The car came under armed attack Tuesday morning around 8:40, said Jawed Besharat, provincial police spokesman.
The car was travelling toward university and it was targeted on way to Pul-e Khumri-Sugar Factory route, he added.
According to the spokesman, a student and the driver were killed and six people who were all university instructors were injured in the attack.
There was no claim of responsibility for...
Moscow is set to host a conference on Afghanistan peace this Thursday, March 18.
Envoys from countries in the region, the United States, as well as Afghan officials and political leaders and the Taliban have been invited to participate in the conference.
Mohammad Naeem Wardak, spokesman for the Taliban political office in Qatar, said on Twitter that a Taliban delegation led by its political deputy...
A bus belonging to government employees was targeted by an IED explosion in Dahan-e Bagh area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, Monday afternoon.
Earlier, Mir Lais Mustafa, head of emergency services of the Afghan Ministry of Public Health spoke to TKG, putting the toll of casualties to two people killed and 15 wounded.
The dead were all women, he said.
Local media, however, cited sources that...
A statement released by the office of President Ghani on Monday said that U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation met with President Ashraf Ghani, briefing him on his recent trips to regional countries.
Both discussed the Afghan peace process and further steps, the statement read.
Ambassador Khalilzad also met with Afghan peace broker Abdullah Abdullah, who is the chairperson of High Council for National Reconciliation...
Nizam Khpalwak, spokesperson for the National Water Affairs Regulation Authority (NWAR), said anti-government fighters attacked on Pashdan dam in western Herat province early Tuesday morning.
Three security forces were killed and another wounded in the attack, according to the spokesman.
Another four security members were missing, he continued.
There was no comment from the militants....
The man had tortured his wife to death, the provincial police spokesman Jawed Besharat said.
The man and his father were arrested and confessed to the crime, he added.
In another incident, as many as four thieves have been arrested in Pule Khumri city.
Their cases will be referred to judiciary following police investigations....
Shamsuddin Jami, a medical doctor in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, who was abducted two days ago was set free after security forces carried out a targeted rescue operation in Kohsan district of the province, police statement read.
Three arrests were made in relation to the matter, the statement added.
The suspects were under police questioning....
Twin bombings caused by magnetically attached IEDs or sticky bombs near the sixth and third districts of Kabul city, said police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz.
At least three civilians were killed and thirteen others wounded in the explosions.
Investigations were underway, he added.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack....
Qurban Ali, who was said to be working in the provincial appeal court, came under armed attack Sunday morning, said governor spokesman Wahidullah Jumazada.
The incident took place near the second police district of the province, in Qala-e Qadam area.
The perpetrators managed to flee the area and police were trying to hunt them down.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack....
At least one inmate was killed and another four injured after clashes erupted between prisoners in Pul-Carkhi jail yesterday evening, Farhad Bayani, spokesman for the office of the prison administration said.
Afghan security forces managed to end the clash and took the wounded people to hospital, he said.
The motive of the clash wasn’t clear.
It wasn’t the first time that clashes has taken place between...
