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Afghanistan: Taliban abduct 11 members in Herat

Feb 15, 2021, at 10:39 pm

Herat: Suspected Taliban terrorists have abducted 11 workers at the Pashdan Dam in Karokh district of Afghanistan's Herat region on Sunday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: 7 ISIS terrorists killed during operation

Feb 15, 2021, at 10:12 pm

Kabul: At least seven ISIS terrorists died during an operation conducted by the National Directorate of Security personnel in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan govt claims Taliban maintains close ties with Al-Qaeda

Feb 10, 2021, at 05:51 am

Kabul: Afghanistan Foreign Ministry has said the Taliban still have close ties to Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, media reports said.

Hopes and fears of mother-to-be in Afghanistan

Feb 07, 2021, at 10:20 pm

New York: A mother in Afghanistan has been talking about the hopes and fears for her unborn daughter in a country where the birth of a girl can often be a curse rather than a blessing. 

Afghanistan: Kabul blast leaves three people, including a Hindu, dead

Feb 06, 2021, at 11:03 pm

Kabul: At least three people, including a Hindu person, were killed as a blast rocked Afghanistan capital city Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Three blasts in Kabul leaves two dead

Feb 02, 2021, at 09:35 pm

Kabul: Three blasts rocked Kabul city of Afghanistan on Tuesday within three hours which left at least two people dead, media reports said.

Iran ready to help Taliban foster dialogue with Afghan Gov't: Zarif

Feb 01, 2021, at 01:57 am

Tehran/Sputnik: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed Tehran's readiness to assist the Taliban in facilitating its dialogue with Kabul, during a meeting with a delegation of the movement, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Suspected terrorists kill religious scholar

Jan 31, 2021, at 10:58 pm

Kabul: Suspected terrorists killed a religious scholar inside his home in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Sunday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: One person dies as two blasts hit Kabul 

Jan 30, 2021, at 11:51 pm

Kabul: At least one person died and three others were hurt as two explosions rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Blast in Kandahar leaves three civilians dead

Jan 30, 2021, at 09:54 pm

Kabul: At least three civilians died in a blast that rocked Panjwayee district of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Saturday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Pakistan terror outfit chief Mangal Bagh killed in IED explosion

Jan 30, 2021, at 02:42 pm

Kabul: Pakistan's terror outfit Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh has been killed in an IED explosion in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Kabul explosion leaves one dead

Jan 26, 2021, at 10:15 pm

Kabul/IBNS: A magnetic bomb hit a vehicle in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city on Tuesday which left at least one civilian dead, media reports said.

Taliban should end ties with Pakistan: Ashraf Ghani

Jan 26, 2021, at 07:19 am

Kabul: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has warned the Taliban group against keeping ties with Pakistan.

Afghanistan: Bomb explosion leaves three people hurt

Jan 24, 2021, at 09:36 pm

Kabul: A bomb explosion rocked Afghanistan's  eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday which left at least three civilians wounded on Sunday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Five civilians injured in central Uruzgan province blast

Jan 19, 2021, at 10:41 pm

Kabul: Five civilians and two policemen were hurt as a  bomb-rigged motorcycle blasted in Afghanistan's central Uruzgan province on Tuesday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Unidentified gunmen killed 2 female judges in Kabul

Jan 17, 2021, at 09:48 pm

Kabul: Unidentified gunmen shot dead two female judges in Kabul on Sunday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Police arrest six Pakistani nationals on suspicion of spying

Jan 17, 2021, at 06:57 am

Kabul: The Afghanistan Police have arrested six Pakistani nationals on suspicion of spying in Spin Boldak border district of southern Kandahar province, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Local radio station attacked in Kunduz

Jan 16, 2021, at 02:56 pm

Kunduz: An imam of a mosque, along with a mob, attacked local radio station  Zohra Radio in Afghanistani city of Kunduz recently, media reports said on Saturday.

US does not advocate interim government in Afghanistan: Diplomat

Jan 13, 2021, at 11:28 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: The United States does not advocate an interim government in Afghanistan, as it believes that the outcomes of the peace talks between the government in Kabul and the Taliban radical group should reflect the aspirations of the Afghan people, Charge d'Affaires to Afghanistan Ross Wilson said on Wednesday, reaffirming commitment to a political settlement.

Humanitarians seek $1.3 billion to help millions in war-weary Afghanistan

Jan 13, 2021, at 05:49 pm

New York: The UN and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are seeking $1.3 billion to assist almost 16 million people in need of life-saving assistance as a result of decades of conflict, recurrent natural disasters, and the added impact of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

Afghanistan: Car bomb blast leaves one person killed

Jan 11, 2021, at 09:36 pm

Kabul: A car bomb, which targeted National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel in southern Helmand province region of Afghanistan, left at least one person killed on Monday, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan: IED explosion leaves three dead 

Jan 09, 2021, at 11:08 pm

Kabul:  An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion hit Afghanistan's Pul-e-Khumri city on Saturday which left at least three people, including civilians, killed, media reports said.

Expert believes Taliban failed to change its way despite Intra-Afghanistan talks

Jan 08, 2021, at 05:04 am

Keeping in mind the recent negotiations that the Afghanistan government and Taliban resumed, several American policymakers have opined that the Taliban has changed but the people of the war-battered nation feels that  the group still believes in its "medieval, totalitarian, and dogmatic ideologies".

Afghanistan: IED blast leaves 2 killed in Nangarhar

Jan 04, 2021, at 10:12 pm

Kabul: At least two people were killed as a roadside blast hit  Nangarhar region in Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.

Airstrike in eastern Afghanistan leaves 13 Taliban killed: Authorities

Jan 04, 2021, at 09:56 pm

Kabul/Sputnik: Thirteen Taliban fighters were killed by an airstrike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the provincial press office said on Monday.

Afghanistan: Kapsia blast leaves five people killed 

Jan 04, 2021, at 01:21 am

Kabul: A car bomb blast in Afghanistan's central Kapisa province on Sunday left at least five people killed, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen gun down ANA soldier in Kabul

Jan 03, 2021, at 10:36 pm

Kabul: Unidentified gunmen shot dead an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier in Kabul city on Sunday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Police recover two abducted doctors

Jan 02, 2021, at 10:48 pm

Kabul: Police have recovered two doctors, who were abducted, from Afghanistan's central Kapesa province on Friday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kills journalist in Ghor

Jan 02, 2021, at 03:01 pm

Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed journalist Bismillah Adil Aimaq in Afghanistan's Ghor province on Friday, which marked the first day of the new year.

Afghan security forces bust Chinese intelligence network, 10 spies arrested

Jan 01, 2021, at 07:40 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan security forces have busted a 10-member Chinese module operating a terror cell in the capital city of Kabul, media reports said on Wednesday.