconic mosque in the country’s western Herat province left at least eight people killed, police said. An improvised explosive device (IED) was planted in a motorcycle auto-rickshaw and was detonated in the afternoon at the main taxi and […]

31st May 2017

Afghanistan: Dozens dead, over 300 injured in Kabul explosion

By Islamuddin Sajid KABUL (AA): A heavy explosion rocked a diplomatic area of Afghanistan’s Kabul city at early Wednesday morning, leaving at least 20 people dead, said a health ministry official. Local media claim between 20 to 100 people have been killed. Baz Mohammad, the ministry official, confirmed over 300 others were injured. The […]

27th May 2017

Afghanistan: 18 people killed in car-suicide bombing

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A car-suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Khost province has claimed at least 18 lives on the first day of holy month of Ramadan in the country. Locals told Anadolu Agency the attacker apparently targeted the Afghan security forces’ convoy in the provincial capital Khost City. Najib Danish, deputy […]

22nd May 2017

Afghanistan: 25 Afghan policemen killed as Taliban storms outposts

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Twenty-five national and local Afghan policemen were killed Sunday in coordinated Taliban attacks on their outposts in the southern Zabul province, officials confirmed. Situated between the restive Kandahar and Ghazni provinces, Zabul has been witnessing a surge in militancy of late. Bismillah Afghan Mal, the province’s governor, […]

23rd Apr 2017

Afghanistan: Over 100 killed in Taliban attack

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Over 100 casualties took place among Afghan soldiers in the Taliban’s attack on an army corps headquarters in northern Balkh province on Friday, according to the Ministry of Defense on Saturday. While the military did not give an exact figure of the dead and injured, the Balkh […]

14th Apr 2017

Afghanistan divided on US mega-bomb drop on Daesh hideouts

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The Kabul government has defended the dropping of “Mother of All Bombs” by U.S. forces Thursday on suspected Daesh hideouts in eastern Afghanonistan bordering Pakistan, killing 36 Daesh militants. Neither the US nor the Afghan Government has released information on civilian deaths because of the MOAB bombing. […]

10th Mar 2017

Afghanistan: Survivors speak of horror at hospital attack, 49 killed

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A terror attack on a major hospital in central Kabul has shocked Afghans hardened by decades of war, insurgency and terrorism. Staff, patients and visitors were among the 49 people killed in the suicide attack on the Dawood Khan Military Hospital on Wednesday and more than 80 […]

20th Feb 2017

Afghanistan: Heavy snow kills 25 in Faryab province

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Twenty-five people were killed by snowstorms and avalanches in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, just days after more than 100 people died due to heavy snowfall across the country, according to an official. This time round northern Faryab province bore the brunt of freezing temperatures and heavy […]

17th Feb 2017

Afghanistan: Religious students among dead in roadside blast

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A bomb attack killed at least 12 civilians, including seven students of a religious seminary, in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday. Provincial authorities in Paktika said the roadside blast took place in the Orgun district bordering Pakistan’s restive tribal belt. Ilyas Wahdat, governor of the province, told Anadolu […]

12th Feb 2017

Afghanistan: Taliban suicide attack kills at least 10 in Helmand

By Islam Sajid ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): At least 10 people including security personnel were killed and several others wounded in a suicide attack by the Taliban in eastern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Saturday, a government official said. Helmand provincial governor spokesman Omer Zowak told Anadolu Agency on the phone that the incident took […]

8th Feb 2017

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber on Kabul courthouse killing 20

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 20 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack outside the Supreme Court building in Kabul on Tuesday, health officials said. The lone bomber targeted the building in the city’s downtown as staff were about to leave for home. The Ministry of Public Health said […]

7th Feb 2017

Afghanistan: Over 900 children killed in 2016 violence

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Civilians again bore the brunt of violence in Afghanistan in 2016 that saw a large number of children among the 3,498 dead, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in its annual report on Monday. The report documented 11,418 conflict-related civilian casualties, including 3,498 people […]

6th Feb 2017

Afghanistan: Heavy snow claims over 40 lives across Afghanistan

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Over 40 people have been confirmed dead on Sunday as snowstorms wreak havoc on various parts of Afghanistan, prompting the government to declare Sunday as public holiday. The unprecedented snow in a decade has led to the closure of main highways leaving many people stranded, out of […]

16th Jan 2017

10 killed in explosion near Afghan-Pakistan border

By Islam Sajid and Aamir Latif ISLAMABAD and KARACHI, (AA): At least 10 people, including three security personnel, were killed and several others wounded in an explosion in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday. The incident took place in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on border with Pakistan, targeting a vehicle carrying […]

12th Jan 2017

Afghanistan: 5 UAE staff among 11 killed in bombing

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, (AA): Eleven people, including five diplomats from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been killed in a double bomb attack in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. The attack late Tuesday targeted the governor’s compound during a visit by the UAE ambassador. Both the governor, Humayun Azizi, and Ambassador […]

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