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ISIS warns Shi’ite Muslims will be targeted everywhere

Oct 17, 2021, at 10:36 pm

Kabul: Terror group Islamic State has said Shi’ite Muslims will be targeted everywhere by them.

Turkey asks Taliban delegation to form inclusive govt in Afghanistan

Oct 17, 2021, at 02:50 am

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has asked a delegation of Afghanistan's Taliban regime to form an inclusive government in the country.

Taliban hold PIA country manager hostage for 2 hours in Kabul

Oct 17, 2021, at 02:29 am

Kabul: Taliban insurgents had held Pakistan International Airline (PIA) country manager as a hostage for two hours on Thursday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Islamic State-Khorasan claims responsibility for Kandahar mosque blasts

Oct 16, 2021, at 11:45 pm

Kabul/UNI: The Islamic State-Khorasan has claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings at a Shiite mosque in Kandahar that killed 62 worshippers and left 75 others injured, many of them critically, during Friday prayers.

Afghanistan: Islamic State terror group claims responsibility for Kandahar mosque blasts

Oct 16, 2021, at 11:42 pm

Kabul: The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the blasts in a  Shite mosque in Kandahar province on Friday which left over 60 people dead.

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: Reuniting families on the run should be priority, urges UNHCR

Oct 16, 2021, at 10:57 pm

New York: The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday urged countries to step up reunification for Afghans whose families remain in the country or who are displaced across the region, as the humanitarian crisis in their homeland worsens.

Afghanistan-Pakistan border emerging as 'number one' terror hub since Taliban takeover: Expert

Oct 16, 2021, at 03:43 am

A geo-political expert has said the rugged terrain on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has once again emerged as the 'number one' terror hub in the world.

Afghanistan: At least 32 dead, dozens injured in Shiite mosque blast in Kandahar

Oct 16, 2021, at 12:43 am

Kabul: A powerful explosion rocked a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar during prayers on Friday, killing at least 32 people and leaving more than 50 others wounded, AFP reported citing local health officials.

Afghanistan: Blast hits Shia mosque in Kandahar, 16 die

Oct 15, 2021, at 10:43 pm

Kandahar: At least 16 people died and 32 others were injured as a blast rocked a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday, media reports said.

Afghanistan Crisis: Taliban govt warns PIA, Kam Air over hiking flight prices

Oct 15, 2021, at 04:30 pm

Kabul:  Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Administration, which is now controlled by Taliban, said that Pakistan’s PIA and Afghanistan’s Kam Air will be banned to conduct flights from Kabul to Islamabad if they do not charge the same price as they did prior to their takeover, media reports said.

Russian security official warns illegal arms trade may skyrocket due to Afghan quandary

Oct 13, 2021, at 10:57 pm

Moscow: Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Alexander Venediktov on Tuesday warned illegal arms trade may spike amid conflict in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop, warns UNHCR

Oct 13, 2021, at 04:46 pm

New York: The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.

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.

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi ends trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, urges greater action to address children’s needs

Oct 11, 2021, at 11:57 pm

Kabul: At the end of a four-day visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi stressed the need for greater action to meet the increasing needs of children in both countries.

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.

Former Taliban commander charged with killing American troops in 2008: US Secretary of State

Oct 11, 2021, at 05:25 am

A federal grand jury in New York unsealed a superseding indictment today charging an Afghanistan national with federal terrorism-related offenses spanning approximately 2007 to 2009 and stemming from his role as a Taliban commander in Afghanistan, US State Department has said.

Afghanistan: Only sports channel stops operation

Oct 11, 2021, at 05:19 am

Kabul: Afghanistan's only sports channel 3Sport has stopped operating due to the economic crisis and  imposition of restrictions, media reports said on Sunday.

Former Afghan Minister Masouda Jalal says women are facing uncertain future under Taliban rule

Oct 11, 2021, at 05:17 am

Kabul: Former Afghan Minister Masouda Jalal has voiced concern that the women of the country under Taliban rule are facing an uncertain future.

Afghanistan: Beheaded body of elderly man found in Jalalabad

Oct 11, 2021, at 03:51 am

Jalalabad: An elderly man was found beheaded in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city on Friday, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.

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.

UNSC calls for justice after terrorists attack mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz

Oct 10, 2021, at 02:58 pm

New York/UNI/Sputnik: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned this week’s deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province that took the lives of dozens of people.

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.

Hundred Afghans stranded in India leave for Kabul

Oct 10, 2021, at 12:00 am

New Delhi/UNI: Over 100 Afghan nationals stranded in India left for Kabul on Iran's Mahan Airlines flight, Puneet Singh Chandhok, President Indian World Forum, said on Saturday.

Afghanistan Development: US, Taliban officials to hold talks in Doha over weekend

Oct 09, 2021, at 02:48 pm

Washington/UNI/Xinhua: A U.S. delegation will travel to Doha, Qatar, over the weekend to meet with senior Afghan Taliban representatives, the State Department said.

Afghanistan: Islamic State Khorasan Province claims responsibility for blast in Kunduz mosque

Oct 09, 2021, at 02:26 pm

Kunduz: Islamic State Khorasan Province (IKSP), the Afghan regional affiliate of the Islamic State group, has claimed responsibility for the blast which hit a mosque in Afghanistan's Kunduz region on Friday.

Russian govt voices concern over activities of ISIS in Afghanistan

Oct 09, 2021, at 01:37 am

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said the country is concerned over the activity of the Islamic State terrorist group in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Deadly attack targeting Kunduz mosque leaves 50 dead

Oct 08, 2021, at 11:50 pm

Kunduz: At least 50 people were killed as a suicide bomber targeted a mosuqe during Friday prayer in Afghanistan's Kunduz region on Friday, media reports said.

Qatar's Deputy Foreign Minister says international community should not hurry to recognize Taliban govt in Afghanistan

Oct 08, 2021, at 11:29 pm

Qatar's Deputy Foreign Minister Lolwah Rashid al-Khater has said the international community should not be in a hurry to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Electricity body to sell estate to pay off debt

Oct 08, 2021, at 10:58 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan electricity board De Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has decided to sell the estate of its debtors so that they pay nearly $62 million bills of the power to the central Asian countries, media reports said on Friday.