An explosion took place at Haji Bakhshi mosque in Qala-e Murad Bek area of Shakardara district, in north of Afghan capital, Kabul, provincial police said. According to a police spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz, the blast took place around 1:30 during Friday prayer. At least four people were killed and more than 20 wounded in the explosion, the spokesman added. There was no claim of responsibility for the...
Afghan security authorities have put the toll of casualties from the attack on Sayed ul-Shuhada school in west of Kabul to 85 killed and more than 100 wounded. Zahra Yagana, a women’s rights activist, who voluntarily is supporting victims of the attack on the school spoke with TKG on Wednesday, saying the true casualties toll from the deadly attack was higher than what security...
A man named Hamdullah said to be an employee of Islamqala customs office has been killed in an armed attack in Beland Bazar area, Islamqala, Herat governor Sayed Waheed Qitali said. According to the spokesman, he was working in gas and fuels department of the customs office. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. No arrest has been made so far....
Israel carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza in early Wednesday morning, as the Palestinian side fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and Beersheba. A multi-storey residential building in Gaza collapsed and another was heavily damaged after they were repeatedly hit by Israeli airstrikes. Israel said it attacked Hamas targets, including intelligence centers and rocket launch sites. It was the heaviest offensive between Israel...
An attacker said to have belonged to the Taliban was killed yesterday in Kunduz city after police recognized and shot at him, said provincial governor Satar Mirzakwal. He wanted to attack on the personnel of Kunduz city’s first district, according to the source. Another assailant was wounded and police efforts were underway to arrest him. There was no immediate comment from the Taliban. ...
A civilian car struck a roadside bomb in Toto area in Shirzad district of Afghan eastern Nangarhar province Wednesday morning, said district governor Shir Hassan Kamalzai. Two civilians were killed and four others wounded in the explosion, he said. He blamed the Taliban for the attack while the group has yet to comment. Bomb attacks have soared in Afghanistan recently with civilians mostly being claimed. ...
Mullah Manan Niazi, said to be the deputy leader for the Taliban dissident group led by Mullah Abdul Rasool, was wounded last night in clashes with a number of Taliban fighters, sources spoke to TKG on the condition of anonymity. According to the source, Niazi was at the ICU unit of the Herat regional hospital. Another three members of the Taliban dissident group were also...
Akhtar Mohammad Shaheen, commander of the KPF and Paktia’s former police chief, was shot and killed Tuesday evening before Iftar time—the evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset, said Dawood Amin, police chief of eastern Khost province. According to the police chief, Shaheen was ambushed in an area in Tanai district of the province. His son and uncle were also...
According to Afghan health ministry, three more patients have died after contracting the disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 2,713. Also, as many as 315 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 62,718. Some 54,503 patients have recovered from the virus since the outbreak first appeared in China entered the country. Worldwide, more than 3.4 million people...
Unknown armed men on Tuesday morning around 10:30 local time opened fire and killed two people and injured a child in the capital city of Khost. According to the provincial police chief, Mohammad Dawood Amin, the dead were both civilians and did not hold any government posts. But he continued that one of the victims was a former member of the military. A police investigation was...