Speaking in a weekly media briefing held in the central city of Multan, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that his country has already taken in 3.5 million Afghan refugees over the years, but would not accept any more. “We can’t take more, we will have to shut our border, we have to safeguard our national interest,” he said, adding that Pakistan will...
A minivan traveling from Ghorban to Kabul was struck by a roadside bomb around 3:35 Sunday afternoon, said Interior Ministry’s spokesman Tariq Arian. Six men, three women and two children were wounded in the explosion, according to him. There was no claim of responsibility for the explosion....
A power pylon was blown up last night in Rabat area of Bagram district, causing outage in Kabul and several other provinces, says Sangar Niazi, spokesman for Afghan power utility company—Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat. According to the spokesman, three workers of the power supply company were killed Saturday by a powerful electric shock while working to repair a destroyed pylon in Baghlan. As many as...
The source spoke with TKG on condition of anonymity, saying Afghan forces drew back without fighting. Out of 16 districts in Takhar, the source said, 13 are under Taliban control while government forces have the control of only three districts. The armed group has announced its fighters have taken Rustaq district of the province and government forces have suffered heavy casualties. Security officials in the province...
The death toll related to COVID-19 rose by 1,258, including 511 deaths reported from the state of Maharashtra, figures by the South-Asian country’s health ministry showed. New variants are a particular concern in India, where more than half the population has not received COVID-19 vaccines. Less than 6% of India's adult population of 950 million has received two doses, Reuters reported. At least 20 cases have...
It called on the Afghan government to support the demand and assist in forming the delegation and its investigations. The commission advocated the demand on Sunday, June 27, that coincides with the first death anniversary of Fatima Khalil and Ahmad Jawid Folad, two employees of the human rights commission who were killed in a sticky bomb attack in the PD12 of Kabul city. The commission...
The government delegation led by President Ghani met with the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and members of the U.S. Congress, Biden’s National Security Adviser, and at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ahead of their sit-down with President Joe Biden at the White House. The trip, described by First Vice President Amrullah Saleh as “a trip full of accomplishment”, had...
The suspect was captured in Kabul’s eighth district, said the interior ministry. The IEDs incorporated a mobile phone and were seized by police, according to a ministry’s spokesman Ahmad Zia Zia. In recent months, several urban buses were targeted by bomb explosions. No one has claimed responsibility, neither have Afghan authorities succeeded to hunt the perpetrators and arrest them....
A power pylon was blown up last night in Rabat area of Bagram district, causing outage in Kabul and several other provinces, said Sangar Niazi, spokesman for Afghan power utility company—Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat. It comes as two pylons in Salang district of Parwan were repaired on Saturday—three months after working to restore the electricity back. According to the spokesman, three workers of the power...
The new infections were 1% lower than the previous week, according to acting health minister. Also, 56 people died of covid-19 in the previous 24-hours period, bringing the nationwide deaths to 4,650. Health ministry’s data showed that coronavirus that 300 patients got better in the 24-hours period. It comes as on Thursday the ministry announced that restrictions had been extended for another two weeks in...