Residents of Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province have voiced hope over an extension of ceasefire announced by the Taliban and the Afghan government during the three days of Eid ul-Fitr, Muslims festival after a month-long fasting in Ramadan.
Rasool Mohammad Tanai, a tribal elder in Khost, said he hoped for an extension of ceasefire so that Afghans breathe a sigh of relief.
Mohammad Ali Zadran, head of...
According to Afghan health ministry, as many as six more patients have died after contracting the disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 2,742.
The new deaths were registered in Kabul and Khost provinces.
Also, as many as 65 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 63,484.
The new infection cases were registered in Kabul, Balkh, Nangarhar and...
In the past 24 hours, India had 326,098 new infections, taking its tally to 24.37 million, with 3,890 deaths, for a toll of 266,207, health ministry data shows. But the slow growth may also reflect test rates that are at their lowest since May 9.
In Geneva, the World Health Organization's chief said India was a huge concern, with the second year of the...
Mullah Manan Niazi, the deputy leader for the Taliban dissident group led by Abdul Rasool, was wounded Tuesday last week in clashes with a number of Taliban fighters. READ MORE
Sources spoke to TKG on the condition of anonymity that Niazi has died of the injuries.
Health authorities said Niazi was transferred to Kabul on the day he got injured.
Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi is deputy...
Most recently, an imported power pylon was damaged in Mir Ghulam township in Kabul’s 17th district, said Sangar Niazi, spokesman for the Afghan power utility company—Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat.
A technical team was deployed at the area on Saturday morning, trying to fix it.
According to a DABS’s spokesman, as many as 13 power pylons have been damaged in Kabul and five other Afghan provinces...
A traffic police vehicle was struck by an explosion in Sorobi district of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Saturday morning around 9:00 local time, said provincial police.
According to a police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz, three people, including one policeman and two civilians, were injured in the explosion.
Elsewhere, police found and defused a remote-controlled IED near a residential area in Deh Sabz district.
There was no...
Abdul Salam Rahimi and Fatima Gilani, members of a peace negotiation team representing the Afghan government, participated in a meeting with the Taliban negotiators in Doha, Qatar.
Both sides discussed current issues of the country and to step up peace talks, according to the government negotiation team.
Naeem Wardak, a Taliban spokesman for its political office in Qatar, meanwhile, said a team led by its...
A roadside bomb on Friday struck a convoy of Afghan army that was on way from Ala Sai to their center in Tagab district of the province, said police spokesman Shaiq Shoresh.
One army soldier was killed and three others wounded in the explosion, according to the spokesman, the Humvee was also demolished.
He added that the Taliban broke the Eid truce following the explosion,...
President Ashraf Ghani told the German Der Spiegel in an interview that a civil war may start in the country after the withdrawal of the U.S. troops.
“The probability of a civil war is there,” said the President with reference to the civil war after the Soviets left Afghanistan. “But it doesn't have to come to that.”
When asked about his believes in the peace...
A presidency statement released Friday said that President Ghani spoke with U.S. top diplomat Blinken on the Afghan peace process.
Secretary Blinken assured President Ghani of his country’s military, development, economic and humanitarian support to Afghanistan, according to the President’s office.
The U.S. senior official added the United States was committed to enduring partnership between the two countries.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani meanwhile said a focus...
