The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said yesterday that the government has decided to introduce the new appointed governor for Balkh province soon.
IDLG Spokesperson Muneera Yosufzada said President Ashraf Ghani decision for Mr. Mohammad Daud to take over the responsibility of the province is final and there would be no changes.
Meanwhile Jamiat-i-Islami party insists that Atta Noor is the governor of Balkh...
A first of its kind trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China is convening in Beijing today.
The three agreed to establish a trilateral dialogue during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to the two countries in June.
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif of Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani will head delegations to the dialogue.
“China, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as...
Every family has been damaged by the nearly continuous war in Afghanistan for decades. Mahbooba Farid Karimi writes about a young man killed in July by a suicide bomber in Kabul.
Years of war in Afghanistan have killed an estimated one and a half million people. There may be only a few families who have not lost a brother or father, sister or mother...
Every family has been damaged by the nearly continuous war in Afghanistan for decades. Mahbooba Farid Karimi writes about a young man killed in July by a suicide bomber in Kabul.
Years of war in Afghanistan have killed an estimated one and a half million people. There may be only a few families who have not lost a brother or father, sister or mother...
Some 190 Afghans are maimed or killed by landmines every month.
Afghanistan is still one of the world’s worst affected countries even though more than a billion dollars have been spent on demining operations since 2001.
Unexploded devices and landmines litter the countryside. Killid’s findings reveal that more than 100 vehicles and 1,800 instruments belonging to demining institutions have been confiscated by armed groups.
Authorities in...
Palestinian Christian leaders have rejected US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, calling it "dangerous" and "insulting".
Trump's December 6 announcement has sparked protests across the Muslim world and drawn international condemnation.
The US move is offensive to "Christians and Muslims around the world who consider Jerusalem as an incubator of their most sacred, spiritual and national heritage", Atallah Hanna, the...
At least 14 border police members were either killed or injured in an explosion in Marja district of Helmand.
A reliable security source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Killid that two vehicles of Afghan border police struck a roadside mine yesterday evening.
He added that six border police members were killed and eight injured.
Meanwhile Abdul Salam Afghan, provincial governor’s spokesman, said he is...
Local officials in Maidan Wardak said that 15 Taliban insurgents including Maulavi Fayaz and Maulavi Gul Amin were killed and one arrested in a clearing operation conducted by Afghan forces in Sayed Abad district.
Naqib Amini, spokesman for Maidan Wardak police, told Killid that the operation is being led by provincial police Chief Gen. Fahim Qayem and Gen. Adul Raqaz, commander of 4th division...
Local officials in Laghman province on Sunday claimed thwarting bloody attack by arresting a would-be suicide bomber before he could reach the target.
A press release from Laghman governor’s office stated that the would-be suicide bomber was apprehended in Gatal area on the outskirts of Mehtarlam, the provincial capital, on Sunday evening based on a tip-off.
The bomber disguised as a woman wanted to flee...
Officials at Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) said that an explosion rocked Kabul PD 9th, Abdul Haq square, around 7:40 am today.
Nasratullah Rahimi, deputy MoI spokesman, told Killid that the target of the explosion and the casualties remain unknown.
He added the area has been cordoned off by security forces.
Meanwhile Ismael Kawose, communication director at Ministry of Public Health, said that three dead bodies...
