Mullah Sultan, the Taliban commander for Zinda Jan district of Herat province, who was involved in destruction of several bridges in the province, was killed while placing an IED, read a statement by Zafar 207th army corps. Another two militants accompanying the commander were also killed as the IED went off, it added. In another statement, the army said at least five people have been...
A car collided with a truck in Samarkhel area of Jalalabad city, Nangarhar’s provincial capital, on Saturday evening, said governor spokesman Ataullah Khogyani. Two people, including a woman, were killed and five others wounded in the accident, he said. Two women and three children were among the wounded, according to the spokesman. Drivers’ negligence, high speed and collapsed roads are believed to be the main causes...
As many as seven people got injured in a blast which took place today afternoon in Faizabad city, said governor spokesman Nek Mohammad Nazari. Munira Alemyar, member of Badakhshan provincial council, was also among the wounded, he said. According to the spokesman, those who injured in the bombing were rushed to hospital and were in a good health condition. There was no immediate claim of responsibility...
As many as 10 more patients have died after contracting the disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 2,802, according to health ministry’s official data. Also, as many as 242 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 65,728. The new cases were registered in Kabul and thirteen other provinces. Some 55,886 patients have recovered from the virus since...
After working behind the scenes for days to reach a truce, the White House said Washington had received assurances from the relevant parties that they were committed to the ceasefire. As Palestinians and Israelis began to assess the scale of the damage, one Gazan said his neighborhood looked as if it had been hit by a tsunami. “How can the world call itself civilized?”...
The new infections cases pushed the nationwide case count to 26.3 million. The south-Asian country meanwhile reported total 295,525 deaths rose by 4,194 in past 24 hours. At least 3,577,039 people globally have died from COVID-19, according to a Reuters tally. More than 165.9 million have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes the disease, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early...
Zelgai, the policeman, was shot and killed Friday evening by unknown men in Dehdadi district of the province, the provincial police spokesman Adel Shah Adel spoke with TKG. According to the police spokesman, Zelgai came under armed attack when he was on way to home. Police efforts were underway to hunt down the perpetrators and capture them, the spokesman said. There was no claim of responsibility...
The operation was carried in two villages in Chamtal district of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, said Hanif Rezaiee, spokesman for the Shaheen army corps. The villages were cleared off the Taliban, according to the spokesman. Five Taliban were killed and three others wounded during the clearance operation, he added. A number of weapons were also seized from the insurgents. There was no comment from the Taliban yet....
According to a spokesman for Thunder army corps, at least nine Taliban fighters were killed and a dozen more wounded in overnight clashes with Afghan forces in the district. A number of the insurgents’ weapons were also destroyed, said the spokesman, Aimal Khan Momand. There was no comment from the Taliban. It comes a day after a western district in the province fell to Taliban. Security officials...
“Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu discussed the importance of cooperation between the United States and Turkey, including our shared interests in Syria and Afghanistan,” a U.S. State Department’s statement read. Elsewhere, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad met with Indonesia's Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, and exchanged views on developments in the Afghan peace process. The Indonesian senior official underlined her country's...