Afghan security forces on Monday night retreated following the Taliban escalation of attacks, evacuating the district and police headquarters, said Shah Mahmoud Naimi, deputy head of the provincial council.
They deployed in an army outpost after they left the district and police headquarters, he said.
According to him, initial reports indicated three policemen were killed and several others wounded in Taliban offensives.
Mr. Naimi added that...
He was senior deputy minister for Afghan ministry of interior.
According to a statement by the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG), under a presidential decree, Mr. Qane was hired as new governor of Herat while maintaining his military rank.
Shamim Khan Katawazi, head of the local governance directorate, traveled to the province to introduce him.
Sayed Wahid Qitali was the formerly the...
Pakistan has reported 59 deaths by COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide tally of fatalities to 21,782
Latest figures by the country’s National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) indicated the infection tally rose by 883 to 943,027.
Pakistan conducted 35,039 tests in the 24-hour period.
The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded 2.39 percent.
It comes as Pakistan has closed the consular section of its...
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday morning attacked on vaccination drive workers in separate places in Nangarhar province, provincial officials said.
According to governor’s spokesman, Ataullah Khogyani, the attacks took place in Khogyani and Surkhrod districts, killing one and five others wounded.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
On March too, gunmen killed three female polio vaccination workers in Jalalabad....
According to Afghan health ministry, as many as 71 more patients have died after contracting the disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 3,683.
As many as 1,804 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 93,272.
The figures showed that 5,070 tests were carried out in the past 24-hour period.
Also, 296 patients having been contracted with the...
Roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in Turaie area in Kama district of eastern Nangarhar province, said police spokesman Farid Khan.
According to him, three policemen were injured in the explosion which took place Monday afternoon.
Another source spoke with TKG, saying five were wounded in the attack.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility....
Nader Shah Amiri, head of the badminton federation of Afghanistan’s western Herat province was killed last night after unknown men opened fire at him, said provincial police.
According to police spokesman, Abdul Ahad Walizadah, the motive of the murder was not clear.
Police investigations to hunt down the perpetrators were underway, he added.
Targeted attacks, often unclaimed, have seen a rapid increase in Afghanistan. The attacks...
Both have discussed the peace process and support of the United Nations to process, said office of Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, who oversees talks between the government and the Taliban negotiation teams.
The U.N. Secretary General's Personal Envoy hoped the agency will work with the reconciliation council and other relevant agencies to ensure peace in Afghanistan.
He added that...
Mr. Erdogan also said he would discuss the issue in his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on the margins of a NATO summit in Brussels on Monday, after strained relations between their two countries.
"America is preparing to leave Afghanistan soon and from the moment they leave, the only reliable country to maintain the process over there is obviously Turkey," Mr....
Organizers of the weekend campaign in Ahmedabad, the biggest city in Gujarat state, aim to vaccinate 500 disabled people, who often struggle to book slots and get access to vaccination centers.
People taking advantage of the offer queued up at the centre in vehicles, wheelchairs, and on customized mopeds for their free COVID-19 vaccine shots.
Despite being a major producer of coronavirus vaccines, India faces...
