Afghanistan

Taliban have abducted 15 passengers on the Qarabagh Highway in the Ghazni province on Sunday.According to the local officials, the Taliban militants stopped a vehicle carrying 15 passengers.These abductees were on their way from the Jaghori district to the Qarabagh…

Sima Samar, state minister for human rights wasa dismissed from her job by President Ghani. She confirmed her dismissal from office on Sunday, saying that the whole ministry was dissolved.Mrs. Samar said that her dismissal was proposed by the administrative…

Eight civilians were killed and 15 others injured as a blast rocked the Police District 5 of Kabul on Sunday, the Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement.According to the statement, the blast took place in Spin Kuli, a suburban…

An explosion at a religious gathering in central Afghanistan killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 20 others on Friday, the country’s interior ministry said, adding that children may be among the victims.Those killed and wounded were attending a Qur’an…

At least 13 Afghan policemen were killed when Taliban militants attacked two checkpoints overnight in the north of the country, officials said Wednesday.The militants stormed and briefly held the checkpoints on the outskirts of Pule Khumri, capital of northern Baghlan…

The deputy governor of Kabul was killed in a blast on Tuesday morning in the Afghan capital, after a bomb attached to his armored vehicle by a magnet was detonated.Mahbubullah Muhibbi is the latest – and one of the highest-profile…

Kabul Police announced that at least two people were killed and two others were wounded following an explosion in the city on Sunday morning.Afghan TV channel quoted Kabul police spokesman saying that the explosion occurred at 7:45 a.m. local time…

Peace negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government held in Qatar will be paused until January 5, both sides said on Saturday.The insurgents and the Kabul side both tweeted they had exchanged “preliminary lists of agenda items for the…

According to an American report, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan due to airstrikes has increased since 2017, after the United States eased its standards for striking and escalated its attacks against the terrorist Taliban.Neta C. Crawford, co-director of…

Sayyeda Fatima Zahraa Complex, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Afghan capital, Kabul, organized a campaign to distribute aid to students and professors of the Islamic seminary.The campaign supports students and professors, and contributes to alleviating the hardships…