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By Syed Zafar Mehdi TEHRAN (AA): A high-level Taliban delegation arrived in Tehran on Tuesday for talks with Iranian officials on the peace process in war-torn Afghanistan. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the delegation’s visit of the delegation, led by deputy leader Mullah Ghani Baradar, comes upon an invitation from Tehran. The delegation […]

20th Dec 2020

Afghanistan: Lawmaker survives bomb attack, 9 killed

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least nine civilians were killed and many more wounded in a bomb blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, apparently aimed at a member of the parliament, authorities confirmed. According to the country’s Health Ministry, the magnetic bomb blast resulted in these casualties during the […]

17th Dec 2020

Taliban meet top Pakistani diplomat on peace process

By Islamuddin Sajid and Aamir Latif ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A delegation of the Afghan Taliban met with Pakistan’s top diplomat Wednesday to discuss the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan. The delegation, led by the group’s deputy chief, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, arrived on a three-day visit to Islamabad on Wednesday morning and visited Foreign Minister […]

22nd Nov 2020

Afghanistan: Multiple rockets hit Kabul killing 8 injuring 31

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Multiple magnetic bomb blasts and rocket attacks rocked the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday morning, killing at least eight people, officials confirmed. According to the country’s Interior Ministry, at least eight people lost their lives and 31 others were injured when multiple rockets and magnetic bombs hit various […]

3rd Nov 2020

Afghanistan: 19 killed as Daesh armed assailants attack Kabul University

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 19 students and teachers were killed and 22 wounded when unknown assailants stormed Kabul University in the Afghan capital Monday following multiple blasts and a gunfight, officials confirmed. While the Taliban, who are negotiating a political settlement with Kabul to end 19 years of fighting, […]

25th Oct 2020

Afghanistan: 24 killed in Daesh suicide attack in Kabul’s Shia Hazara neighbourhood

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The death toll in Afghanistan’s capital climbed to 24 on Sunday after a suicide bombing the previous day, officials confirmed. According to the Interior Ministry, 57 others in Kabul were injured in the suicide attack Saturday, with condemnations pouring in. “The Taliban cannot escape responsibility of this […]

19th Oct 2020

Afghanistan: Car bombing Ghor province kills 20

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 20 people were killed and over 120 others wounded in a car bombing in the central Ghor province of Afghanistan on Sunday, officials confirmed. The incident took place in Feroz Koh city, the provincial capital, at around 11:00 a.m. (0630 GMT) when a car packed […]

29th Sep 2020

Afghanistan: Landmine blast kills 15 civilians incl children

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 15 people were killed in a landmine blast in Afghanistan’s central Daikundi province, officials confirmed Tuesday. Nasrullah Ghori, spokesman for the provincial governor, told Anadolu Agency the incident took place in the Kijran district when a minibus hit a roadside landmine. The dead included seven women […]

31st Jul 2020

Afghanistan: Car bombing kills 9 people, injures dozens

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A powerful car bombing killed and wounded dozens of people, mostly civilians, in Afghanistan’s Logar province on the eve of a landmark cease-fire, officials confirmed late Thursday. Tariq Arian, the Interior Ministry spokesman, said in a statement that the “unforgivable crime” by the terrorists took place in […]

14th Jul 2020

Afghanistan: Taliban terror attacks kill 36 security forces

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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