At least 400 people in the East Nusa Tenggara province, which comprises of several islands, were evacuated after their homes were hit by flash floods, landslides and strong winds amid heavy rain brought by the tropical cyclone Seroja in southeast of Indonesia, the agency said. Several bridges collapsed, trees fell and blocked some roads and at least one ship sank as the cyclone also...
Provincial police spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz, said a car rigged with explosives went off Sunday evening near military vehicles in Panja Chenar area in Paghman district. According to the spokesman, three members of Afghan forces were killed and 12 others wounded in the attack. There was no claim of responsibility. It followed Sunday morning’s bomb explosion which took in Paghman district, killing one security forces’ member wounding...
According to figures provided by the commission, as many as 21 civilians, including eight women and a dozen children, were wounded in Saturday’s clashes between government forces and the Taliban in Alisheng district of Laghman province. The commission has called on conflicting parties to care about the lives of civilians and refrain to carry out attacks near residential houses. It also reiterated on comprehensive ceasefire...
Armed Taliban on Sunday morning stormed on security outposts in outskirts of Ishkamesh district and Khaja Bandkusha village in northern Takhar province, said police spokesman Khalil Aseer. The attacks were fended off, according to the spokesman, killing six Taliban fighters. Abdullah Naseri, known as Obaida, a key Taliban commander was among six militants killed in clashes. Several others were wounded in the attack, the police spokesman...
According to Afghan health ministry, as many as eleven more patients have died after contracting the disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 2,508. Also, as many as 41 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 56,717. The new infection cases were registered in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Ghazni, Baghlan and Kunduz provinces. Some 51,865 patients have recovered...
These members of the Taliban group were involved in attacks on bases of Afghan forces and the government convoy on way to Baghlan-Kunduz and Baghlan-Samangan highways as well as in bombings, said provincial police spokesman Jawed Besharat. The arrested men were recently hired as the Taliban shadow district governor and head of the group’s military commission for Sabri district of Khost province, the spokesman...
A security forces’ member was killed after a roadside bomb was hit by a police vehicle Sunday morning in Qargha area in the Afghan capital of Kabul, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said. Another three who were also security personnel were wounded in the explosion, he added. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack. ...
A gas cylinder exploded Saturday evening in a residential house on Khushal Khan area in the fifth district of Kabul city, said provincial police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz. The wounded people were taken to hospital, he said. Investigations into the causes and the damages of the explosion were underway, according to the spokesman. Three months ago, at least five people were killed in gas explosion in the...
According to Afghan health ministry, no more patients have died after contracting the disease. The toll of fatalities to stood at 2,497. Also, as many as 81 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 56,676. Some 51,802 patients have recovered from the virus since the outbreak first appeared in China entered the country. According to the health ministry’s...
An explosive device placed inside a flower pot went off today morning around 8:20, said provincial police spokesman Adel Shah Adel. The IED was detonated while a police vehicle was passing, he said. According to the spokesman, a military member and a civilians were lightly wounded in the attack. It follows a bomb attack last week which claimed two and wounded 20 others. There were no claims...