Sher Hussain Sahar, attorney at Daykundi provincial Attorney General’s Office, said provincial independent election head was arrested in suspicion of rape, carrying unlawful guns, and misuse of authority by National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives.
He added that Qasim Qasem, provincial head of independent election commission, was arrested by NDS personnel on March 20 and is currently being investigated.
Sahar further stated that Qasem’s case...
At least 53 people are confirmed dead and many others injured in a massive fire at a shopping center in Siberia, Russian officials said.
The death toll from the fire that began on March 25 could still go higher as the search progresses through the building in the city of Kemerovo, 3,000 kilometers east of Moscow.
At least nine children were among the dead.
State-run TASS...
At least eight Taliban fighters were killed and nine injured in a joint military operation conducted by Afghan National Army (ANA), National Police, and public uprising forces in Pashtoon Kot district of Faryab last night.
Karim Yorush, spokesman for Faryab police, told Killid that the operation started at 10 pm last night and lasted for four hours in which four villages were cleared of...
Armed anti-government groups have sabotaged a power line in Baghlan province, officials said today, cutting a supply of imported electricity to Kabul last night.
Wahidullah Tawhidi, a spokesman for the national power company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, said insurgents destroyed one electricity transmission tower in the area of Kelagai Dashte.
He added that utility workers have reached the area not long afterward and have started...
Egypt presidential election marathon starts today for three days between incumbent President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Moussa Moustafa Moussa, the leader of Al Ghad Party.
Head of the National Election Authority (NEA) Lasheen Ibrahim urged all the Egyptians to practice their constitutional rights and participate in the presidential election scheduled for March 26-28.
Ibrahim said that it is time that the Egyptians can show...
Uzbekistan will open a high-level two-day international conference on Afghanistan “Peace Process, Cooperation in the Sphere of Security and Regional Interaction” in Tashkent today.
“Afghan officials, the world and regional countries will discuss on Afghanistan’s peace issue in Tashkent. The conference follows the second Kabul peace process conference. President Ghani will focus on Afghanistan’s peace offer to Taliban,” said Ehsan Taher, spokesperson of High...
The attack on Imam Zaman mosque in Khair Khana left 27 worshippers dead and 50 injured on August 25 last year.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on mainly women and children.
Khadija Mohammadi and her daughter Mariyam Moqadas Mohammadi who were praying on the second floor of the mosque were among the dead.
Khadija Mohammadi was born in a religious family in Shikh Ali district...
Fewer and fewer women are enlisting in the national army and police.
The country was once a model in the South Asia region for affirmative action. Thirty percent of all personnel in the police and army were meant to be female.
But information gleaned by Killid reveals a mere 2.4 percent of staff in police headquarters in the western provinces are women; and only 0.56...
Mohammad Shahzad stole the limelight as Afghanistan laid down a marker ahead of next year's World Cup by romping to a seven-wicket thrashing of the West Indies in Sunday's qualifying final in Harare.
Leg-spin sensation Rashid Khan became the fastest bowler ever to reach 100 one-day international wickets as the Windies were bowled out for 204, before big-hitting opener Shahzad smashed 84 as Afghanistan...
Security officials in Herat reported that an explosion ripped through Nabi Karim Mosque in Lelamia road of Herat city today.
Abdul Ahad Walizada, spokesman for Herat police, confirming the blast said that the incident happened around 1:30 pm today in Rangreze road.
According to him, two attackers approached the mosque on a motorcycle. When police stopped them the one detonated his explosives. Police gunned down...
