Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior, said that as many as six civilians, including a children had been killed in Taliban attacks in five provinces of the country on Friday. The Taliban carried out attacks in Laghman, Sarepul, Nangarhar, Takhar and Khost provinces, according to Mr. Arian. Another 21 had been wounded in those attacks, he said. It comes as in a new...
According to monitoring agency’s new report, “Taliban commanders and fighters have engaged in a pattern of threats, intimidation, and violence against members of the media in areas where the Taliban have significant influence, as well as in Kabul.” The Taliban commanders and fighters at province and district levels also threat journalists orally and written beyond the areas under the group’s control. The report further added...
The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said on Thursday that U.N. Secretary General’s special envoy for Afghanistan and head of the mission, Deborah Lyons, has arrived in the Qatari capital of Doha where she is set to meet with Afghan and Taliban negotiation teams as well as U.S., Turkish and Qatari officials. She will discuss ways to reduction in violence and stepping up the...
In a statement released Thursday, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said late on Wednesday evening, an army chopper of Black Hawk type made an emergency landing in Nahr-e Siraj district of southern Helmand province. According to the statement, it landed due to technical snags, killing two policemen and a member of the Afghan National Army. An investigation into the causes of the landing was underway,...
Fraidoon Khwazoon, spokesman for the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation, took to Twitter on Wednesday, saying Mohammad Masoom Stanikzai, who is head of a negotiation team representing the Islamic Republic and a number of its members met with U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, in Doha. Both sides discussed accelerating the peace process and the upcoming Turkey-hosted peace conference on Afghanistan. Mohammad...
The explosion took place Thursday morning in Kamar Kalagh area on way to Herat-Torghundi highway, said provincial police spokesman Ahad Walizada. He didn’t disclose details of casualties; Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai, spokesman for Herat Health Department, however, put the toll to two policemen wounded who were rushed to hospital. Another policeman was killed in the explosion, the spokesman said. In another attack on Wednesday, a car loaded...
In a statement released Wednesday by the Afghan Ministry of Defense, top Afghan and U.S. security officials met and discussed security situation and the Afghan peace process. The minister emphasized on RS mission’s continued support to Afghan security and defense forces. The visit on the peace process comes as an upcoming peace conference on Afghanistan is set to be held in Istanbul on April. The April...
Shots were being fired as officers arrived at a two-story office building on Lincoln Avenue in Orange, southeast of Los Angeles, at about 5:30 p.m., Lt. Jennifer Amat said. “An officer-involved shooting occurred” and the suspect was taken to a hospital, Lt. Amat said, but she didn’t immediately know his condition. The shooting was on the second floor of the building, Amat said. Media reports...
Provincial police spokesman Farid Khan confirmed the murder to TKG, saying unidentified gunmen Thursday around 7:00am, local time, shot and killed a policewoman near the third district of Jalalabad city. Two suspects have been arrested in relation to the matter, he continued. It was the second attack on women in the province this week. Earlier on Tuesday, three polio vaccination campaign workers were killed in an...
Mohammadi was killed in an explosion caused by a sticky bomb or magnetically attached IED to his car in Taloqan city, said provincial police spokesman Khalil Aseer. Three people accompanying him were wounded in the blast, he said. There was no claim of responsibility. Afghan officials point the blame at Taliban for the bombings and assassinations, the group, however, deny to be behind. ...