A mosque in Kabul and three minibuses in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif were targeted in attacks that have not been claimed by any group so far. Source link
Read More »Taliban leader appears in public for second time in six years
Surrounded by fighters, helicopters overhead, Hibatullah Akhundzada spoke to worshippers Sunday at a mosque in the southern city of Kandahar; bombings have soared in the nation recently. Source link
Read More »Islamic State claims responsibility for bombing in Kabul on eve of Eid al-Fitr holiday
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, which comes a day after an explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers in Kabul. Source link
Read More »‘I thought my eardrums were cracked’: Kabul mosque blast kills 50
Dozens of worshippers were also injured in the explosion that tore through the Khalifa Sahib Mosque during prayers. Source link
Read More »Afghan defence minister says Taliban will not tolerate ‘invasions’
The comments come after the Taliban administration blamed Pakistan for air strikes that officials say killed dozens in Kunar and Khost provinces. Source link
Read More »امریکی سینیٹ نے ڈونلڈ بلوم کو پاکستان کیلئے بطور سفیر منظور کرلیا
امریکی سینیٹ نے ڈونلڈ بلوم کی پاکستان کے لئے بطور سفیر تعیناتی کی منظوری دے دی۔ ڈونلڈ بلوم اس وقت تیونس میں امریکا کے سفیر ہیں۔ وہ اسلام آباد میں امریکی سفیر ڈیوڈ ہیل کی جگہ لیں گے۔ امریکی وزارت خارجہ کا کہنا ہے کہ پاکستان سے شراکت داری علاقائی …
Read More »Afghan ex-president calls US order to unfreeze 9/11 billions ‘an atrocity’
Afghanistan’s former president on Sunday called a White House order to unfreeze US$3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the US for families of September 11 victims an atrocity against the Afghan people.At a packed news conference, Hamid Karzai sought the help of Americans, particularly the families of the thousands …
Read More »A ‘number’ of British nationals detained in Afghanistan, UK says
A “number” of British nationals are being detained in Afghanistan, the UK government said on Saturday, adding that it had raised the issue with the country’s Taliban authorities.The foreign ministry’s statement to Agence France-Presse came a day after the Taliban released two overseas journalists who had been detained, including a …
Read More »Afghan agents pour 3,000 litres of alcohol into Kabul canal | The Express Tribune
KABUL: A team of Afghan intelligence agents poured around 3,000 litres of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country’s spy agency said on Sunday, as the new Taliban authorities crackdown on the sale of alcohol. Video footage released by the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) showed its agents pouring …
Read More »Ex-Afghan president says decision to flee Kabul made in ‘minutes’ | The Express Tribune
Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani on Thursday described fleeing the Taliban’s victory march on Kabul, saying the decision had been taken in “minutes” and that he did not know he was leaving the country until he was taking off. Ghani told BBC’s Radio 4 “Today” programme that on the morning …
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