HERAT (The Killid Group) – Health officials and a number of residents in Herat are concerned about the presence of stray dogs in different parts of the province, as reports suggest dogs bit people, causing fear in some residential areas. Mah Soltan, a local resident and a mother, said to The Killid that her two sons have been hospitalized in a local facilities after...
HERAT (The Killid Group) – A number of Afghan election monitoring bodies and the Independent Election Complaints Commission officials in Herat province are concerned over lack of public confidence in the upcoming presidential elections. Sher Ahamad Shahir Ahmadyar, a local official of the Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan, said “widespread frauds and improper promises of candidates in previous elections have caused mistrust in the...
United States President Donald Trump says “hate has no place” in the US, as he “authorized lowering of flags to half-staff at all Federal Government buildings”, after 29 people were killed in two mass shootings over the weekend. An attack on a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas left 20 dead, while nine died in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. “I authorized the lowering...
FARYAB (The Killid Group) – Afghan security forces carried airstrike in Bulchiragh district of Faryab in Northwest, inflicting causalities to some 44 Taliban insurgents, Ministry of Interior said in a statement. According to the statement released Monday, Taliban first attacked against security forces in the district, which was then rebuffed by forces as the militants bore heavy loss. At last 36 Taliban – including...
KANDAHAR (The Killid Group) – At least seven policemen were killed in an apparent insider attack in southern province of Kandahar Sunday, local authorities said. The incident took place in Tor Kotal area in Shah Wali Kot district after a policeman opened fire on his comrades, killing seven police force members, Kandahar police said in a statement, as reported by local media. According to the statement, the suspect has...
KABUL (The Killid) – A magnetic IED blast targeted a bus carrying employees of Khurshid TV – a private media outlet – in the fifth street of Taimani in Kabul Sunday evening, leaving at least two dead. The bomb went off at Kabul’s police district 4 (PD4) at around 5:30 pm, which is mostly considered rush hour in many part of the capital. Two...
BALKH – At least 10 Taliban insurgent killed and further five wounded as Afghan security forces rebuffed attack at army base in northern Balkh province. The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the Taliban militants attacked the army base in Suryan area of Chahar Bolak district. According to the statement, 10 militants killed during the clashes and wounded five further. The Taliban immediately did not...
KABUL – An eight-day film festival was started off in Kabul Saturday, where Afghan movies from the 1980s, early 1990s, and pictures from the past 18 years will be displayed to visitors in different cinema halls. The opening ceremony was attended by artists, activists and government officials – in an event which costs at least four million Afghanis. “I am happy to see that...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps have seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf that was “smuggling” fuel to some Arab states, according to local media. State TV quoted by Reuters said the Revolutionary Guard Corps' naval forces had “seized a foreign tanker in the Persian Gulf that was smuggling fuel for some Arab countries”. It said the tanker was carrying 700,000l of fuel, adding that...
At least nine people were killed and further 16 wounded in a shooting in Dayton, state of Ohio, according to police. The shooting took place in the early hours of Sunday in the center of the city, the Dayton Daily News newspaper reported. Dayton police department said in a tweet an “active shooter situation” had begun at 01:22am. “The shooter is deceased. There are 9 others also...