According to a police statement released Monday, unknown armed men opened fire on a police vehicle in Arghandi area of the district, killing two policemen. Another police officer was wounded in the attack, the statement read. Investigations had begun to probe into the incident. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack....
These members of the IS/Daesh, Yasin and Tajwal, were arrested during an overnight operation in Behsood district of the province, according to a statement by the provincial media and information center. Daesh is active in several districts of the province. The government of Afghanistan announced following the Rome coalition ministerial meeting that it was committed to fight international terrorism. Foreign Ministry welcomed the statement released after...
Matthew Snape, professor from the Oxford Vaccine Group said the "mix-and-match" approach may result in additional protection against coronavirus. He made the remarks following the results of a clinical trial comparing the current U.K. strategy of giving two doses of either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines against a combination of the two shots. Results showed people who received the AstraZeneca vaccine first, followed four weeks later by a Pfizer dose,...
A dozen Taliban were killed and 15 wounded in Afghan forces operations in Pashtun Kot district, according to an Interior Ministry’s statement. Operations to retake control of other areas were ongoing, the statement read. Defense Ministry meanwhile said that government forces have retaken control of Shinwari district of central Parwan province. The armed group has yet to comment. It comes as Taliban fighters have had significant progress...
Quoted by Tasnim News Agency, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said during a press conference on Monday that there was a need for the formation of an inclusive government through “peaceful and sustainable solutions” in Afghanistan that would involve all Afghans. “The Taliban does not constitute all Afghanistan, but is part of that country and part of the way out of crisis,” Mr....
Also, 64 people died of COVID-19 in the previous 24-hours period, bringing the nationwide deaths to 4,794. Health ministry’s data showed that coronavirus that 917 patients got better in the 24-hours period. It comes as last week the ministry announced that coronavirus restrictions had been extended for another two weeks in bids to contain the spread of the virus. As coronavirus cases began to surge, all...
The fighters last night attacked on security outposts but the attacks were fended off by Afghan forces, said provincial police chief Zabardast Safi. According to him, two Taliban fighters, including a local commander of the armed group, were killed and six others wounded in clashes with government forces. Taliban officials have yet to comment. The neighboring Sighan and Kohmard districts border Tala-wa-Barfak district of Baghlan which...
The restriction was imposed on licensed and without license motorbikes, said Tariq Arian, spokesman for the interior ministry. He called on residents for their cooperation in regard with the decision while warning the motorbikes would be stopped by police in case of negligence. It is not the first time the government imposes ban on the use of motorbikes in Kabul due to security reasons....
The explosion took place in the fifth district of Jalalabad city, said provincial governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani. According to the spokesman, One was killed and five four others, including two of its female employees, were wounded in the explosion. The dead was a rickshaw driver, said the spokesman, and the two wounded included one child and another driver. The explosion targeted workers of the charity organization...
The strikes targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq, according to a Pentagon’s statement. "As demonstrated by this evening's strikes, President Biden has been clear that he will act to protect U.S. personnel," it said. It did not say whether it believed anyone was killed or injured, but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said...