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Taliban claims ‘complete capture’ of Afghanistan’s Panjshir

International The Taliban has taken complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan held by resistance forces, the group’s spokesman said on Monday, as it cemented its control of the country three weeks after taking over Kabul. “With this victory, our country is completely taken out of the quagmire of war,” chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. Pictures on social media on Monday showed Taliban members standing in front […]

6 September 2021

International News

Multiple rockets fired at Kabul airport, intercepted by defence system

As many as five rockets were fired at Kabul's international airport but were intercepted by a missile defence system, a US official told Reuters, as the US' nears the complete withdrawal of its troops from the city. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the rockets were fired early Monday morning Kabul time, though it was unclear if all were brought down by the defence system. Initial reports […]

30 August 2021

International News

Foreign missions in Kabul issue joint call for Taliban ceasefire

Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul have joined hands to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan, just hours after a peace meeting in Doha failed to agree on a ceasefire. A senior delegation of Afghan leaders met the Taliban’s political leadership in the Qatari capital over the last two days, but a Taliban statement issued late on Sunday made no mention of a halt […]

19 July 2021

International News

Rockets hit near main diplomatic district in Kabul: Official

Several mortar shells slammed into various part of Kabul on Tuesday morning, wounding at least 10 civilians, shaking the main diplomatic district and sending foreign embassies into lockdown, officials and sources said. Fourteen rockets were fired from two vehicles in Kabul, interior ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said, adding that two suspects had been arrested. "Most of these rockets have hit civilian houses in Kabul," Arian said. "Unfortunately, 10 civilians including […]

18 August 2020

International News

Gunmen attack Afghanistan mosque killing many worshippers

Gunmen have opened fire in a mosque in central Afghanistan, killing at least seven worshippers and wounding five others, officials said. Parwan province's police chief Haroon Mubarez said on Tuesday the gunmen stormed the mosque when worshippers were offering evening prayers after breaking their Ramadan fast. "Seven people have been killed and 12 wounded. The gunmen fled the area," he told the AFP news agency. It was unclear how many […]

20 May 2020

International News

U.S. says Islamic State conducted attack on Kabul hospital

The United States on Thursday blamed Islamic State militants — not the Taliban — for a gruesome hospital attack in Afghanistan this week that killed two newborn babies, and it renewed calls for Afghans to embrace a troubled peace push with the Taliban insurgency. But it was unclear if the U.S. declaration would be enough to bolster the peace effort and reverse a decision by the Kabul government to resume […]

15 May 2020

International News

Violence flares in Afghanistan as hospital, funeral attacked

Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing 16 people including two newborn babies from a maternity clinic run by the international humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders. In a separate attack the same day, a suicide bomber struck the funeral of a police commander, attended by government officials and a member of parliament, in the eastern province of Nangahar, killing at least 24 […]

13 May 2020

International News

Several dead in Kabul suicide blast as exiled VP Dostum returns

At least 14 people have been killed and more than 40 wounded in a suicide bomb blast near Kabul's international airport that struck minutes after Afghan Vice President Rashid Dostum returned to the country from more than a year in exile, police said. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai said the blast on Sunday went off near the main airport entrance, where supporters had been waiting to greet Dostum as his […]

23 July 2018

International News

Twin explosions kill more than 20 in Afghanistan’s Kabul

At least 21 people, including four journalists, have been killed and dozens wounded after two explosions hit Kabul, according to Afghan health officials. The blasts went off during rush hour on Monday morning in the Shashdarak area of the Afghan capital. In the first explosion, a suicide bomber detonated himself close to the National Directorate of Security (NDS), the main Afghan intelligence agency, TOLO News quoted an interior ministry spokesman […]

30 April 2018

Kabul

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