Three heavily armed attackers and two policemen were killed during a coordinated Taliban attack on the house of Kandahar police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province late yesterday.
First one attacker blew his explosives-packed motorcycle at the entrance to Raziq’s home and then three heavily armed gunmen entered a fierce clash with police guarding the house, said Raziq’s...
Local officials in Laghman said that a woman was killed and four others were injured in an explosion in Mehtarlam, provincial capital of Laghman.
Sarhadi Zowak, provincial governor’s spokesman, told Killid that the blast happened around 11 am today in a market in Mehtarlam.
He added that the injured were transferred to the hospital and are currently being treated.
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Religious scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia will meet in Jakarta on Friday (May 11) on ways and means of ending the conflict in the Central Asian country.
High Peace Council Secretary Akram Khpalwak announced the date of the Ulema conference late Friday night after talks with Indonesian leaders in Jakarta.
Khpalwak, also a presidential advisor, said a 20-member delegation of Afghan scholars would take...
The United States has once again asked Pakistan to work with neighbouring countries, including Afghanistan, to bring peace and stability to the region.
“So, with respect to Pakistan, we have opportunities with Pakistan,” Pentagon chief spokesperson Dana White told a media briefing in Washington.
Pakistani newspaper Dawn quoted the spokesperson as renewing America’s continued support to Afghanistan, where insurgent attacks have seen a sharp spike...
US President Donald Trump said the time and place for his much-anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been decided, and will shortly be made public.
Earlier this week, the US president suggested that the demilitarised zone, or DMZ, between North and South Korea would be an excellent venue for the planned summit, but that Singapore was also a possible site.
"We now...
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah today said despite the National Unity Government’s (NUG) repeated calls for peace, the Taliban continues to reject the offer.
Addressing an event to mark World Press Freedom Day, Abdullah said, “In fact the Taliban is a criminal group and despite NUG’s repeated demands for peace and negotiation, they refuse, and with the continuation of the crimes, it became possible for...
Security officials in Uruzgan said that hundreds of Taliban insurgents have either been killed or injured in joint military operation codenamed ‘Nosrat’ conducted by Afghan and foreign forces in Trinkot, provincial capital, and a number of districts.
Brigadier Rahmat Shah Qemti, infantry commander of fourth division of Afghan National Army (ANA) in Uruzgan, told Killid that some 250 Taliban insurgents including prominent commanders have...
Nigeria's restive northeastern Adamawa state government Tuesday confirmed 27 dead and 56 injured from the twin blasts in Mubi town.
Ahmad Sajoh, the state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, said in a statement that the 56 injured persons were admitted to hospital.
Two suicide bombers carried out the attacks, he added.
The first blast was inside the mosque, while the second bomber detonated his improvised explosive...
Local officials in Nangarhar said that five Taliban insurgents including two commanders were killed in a clash with Afghan security forces in Momand Dara district.
Ataullah Khogyani, provincial governor’s spokesman, told Killid that the clash happened yesterday between Taliban insurgents and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers.
Khogyani added that there were no casualties among Afghan forces.
Taliban militants are yet to comment.
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Teachers of a primary school in the capital city of Baghlan province have been absent over the past three years, imparting nothing to hundreds of students.
Mohammad Akram Amarkhel, a tribal elder from Alikhel village of Pul-i-Khumri City, said the school teachers had been absent for the past three years.
He said he had many times shared the teachers’ absence issue with the education officials...
