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Afghanistan: Mine explosion in Kabul leaves civilian dead

Dec 14, 2021, at 10:56 pm

Kabul: A roadside mine explosion in Afghanistan's Kabul city left at least one person dead on Tuesday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban attackers gun down boy in Kabul

Dec 12, 2021, at 07:07 pm

Kabul: The Taliban attackers gunned down a boy in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Saturday.

India sends humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan

Dec 11, 2021, at 10:59 pm

New Delhi: A special flight from Kabul to New Delhi, chartered by the Government of India, arrived at the IGI airport at New Delhi on Dec 10, officials said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Twin explosions rock Kabul, two die

Dec 11, 2021, at 02:38 pm

Kabul: At least two people died as twin blasts rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Blast rocks Kabul, no casualties confirmed

Dec 04, 2021, at 10:28 pm

Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: A bomb blast rocked Police District 4 of Kabul, capital of Afghansitan, on Saturday with no casualties confirmed, Interior Ministry spokesman Qari Sayed Khosti said.

Afghanistan: Pharmacies running out of medicine, people struggle in Kabul

Dec 01, 2021, at 10:32 pm

Kabul: People in Afghanistan capital Kabul are struggling to get medicines as many pharmaceutical companies have recently stopped operating while importing medicine has now become difficult, medi reports said on Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul leaves five, including Taliban insurgent, wounded

Nov 30, 2021, at 10:52 pm

Kabul: At least five people were wounded as a bomb, which was planted on road, went off in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Tuesday, media reports said.

Two religious scholars shot dead near Kabul, says source

Nov 24, 2021, at 11:59 pm

Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Gunmen opened fire at four religious scholars near Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing two and wounding two others, a local source told Sputnik.

Afghan students demonstrate outside Pakistan embassy in Kabul for not getting visas

Nov 23, 2021, at 11:37 pm

Kabul: A section of Afghan students demonstrated in front of the Pakistani embassy in the capital Kabul after they were not issued Pak visas despite winning educational scholarships from the neighbouring country.

Prices of food items, fuel soar in Afghanistan

Nov 21, 2021, at 02:03 pm

Kabul/UNI: A number of Afghanistan's Kabul residents and businessmen have said that the prices of several primary items, mainly food and fuel, have increased by almost 100 percent compared to last year.

Taliban conducts military parade in Kabul with US-made armored vehicles

Nov 16, 2021, at 12:05 am

Kabul: Taliban fighters, who were boarding US-made armored vehicles and supported by Russian helicopters, paraded in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday, showcasing their attempt to build a regular army.

Afghanistan: Two people injured as blast hits Kabul

Nov 15, 2021, at 10:40 pm

Kabul: At least two people were wounded as a blast rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul leaves two people hurt

Nov 15, 2021, at 08:05 pm

At least two people were hurt as a magnetic bomb blast hit Kabul city of Afghanistan on Monday, sources told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Afghanistan: Bomb blast hits bus, 1 die in Kabul

Nov 15, 2021, at 04:19 am

Kabul: At least one person died as a bomb blast rocked a bus in Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Saturday ,media reports said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Woman journalist forced to work as street vendor in Kabul to face economic crisis

Nov 13, 2021, at 02:27 pm

Kabul: A woman journalist in Afghanistan is now forced to work as a street vendor to support her family members who are facing economic crisis ever since the Taliban regime came to power in August.

Kabul witnesses rise in vendors amid accelerating poverty

Nov 08, 2021, at 11:41 pm

Kabul: Kabul city is witnessing a spike in vendors amid rising poverty and unemployment.

Afghanistan: Twin blasts rock Kabul, several feared dead

Nov 02, 2021, at 11:27 pm

Kabul: Several people were feared to have died as two blasts rocked Kabul on Tuesday, media reports said.

UN condemns 'despicable' suicide attack at mosque in southern Afghanistan

Oct 16, 2021, at 11:22 pm

New York: The United Nations has condemned the deadly suicide bombing during Friday prayers at the largest Shia mosque in the city of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, which killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more.

Afghanistan: US,UK govts ask citizens to stay away from Serena hotel in Kabul

Oct 12, 2021, at 03:14 pm

London/Washington: The US and UK governments have issued advisories to its citizens where they have asked them to stay away from the Serena hotel in Kabul amid security threats.

Kunduz blast: Iran to provide humanitarian aid to victims

Oct 11, 2021, at 10:48 pm

Tehran: The Iran Embassy in Kabul on Monday said the country is willing  to send humanitarian aid to the victims of the blast that targeted a mosque in Khan Abad port of Kunduz province.

Afghanistan: Doctors protest in Kabul over nonpayment of salaries for past 14 months

Oct 10, 2021, at 11:18 pm

Kabul:  Hundreds of male and female doctors from Samangan and Nuristan provinces gathered at the gate of UNAMA in Kabul and demanded their salaries for the past 14  months to be paid.

Afghanistan: US, Taliban representatives hold first talks since withdrawal

Oct 10, 2021, at 04:13 am

Doha: US officials on Saturday met members of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government in Qatar for the first time ever since the foreign forces left the nation in August.

Afghanistan: Heavily armed men vandalise Kabul gurdwara, tie up guards

Oct 06, 2021, at 01:36 am

Kabul/New Delhi/UNI: A group of heavily armed people vandalised the Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Taliban-ruled Kabul and took three guards there into custody before smashing the CCTV cameras and leaving the premises, an Afghan Sikh gentleman told UNI from Kabul.

Kabul: Unidentified men vandalize Karte Parwan Gurdwara

Oct 06, 2021, at 12:22 am

Kabul: President Indian World Forum Puneet Singh Chandhok on Tuesday claimed that unidentified armed men entered Karte Parwan Gurdwara in Afghanistan capital Kabul and vandalized the Gurdwara.

Afghanistan: Blast hits near Kabul mosque, many casualties feared

Oct 04, 2021, at 12:35 am

Kabul: Many people are feared to have died as a blast occurred close to the gate of Eid Gah Mosque in Afghanistan capital city Kabul on Sunday afternoon, said deputy minister for Taliban government's culture and information ministry Zabihullah Mujahid.

Afghan Hindus, Sikhs meet Taliban-appointed Kabul Mayor, urge for upkeep of gurdwara

Oct 01, 2021, at 01:13 am

Kabul/UNI: A group of Afghan Hindus and Sikhs on Thursday met Hamdullah Nomani, the Taliban-appointed Kabul Mayor and head of the Kabul municipality commission, to discuss issues related to the city and also about upkeep of the gurdwara in Kabul.

Female investor shuts down driving training centre for women in Kabul as Taliban controls Afghanistan

Sep 27, 2021, at 03:05 am

Kabul: An Afghan female investor has decided to shut down a driving training center for women that was established a year ago in Kabul as a hardline Islamic Taliban rule takes hold in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Women run Kabul restaurants shuts down as Taliban rules country

Sep 24, 2021, at 10:52 pm

Women-owned restaurants and cafes in Afghanistan's Kabul city have remained closed since the past month after Taliban took control over the country.

WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus arrives in Kabul, to meet Taliban leadership

Sep 20, 2021, at 11:06 pm

Kabul/UNI: World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kabul on Monday, and is expected to meet with the Taliban leadership, including Prime Minister Mullah Hassan Akhund, his deputy Mullah Baradar, as well as government officials.

Afghan Human Rights body says Taliban insurgents occupying its buildings

Sep 20, 2021, at 03:18 am

Kabul/UNI: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has said that its office buildings have been occupied by the Taliban militia since August 15 when the Islamist group took over the country, and has appealed to the UN Human Rights Council to set up an independent body to monitor human rights violations in Afghanistan.