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By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 10 people died and 29 were wounded in a car bomb followed by gunfire in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, in an attack claimed by the Taliban, police said. Basir Mujahed, spokesman for the Afghan National Police in the capital, told Anadolu Agency that […]

21st Nov 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide bombing kills 43 people celebrating Prophet’s birthday

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suicide bombing at a religious ceremony in capital Kabul on Tuesday killed at least 43 people, officials and local media confirmed. Najib Danish, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, told Anadolu Agency the suicide attack targeted a private community hall, Uranus hall. He said a meeting […]

14th Oct 2018

Afghanistan: Blast at campaign rally kills 22

By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Just days before national parliamentary polls, at least 22 people were killed and more than 30 wounded in a blast at a campaign rally in northern Afghanistan, officials confirmed on Saturday. Mohammad Jawad Hejri, spokesman for the northern Takhar province’s governor, said that the attack happened during […]

3rd Oct 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide attack on election rally kills 13

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 13 people were killed and more than 20 wounded when a suicide bomber targeted an election rally in eastern Afghanistan, an official confirmed Tuesday. The bomb blast targeted the political gathering of Abdul Nasir, the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) candidate in eastern Nangarhar province, a […]

12th Sep 2018

Afghanistan: 32 civilians killed in suicide bombing

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suicide bomber on Tuesday attacked a crowd of protesters in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 32 people and leaving over 128 others wounded, an official confirmed. An hour after the blast this afternoon, Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, told Anadolu Agency […]

10th Sep 2018

Afghanistan: More than 30 killed in attacks across Afghanistan

By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL (AA): A total of 31 people were killed in attacks across Afghanistan on Sunday, according to officials. Taliban militants attacked police headquarters in Baglan province, killing 20 security personnel, Baglan Provincial Shura President Safdar Mohsini told reporters. Mohsini said five security personnel were also wounded in the attack, adding […]

16th Aug 2018

Afghanistan: 48 Shia Muslims dead in Kabul suicide attack on education center

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 48 young men and women were killed and more than 67 others injured when a suspected suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a private student coaching center in Afghan Shi’a Muslim neighborhood of capital Kabul on Wednesday, according to officials. Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told […]

14th Aug 2018

UN: Thousands of Daesh terrorist fighters remain in Syria, Iraq

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): Despite their defeat, an estimated 20,000-30,000 Daesh terrorist fighters are still in Syria and Iraq, according to a UN report published Monday. The report on Daesh and Al-Qa’ida, which was presented to the Security Council, said a smaller number of Daesh fighters had made their way to Afghanistan, where […]

5th Aug 2018

Afghanistan: Death toll from Shia Muslim mosque bombing climbs to 39

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA & The Muslim News): The death toll from Friday’s twin suicide-bombing in a Shia Muslim mosque of Gardez city, Paktia Province rose to 39 on Saturday. 81 worshippers during Friday Prayers in Khawaja Hassan mosque, were wounded by the terrorists. Sardar Wali, spokesman of the provincial chief of […]

1st Aug 2018

Afghanistan: 26 killed in attacks across the country

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Dozens of people were killed in two separate attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday. At least 11 civilians, including women and children, were killed and 31 wounded in a roadside blast in western Farah province bordering Iran, an official said. Farah governor’s spokesman Naseer Mehri told Anadolu Agency […]

16th Jul 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide attack in Kabul kills 7

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least seven people were killed in a suicide attack on Afghanistan’s Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in the capital Kabul on Sunday, officials and local media confirmed. Najib Danish, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, informed Anadolu Agency a lone suicide attacker detonated his explosives […]

12th Jul 2018

Afghanistan: Attack on education office in Jalalabad kills 10

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 10 people were killed in an armed assault on an education office in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, an official confirmed. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, told Anadolu Agency that a group of armed attackers stormed the Jalalabad directorate in Nangarhar province of the […]

18th Jun 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide attack kills 10 in Nangarhar province

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suicide attack in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province claimed at least ten lives on Sunday amid cease-fire in the war-ravaged country, an official said. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, told Anadolu Agency the suicide attacker blew his explosives in the Pashtunistan Square, close to the […]

12th Jun 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide attack at ministry kills 13 in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 13 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a suicide attack on the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) in the Afghan capital Kabul, an official said on Monday. Hashmat Stanikzai, spokesman for the police headquarters in Kabul, told Anadolu Agency […]

5th Jun 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide attack targets Kabul scholars against terrorism, 14 killed

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 14 people were killed and some 20 wounded in a suicide bomb attack targeting a gathering of religious scholars in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday, according to police. “Tight security was in place for the gathering of the Ulamas [religious scholars] in the Loya Jirga […]

21st May 2018

Afghanistan: Taliban attack on check posts kill 17 Afghan forces

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Taliban terrorists have stormed multiple check posts in the central Afghan province of Ghazni, killing at least 17 security personnel over the weekend, officials said. Mohammad Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, confirmed the killing of 17 security personnel and said up to 50 militants had […]

1st May 2018

Afghanistan: Twin blasts kill 35, including 10 journalists in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 35 people, including 10 journalists and cameramen, were killed and 45 others injured in two suspected suicide blasts during the morning rush hour in the capital Kabul Monday, according to police and health officials. Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told Anadolu Agency the first blast was […]

22nd Apr 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide bombing targets voter registration in Kabul kills 4

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Suicide attack on a voter registration center in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday has killed four and wounded at least fifteen people, an official confirmed. Humayon Mohtaat, head of the population census directorate, told Anadolu Agency that a registration office in the Dasht Barchi neighborhood was […]

22nd Mar 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide blast in Kabul capital kills 31, injures 65

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A suicide blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday killed at least 31 people, officials and local media reported. Nusrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, confirmed a suicide bomber targeted a Nevruz (Nowruz) [Spring Festival] gathering in the capital’s Karta-e-Sakhi neighborhood killing 31 people, […]

10th Mar 2018

Afghanistan: Suicide attack by Daesh targets Shia Muslim community in Kabul, kills 9

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least nine people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a suicide attack in capital Kabul on Friday, according to officials and local media reports. Nusrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for Interior Ministry, told Anadolu Agency the suspected bomber detonated his explosives at a security barrier […]

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