Afghan forces on Friday night found a remote-controlled IED in Sangfarsh area in the eighth district of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul.
Police defused the explosive device before going off, said Ferdaws Faramarz, provincial police spokesman.
There was no claim of responsibility for the plot.
Afghanistan, already gripped by decades-long war and violence, has been witnessing a rise in bomb attacks.
The attacks, often without claim of responsibility, claims...
Religious clerics and judges from Jordan, Palestine, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt participated in a conference on Afghanistan’s peace process on Wednesday, denouncing the current war and calling for an end to the violence.
Muslim countries participating in the conference announced their support for the Afghan government and urged the Taliban to reach a settlement with the government through negotiations, said Fazel Ahmad Hussaini,...
According to a statement by Herat governor’s office, Mullah Sherin, a Taliban commander for eastern districts, was killed in clashes which erupted Tuesday evening between the insurgents and the Afghan government.
Mullah Sherin was responsible for attacks on Afghan forces’ outposts in Dara-e Takht and Chesht districts.
It comes as on Tuesday, the Taliban destroyed a bridge in Oba district of the province, according to...
Approximately 115 C-17 loads of material have been retrograded out of Afghanistan since President Biden’s troop withdrawal decision, according to a statement released by the U.S. Central Command on Tuesday, May 18.
Also, five facilities have been handed over to the Afghan Ministry of Defense, it added.
It also said that a retrograde process has been done between 13 to 20 percent.
“U.S. Central Command estimates...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has recently met with a number of country’s political leaders, discussing the establishment of a high state council.
Rahmatullah Nabil, Former Director of Afghanistan’s intelligence agency—the National Directorate of Security (NDS)—spoke with TKG, saying the council was set to be formed in the very beginning of a government which was established following a political agreement between President Ghani and his...
Four civilians were killed and two others wounded in an armed attack on Monday night, said Najib Ahmad Najib, spokesman for Khost’s police chief.
The victims—all civilians—came under attack when they were on way to home from mosque following Quran recitation.
According to the police spokesman, the dead were members of three families.
The cause of the incident was said to be personal enmity, he added.
Police...
Armed Taliban on Tuesday morning stormed Baghlan-e Markazi district from several positions, but the attacks were pushed back, said police spokesman Jawed Besharat.
Taliban fighters suffered heavy casualties during the clashes, he said.
He issued denial to reports that the district had fallen to Taliban.
The spokesman further added that Afghan forces are at the area ready to repulse the insurgents’ any movements.
There was no comment...
Abdullah Abdullah, head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, who oversees government peace talks with the Taliban, on Monday said the government should refrain from any action that undermines political consensus and public support for the state.
The problem should be resolved through talks between political leaders and people, he said.
Dawood Laghmani took office as new governor of Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province even...
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders asked the International Criminal Court to probe into Israel’s bombing of a building hosting the media organizations as a possible war crime.
Sally Buzbee, the Associated Press’ executive editor, said Sunday that Israel has yet to provide clear evidence supporting its attack, which leveled the 12-story al-Jalaa tower.
Israel’s military, which gave AP journalists and other tenants about an hour...
Under a Presidential decree, Mohammad Dawood Laghmani on Monday officially took office as new governor of Faryab province, said Nargis Momand Hassanzai, spokesperson for the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG).
He assumed the office at a ceremony held at an army base in Maimana city on Monday.
Faryab residents, however, have protested the appointment as they have taken to streets.
Laghmani was set to take...
