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By Islam Sajid ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): At least six people were hurt in an explosion near a mosque in western Afghanistan on Sunday evening, security sources have said. A device went off near the Imam Baqir Shia mosque in the Bagh-E-Zubaida area, west of Herat city, a local police officer told reporters. The improvised […]

18th Dec 2016

Afghanistan: 5 female airport staff killed in Kandahar

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, (AA): Gunmen killed five women who worked at the Kandahar International Airport in southern Afghanistan while they were en route to their workplace early Saturday morning, Afghan media quoting local officials said. The women were travelling in a van when at least three gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on […]

22nd Nov 2016

Afghanistan: Suicide attack kills 30 at Shia Muslim mosque in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, (AA): A suicide attack inside a Shia mosque here killed at least 30 people Monday. Col. Fareedon Obaidi, head of investigations for Kabul Police, told Anadolu Agency a lone suicide bomber detonated explosives inside the Baqar Uloom Mosque where Shia Muslims had gathered for the mourning of martyrdom of […]

13th Nov 2016

Afghanistan: Taliban attack in US military base kills four

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, (AA): A day after a deadly suicide attack on a German diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, the Taliban managed to hit another foreign installation, this time the country’s largest U.S. military base. An explosion inside the U.S. military’s Bagram airfield on Saturday morning killed at least four people and left […]

12th Oct 2016

Afghanistan: 14 Shia Muslims killed, 36 wounded in Ashura attack

By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL, (AA): At least 14 people were killed and 36 others wounded when a gunman attacked a Shia Muslim shrine in the Afghan capital Kabul, authorities said Tuesday. Police also said two grenades had been detonated during the attack. Interior Ministry Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said one of the victims of the […]

27th Sep 2016

Afghanistan: 5 injured as Taliban hits NATO vehicle

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA): The Taliban blasted a NATO vehicle injuring five people, the Pentagon confirmed to Anadolu Agency on Sunday. “Four Romanian troops and an Afghan linguist, supporting the Resolute Support mission, suffered injuries when their vehicle hit an‎ improvised explosive device [IED] near Kandahar district, Kandahar province in the early morning […]

17th Sep 2016

Pakistan: Suicide bomb attack kills 30 during Friday prayers

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 30 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew up himself in a mosque in northwestern Anbar Tehsil of Mohmand Agency. tribal area, according to a local official Friday. Thirty others were injured when the bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest during Friday prayers, Mahmood Aslam, an administrative […]

6th Sep 2016

Afghanistan: Suicide blasts kill 24 people in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, (AA): At least 24 Afghans, mostly security personnel, were killed and over 90 others were wounded in two suicide blasts at the Ministry of Defense in the heart of the capital Kabul on Monday, according to the Ministry of Public Health. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which […]

25th Aug 2016

Afghanistan: Terrorists kill 13 at American University of Afghanistan

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL (AA): A deadly 10-hour assault on the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) in Kabul ended early on Thursday leaving at least 13 people dead, including seven young students. A group of Taliban militants stormed the AUAF campus Wednesday evening. Located on a busy street in the western part of […]

1st Aug 2016

Afghanistan: Former Afghan MP latest victim of targeted killings

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, (AA): For the second time in a matter of days, a high profile pro-government figure has been killed in an apparent targeted killing in Afghanistan on Sunday. Dr. Asadullah Hematyar, a former lawmaker from President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s home province Logar, was assassinated near his clinic in capital Kabul. No […]

24th Jul 2016

Afghanistan: 80 Hazara Shia Muslims killed in suicide bombing in Kabul

The Muslim News: Afghanistan is in mourning Sunday in the aftermath of killing of 80 Hazara Shia Muslims Saturday. Thousands of mainly young Hazaras were demonstrating peacefully in Kabul. More than 231 people were injured. Daesh has claimed responsibility for the kiling of innocent Muslims. “Two fighters from Islamic State detonated explosive belts at a […]

17th Jun 2016

US: New documents shed light on CIA torture

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA): Details emerged Thursday of CIA torture techniques at overseas black site prisons, from newly declassified transcripts of detainees’ military hearings at the Guantanamo Bay Prison. “They shackle me completely, even my head; I can’t do anything,” Zayn al-Abidin Muhammed Hussein, a Saudi-born Palestinian also known as Abu Zubaida told […]

6th Jun 2016

Afghanistan: Lawmaker among 3 killed in Kabul bomb attack

By Mohammad Fahim Abed KABUL (AA): An Afghan lawmaker, Sher Wali Wardak, and his two guards were killed in a bomb attack outside the deputy’s house in the Afghan capital Kabul Sunday afternoon, an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said. According to spokesman, Wardak was seriously injured in attack and later succumbed to his wounds […]

31st May 2016

Germany: Conversion numbers among refugees raise concern

BERLIN (AA) – An influential Muslim organization in Germany has raised concern regarding an alleged growing number of conversions to Christianity among refugees who hope to receive asylum status. The growing number of conversions among refugees made headlines in German media earlier this month, when nearly 80 Muslim refugees from Iran and Afghanistan converted to […]

25th May 2016

Afghanistan: 10 killed in suicide bomb attack

By Zabihullah Tamanna KABUL (AA & AP): At least 10 people were killed and three others were wounded on Wednesday morning after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives on the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, security officials said.The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. The claim came from Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, in […]

15th May 2016

Afghanistan: Taliban car-bomb kills four in Helmand

By Zabihullalh Tamanna KABUL (AA) – At least four people were killed Saturday in a suicide car-bomb attack in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province that was later claimed by the Taliban, according to a local official. Provincial Police Chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang told Anadolu Agency that the attacker had detonated his explosive-laden vehicle near a […]

12th May 2016

Nigeria asks UK for ‘stolen’ money post Cameron gaffe

LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian president shot back at British premier’s “fantastically corrupt nation” remark Wednesday, by calling on the U.K. to return all the money it “stole” from Nigeria. On Tuesday, Britain’s David Cameron was overheard describing Afghanistan and Nigeria as “possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world”. Cameron was picked up […]

11th May 2016

UK: Afghanistan, Nigeria ‘world’s most corrupt’: Cameron

LONDON (AA): Britain’s David Cameron was overheard describing Afghanistan and Nigeria as “possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world.” The U.K. prime minister was picked up making the remarks by television microphones on Tuesday as he spoke to Queen Elizabeth II at an event to mark her 90th birthday. The Afghan and Nigerian […]

6th Apr 2016

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber kills seven in Parwan province

KABUL (AA) – Seven civilians were killed and another 26 injured by a suicide attack that occurred in the Siah Gird district of Afghanistan’s central Parwan province on Tuesday, a local official has said. Deputy Governor Shah Wali Shahid told Anadolu Agency that the attacker had detonated his explosive-laden motorcycle in a public part of […]

4th Apr 2016

Afghanistan: Two days of torrential rains kill 30

By Zabihullah Tamanna KABUL (AA) – Over 30 people have been killed and hundreds of acres of farmland destroyed by two days of torrential rainfall in Afghanistan, an official said Sunday. According to Wais Barmak, state minister for the Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority, most casualties have been recorded in the central Daikundi, Uruzgan […]

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The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.