The massive fire broke out after a fuel tanker truck caught fire in northern Kabul, Karizmir area, and quickly spread, said Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior. As many as 14 others were wounded and dozens of fuel trucks damaged in the fire. It wasn’t clear what the cause of the ignition was, but sources from the area said it broke out after...
Provincial police confirmed an oxygen cylinder explosion took place Saturday morning in the fourth district of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, Khairkhana, Lab-e-Jar area. According to police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz, the incident took place while a car was transferring the cylinders. One person has died and another two wounded in the explosion. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the explosion. A police investigation was underway. ...
Arif Jalali, head of Herat regional hospital, said four wounded people, including a child and a woman, were rushed to hospital. Ahad Walizada, spokesman for the provincial police said the bomb attack struck in Tank-e- Markaz area near a police vehicle. According to the spokesman, one person was wounded. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack. The Afghan government constantly blames Taliban to be responsible...
Habiba Sarabi, member of a negotiation team representing the Afghan government, said government peace delegation on Friday evening met with representatives of the extended “Troika,” comprising the United States, Russia, China, and Pakistan, in Doha, capital of Qatar. Afghan peace process, strengthening regional consensus and efforts to build up a common vision among negotiation teams were the conference deliberations. The Extended “Troika” members also held...
A car bomb attack on Friday evening killed 21 people and injured 90 others in Pul-e-Alam city, the provincial capital of Logar province, said Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior. The dead and wounded included women, children and students who came to the capital for university entrance exam. The guesthouse, nearby houses, and the provincial hospital had collapsed in the bombing. Afghan leaders condemned the...
U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is now formally underway, according to defense officials as cited by CNN, after President Joe Biden pledged all troops would be out by September 11. Fewer than 100 troops, along with military equipment, have been moved largely by aircraft to execute President Joe Biden's order to begin the withdrawal process no later than May 1, according to the report. In...
The National Security Directorate has announced in a statement that its Special Forces on Wednesday night arrested two members of the Islamic State/Daesh responsible for the group’s propaganda and targeted assassinations. The men were arrested in the fourth district of Jalalabad city. Another suspect was also captured by Afghan forces. According to the statement. Rohullah was responsible for the extremist group’s propaganda and Sajid, another arrestee,...
President Biden warned that as the U.S. exits its longest war in Afghanistan that America will remain vigilant against emerging threats around the globe. “The terrorist threat has evolved beyond Afghanistan since 2001 and we will remain vigilant against threats to the United States, wherever they come from. “We delivered justice to Osama Bin Laden and we degraded the terrorist threat of al Qaeda in...
The member countries (United States, Russia, China, and Pakistan) are scheduled to meet Friday to discuss Afghanistan peace process, Russian Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov told TASS news agency on Wednesday "I confirm that a meeting of the Extended ‘Troika’ will take place on April 30 and will be attended by myself, [U.S.] Special Representative [for Afghanistan Zalmay] Khalilzad and representatives of...
Brazil is near to record 400,000 coronavirus deaths this week after its health ministry announced Wednesday it registered 3,163 in the past 24 hours. Brazil's COVID-19 crisis has spiraled out of control in recent months, with patchy restrictions on circulation and a highly contagious new virus variant driving infections. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has drawn harsh criticism for playing down the dangers of the virus,...