Sarhadi Zowak, spokesman for Laghman governor, said that nine people were either killed or injured in a traffic accident on Kabul-Jalalabad Highway.
He added that the incident happened in Zangorai area of Qarghaee district yesterday around noon.
He further stated that a Toyota Hilux collided with another vehicle in which three people were killed and six injured.
Over-speeding, non-compliance with traffic rules, and road damage are...
One person was killed and eight others were injured in a bomb blast inside a mosque in Momand Dara district of Nangarhar yesterday.
Ataullah Khogyani, provincial governor’s spokesman, told Killid that the blast took place during Friday’s prayers inside the mosque in Sultankhel village of Hazran area.
He added that the injured had been taken to Ghani Khail Hospital.
No group has claimed responsibility for the...
Afghans launched big demonstrations in many provinces against the recent decision made by the United States President Donald Trump about the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel yesterday.
Trump on Wednesday announced that he officially recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. His decision raised worldwide concern.
Trump also ordered the shifting of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv to the contested city...
An explosion in Kabul’s PD 6th claimed the lives of seven people and injured nine others today.
Media reported that the nature of the explosion is not known, but three vehicles were critically damaged.
Eyewitness narrated different stories about the nature of the explosion. Some said explosives were placed on a motorbike while others said it was a gas balloons explosion.
The house of second deputy...
Former Jihadi Leader Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf warned the government of “a dangerous situation” if the upcoming elections were not held on schedule or rigged today.
Addressing a gathering in Kabul, the Dawat-i-Islami Afghanistan (DIA) party leader said they had never wanted chaos, instability in the country and instead they suffered and deprived, but never allowed the country to be disordered. “But now I...
As if the United States needed more evidence that its sixteen-year mission in Afghanistan is an exercise in futility, a new United Nations report provides an additional reason for depression.
The 2017 Afghanistan Opium Survey from the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime, released on November 15, confirms that Washington’s effort to curb illicit narcotics trafficking in the country has failed.
The National Interest reported...
Twenty-five Daesh -- or so-called Islamic State (IS) -- fighters were killed in a drone strike in the Achin district of Nangarhar province.
Police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal said the drone strike targeted a Daesh ’ hideout in the Momand Dara area of the district on Tuesday.
He said at least 25 IS fighters including key members of the insurgent group were killed in the...
Women activists who gathered at Bamyan addressed a press conference to state that Nargis Nehan, the nominee for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum was rejected as a ministerial candidate by MPs because of ongoing discrimination against women.
On Monday parliament members voted for 12 nominated ministers of whom 11 were approved by the MPs but the only female nominee for the Ministry of...
Saad Hariri, the Lebanese prime minister, formally revoked his resignation yesterday after his cabinet agreed to commit to a policy of “dissociation” from regional conflicts.
The decision comes after a month of political turmoil for Lebanon when Hariri resigned from his post in a November 4 announcement from Saudi Arabia. Hariri later said he would withdraw his resignation if Lebanon returned to its “dissociation”...
As the days get shorter and the weather gets colder, health professionals see a spike in cases of pneumonia.
Nov 12 is observed as World Pneumonia Day – an illness that is life threatening for young children and old people in parts of the developing world.
Though authorities in the Ministry of Public Health claim the level of this illness has come down due to...
