The match was played behind the closed doors and was devoid of any physical media presence. Singapore scored a goal in the first half of the match while Afghanistan drew with Zubair Amiri’s goal in the second half. The national football team played its first match against Indonesia on May 25 with Afghanistan’s national team winning the game. The team will travel to Qatar to take...
Mohammad Dawood Laghmani on Saturday, May 29, officially took office as new governor of Ghazni province, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) took to Twitter. Earlier he had assumed office as governor of the northern Faryab province. READ MORE He took the office at a ceremony held at an army base in Maimana city. Faryab residents, however, protested the appointment as they took to streets. Following...
As many as 20 more patients have died after contracting the disease caused by the coronavirus, pushing the toll of fatalities to 2,919, according to a health ministry spokesman. Also, as many as 654 new cases of infection were reported in the country, according to Mirwais Alizai, a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, bringing the nationwide case count to 70,761. According to...
Qari Ghorzang, the Imam (worship leader) of a mosque, was killed Friday night by unknown armed men in Gamin area of Laghman’s provincial capital of Mehtarlam, said governor spokesman Assadullah Dawlatzai. No arrest has been made so far, according to the spokesman. Efforts were underway to hunt down the perpetrators and arrest them, he added. No individual or armed group has claimed responsibility for the murder....
The operation had been carried out in Imam Sahib district of the province. A government soldier has been killed and two others wounded during the operation, said provincial police spokesman Anamuddin Rahmani. According to the spokesman, two villages have been cleared off from Taliban. The operation continues in the district, he added. The Taliban officials have yet to comment. ...
According to the provincial police, the explosion took place in Ganj area. There were no casualties left to Afghan forces, said the police spokesman Ahad Walizada. Arif Jalali, head of Herat regional hospital, said two people wounded in the explosion were taken to hospital. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack. The country, already gripped by decades-long war and violence, has seen a surge...
According to Firoz Mashof, spokesman for the Afghan Football Federation, the match will be played behind the closed doors and will be devoid of any physical media presence. The national football team played its first match against Indonesia on May 25 with Afghanistan’s national team winning the game. The team will travel to Qatar to take on Bangladesh in first match of the qualifiers on June...
The controversy has again highlighted political tensions and historic mistrust plaguing relations between the South Asian neighbors, which share a nearly 2,600-kilometer border. The latest trigger came from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s national security adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, who routinely accuses Pakistan and its spy agency of supporting and directing the Taliban’s insurgency in Afghanistan, charges Islamabad rejects. In a public speech earlier this month in...
The new cases mark the lowest daily rise in 45 days, according to Indian health ministry. The South Asian nation's tally of infections now stands at 27.7 million, health ministry data showed The country’s total deaths rose by 3,617 to 322,512 during the same period. Worldwide, 3,665,996 have died from the COVID-19 and more than 169.3 million have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes...
Ehsanullah, known as Toofan, a prominent member of the Taliban was killed Friday evening in an airstrike in Khaja Sabzposh district of the province, said Haneef Rezaiee, spokesman for the army in the north. According to the spokesman, two other militants accompanying him were killed and two others wounded in the raid. This Taliban member was responsible for majority of terrorist attacks in Khaja Sabzposh...