Officials at Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) said that after a 12-hour stand-off against insurgents, security forces were finally able to sweep most areas of the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul.
However reporters in the area said that gunshots and explosives were once again heard.
Najib Danish, spokesman for MoI, however, said the siege had ended and security forces were conducting a clearance operation.
Five people, including...
Pakistan condemned the terrorist attack on Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel that killed five people and injured several others.
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Faisal condemned the incident in a statement and said terrorism was not acceptable.
Gunmen stormed Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday night, seizing hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces.
Several people had been killed and injured in the attack; however, official figure is...
Security head of Farah police commandment was killed last night.
Naser Mehre, spokesman for Farah governor, told Killid that Gul Bahar Mujahid, security head of Farah police commandment, was killed in a roadside mine blast.
He added that Taliban militants attacked a police check post in Poshtroad district last night; Mujahid along with other reinforcements was on his way to the post when his vehicle...
Sixty-seven people, including policemen and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, were freed from Taliban captivity in Afghan security forces’ raid in Helmand province.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that the operations were conducted in two separate prisons based on an intelligence tip off.
According to MoD, released prisoners were transferred to Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces.
Twenty of the prisoners have been transferred to Kandahar and Uruzgan...
Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) announced that five civilians have been killed and six others including three security personnel have been injured in ongoing militants attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul.
Najib Danish, spokesman for MoI, said that five floors have been cleared of insurgents and only the sixth floor remains.
This comes after gunmen stormed the hotel at about 9pm on Saturday night. By...
The United States government shut down on Saturday, after members of Congress failed to reach an agreement on the divisive issue of immigration and government spending.
In a late-night vote, opposition Democrats in the Senate joined to block a bill that would have kept the government running for another four weeks.
The shutdown comes exactly a year after Donald Trump took his oath as US...
Local officials in Jawzjan said that two persons committed suicide within hours in Sheberghan, provincial capital of Jawzjan.
Wazir Mohammad, 35-year old, hanged himself to death yesterday afternoon due to family problems.
In a separate incident, a 13-year old boy named Farhad hanged himself to death in Sheberghan around 2 pm yesterday.
Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, spokesman for Jawzjan governor, told Killid that police findings show that...
President Ashraf Ghani visited the Commando Corps in capital Kabul and evaluated the conduct of special operations.
A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that Ghani hailed the bravery of security forces and directed serious attention to the families of security officials who rendered sacrifices for their motherland.
Commander Commando Corps Maj. Gen. Bismillah Waziri thanked the president for his special attention to the...
A delegation approved by the Taliban’s supreme leader visited the Pakistani capital last week for exploratory talks on restarting peace negotiations to end Afghanistan’s 16-year war.
Pakistani officials said that there was no progress made in the unofficial meetings with a representative of a prominent Afghan politician.
The Islamabad talks on Monday followed another back-channel meeting over the weekend in Turkey between individuals with Taliban...
The threats of violent extremism and transnational organised crime in Afghanistan reverberate across Central Asia and the world and countering them cannot be the responsibility of one country alone, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday, urging regional and multilateral cooperation, based firmly on human rights.
“Regional cooperation offers opportunities to address common concerns, including counter-terrorist financing, improving border security, fostering dialogue with religious...
