According to the statement, the IS’ member was arrested in an operation in Chaparhar district of the province.
He was involved in carrying out bomb attacks, setting up explosives and transferring wounded IS/Daesh members.
In another incident, Afghan forces have arrested two members of a kidnapping gang in Bati Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province.
According to a statement released by office of Nangarhar’s media outlets,...
According to Pakistani media citing figures from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), at least 23 more patients have died after contracting the disease, pushing the toll of fatalities to 12,860.
Also, as many as 1,176 new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 579,973.
Some 545,277 patients have recovered from the virus since the outbreak first...
At least 19 people tested positive for the coronavirus pandemic within the past 24 hours, according to health ministry’s data released Sunday.
The country recorded one COVID-19 death during the same period.
The new patients died from the illness pushed the total deaths to 2,444, according to ministry’s figures.
Also, 45 patients having been contracted with the COVID-19 disease have recovered over the past 24 hours,...
Following more than eighteen months—and nine rounds—of peace talks, the U.S.-Taliban “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan” was signed by U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban’s Political Deputy and Head of the Political Office Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on February 29, 2020, in Doha, Qatar.
Under the deal, the U.S. troops were downsized to 2,500 and more than 5,000 Taliban prisoners were released...
The Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Facebook following his 6:30am meeting that the suspect who fit a bicycle with explosives detonated it Saturday morning in Bagrami district of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul.
The man was arrested having his bomb controlling remote, he said.
The Afghan national security forces have also arrested a member of the Taliban group who wanted to kill an Afghan journalist and civil society...
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said in a tweet Sunday that its findings indicated three family members of Bismellah Adel Aimaq, a local journalist in Ghor and the editor-in-chief of Sadai Ghor (Voice of Ghor) radio, were killed in an attack by a local commander of the Taliban group.
According to the commission’s findings, four members of his family, including an underage...
A car belonging to Abdul Qahar Qadeer, member of Nangarhar provincial council, struck a roadside bomb Saturday around 12:20pm local time, said police spokesman Farid Khan.
The explosion took place near the sixth district of Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province.
One civilian was killed and Mr. Qadeer himself wounded in the attack, according to the spokesman.
Zahir Adel, spokesman for the regional...
The 20-year-old Lamichanne has previously represented Lahore in seven games of Pakistan’s premier Twenty20 league in 2019.
Rashid Khan, Afghan super-star playing for national cricket team, left the Pakistan Super League (PSL) as he was named in Afghanistan’s squad for the two-match Test series against Zimbabwe.
Top spinner Rahid Khan played his first match for Lahore Qalandars on Sunday against Peshawar Zalmi in the second...
Afghan health ministry’s deputy spokesman Mirwais Alizai said no patient has died due to coronavirus in the past 24 hours. The toll of fatalities stood at 2,443.
Also, as many as seven new cases of infection were reported in the country, bringing the nationwide case count to 55,714.
The new infection cases were registered in Kabul, Helmand, Nangarhar and Khost provinces.
Some 49,288 patients have recovered...
A corolla-type car was targeted by a bomb attack in Kabul-Logar route in Bagrami district of Kabul province Saturday morning around 9:00 local time, provincial police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said.
In another incident, police spokesman said three bomb attacks were foiled after Afghan forces found and defused three IEDs placed in Paghman district of the capital as well as in the eighth and 18th...
