A relatively strong explosion reported in Kabul PD 6th around 9:45 am today. Hashmat Stanekzai, media advisor at Kabul police, told Killid that the incident happened in Qala-e-Nazer area of PD 6th near an election registration site. The blast site has been closed by security forces. The type of the blast and casualties is yet to be known. More to come……. ...
A Palestinian scholar was shot dead by two assailants in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, as he was heading to a mosque for dawn prayers, according to local police. Fadi al-Batsh, a 35-year-old Palestinian academic and member of Hamas, was instantly killed by the unknown attackers in a residential neighbourhood of Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Al-Batsh's father told Al Jazeera that he accuses Israel's intelligence...
As "a goodwill gesture”, the authorities in Baghlan province on Saturday announced allowing Taliban militants to bring their patients to government hospitals for treatment. Abdul Hai Nimati, governor of Baghlan province, told a peace gathering in Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital, that the government was ready to come close to the Taliban. He ordered all government hospitals to receive Taliban militants for treatment and behaved...
The Afghan government approved the proposed draft investment policy to start the extraction and process of marble deposits worth more than 150 billion USD. A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that the proposed draft was discussed and approved during the meeting of the High Economic Council chaired by President Ashraf Ghani. It was decided that clear technical standards should be considered and implemented...
Local officials in Ghazni said that nine terror incidents happened in the province over the past 30 days. In the latest incident a traffic officer was shot dead by unknown gunmen yesterday in the city. Arif Noori, provincial governor’s spokesman, told Killid that 11 individuals have so far been arrested in connection with the incidents. He added that they are being investigated to identify terror gangs...
A press release from Afghan National Security Council (NSA) stated that National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar met with Gen. Li Zuocheng, member of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) and chief of the Joint Staff Department under the CMC in Beijing on Friday. The statement added that Zuocheng reaffirmed China’s support during the meeting. The statement further stated that Zuocheng hailed the Afghan forces for...
At least six Taliban insurgents including a group commander Qari Amrullah were killed and four injured during clash with Afghan security forces in Ghormach district of Faryab province. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said that the clash took place yesterday in centre of the district. The source added an Afghan soldier was also wounded during the clash. According to the...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced that his country will suspend nuclear and missile tests immediately, according to state media. The announcement on Saturday came amid increasingly decreasing tensions on the Korean peninsula ahead of a landmark summit between the North and the South next week. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that Pyongyang would also close its nuclear test site as...
A large number of Afghans living in Sindh province have been issued with Pakistani identity cards, claims a legislator. A resolution moved in the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday denounced the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) for issuing the identity documents to aliens. Opposition lawmaker Nusrat Seher Abbasi moved the resolution, which claimed the Afghans and other foreign immigrants had become registered voters. Some of them had...
Afghan Border Police Quick Reaction Force Commander in Kandahar Gen. Janan Afghan was killed in an explosion in Kandahar city this morning. Javed Hilal, deputy spokesman for Kandahar police, told Killid that the incident took place in the vicinity of the 4th police district of the city around 9:30 am. He added that three bodyguards of Afghan were also injured in the blast. Taliban claimed responsibility...