Afghanistan is scheduled to play against Bangladesh today, June 03, in the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifier matches.
The national football team played its first friendly match against Indonesia on May 25 with Afghanistan’s national team winning the game.
The national team drew its second friendly game against Singapore on May 29.
Afghanistan will also face Oman and India in June....
ED placed in a car went off Wednesday evening in Asadabad city, capital of Kunar province, killing one child and wounding nine others, governor spokesman Ghani Musamem said.
Head of Kunar’s provincial hospital Attaullah Safi meanwhile said one dead and nine wounded were taken to hospital.
Three were in critical health condition, he said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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A civilian and a soldier were killed and a dozen more wounded after an explosion targeted Special Forces unit known as “02” in Jalalabad city.
Earlier on Tuesday evening, June 01, two minivans were targeted by bomb attacks, killing ten and wounding 12 others.
Victims of both incidents were all civilians.
Reacting to recent insecurities, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh took to social media, calling on...
A continued support for the Afghan forces, government and people is the best way that NATO can contribute to the peace efforts, NATO defense ministers agreed in the meeting.
The Secretary General emphasized that NATO will continue to provide advice and capacity-building support to the Afghan security institutions and funding for the Afghan security forces.
“We are also looking at how we can provide military education...
Qari Hanan, member of the Taliban Red Unit, was arrested Tuesday in a government forces’ operation in Kohsan district of the province, read a statement by police media office.
According to the statement, the member of Taliban’s Red Unit was involved in most of the group’s destructive anti-government operations.
Qari Hanan had earlier been wounded in clashes with Afghan forces, said the police, adding he...
Adel along with his men and equipment joined Taliban after he went to Taliban territories, pretending to fight against group fighters, provincial governor Zahir Faiz Zada spoke with TKG.
Many soldiers opposed to joining the Taliban, according to the governor, which erupted clashes.
Three people, including one wounded, were captured by Taliban and two others succeeded to flee.
Hayatullah Adel was brother of slain journalist Besmillah...
As many as 27 more patients have died after contracting the disease caused by the coronavirus, pushing the toll of fatalities to 3,034, health ministry’s data showed.
Also, as many as 1,118 new cases of infection were reported in the country, according to health ministry’s data, bringing the nationwide case count to 75,144.
As many as 222 patients recovered from the disease in the past...
The Royal Kabul team won the title for the second time after six wins in a row and securing 18 scores.
It also didn’t allow conceding a goal for the opposing teams, holding a record throughout the competitions.
The championship title allows the team to participate in Women’s Premier League of the country.
Sharifi Sport, securing 15 points, was rewarded runner-up in the competitions.
Zahra Foladi from...
An explosion occurred Wednesday morning around 10:00 local time in the third district of Jalalabad city, provincial capital of Nangarhar, said governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani.
Gulzada Sangar, spokesman for regional hospital in country’s eastern Nangarhar province said two dead bodies and a dozen wounded victims were taken to hospital.
According to him, all the victims were civilians.
The national security directorate has yet to comment.
No one...
The new infections cases pushed the nationwide case count to 28.3 million.
The south-Asian country meanwhile reported total 335,102 deaths rose by 3,207 in past 24 hours.
At least 3,704,216 people globally have died from COVID-19, according to a Reuters tally.
More than 171 million have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes the disease, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December....
