Afghanistan

Three Afghan policemen were killed in an armed attack targeting a checkpoint in Ghazni state, north of the country.A spokesman for the State Security Directorate, Ahmed Khan Siirt, told reporters that unknown assailants launched an attack on a police checkpoint,…

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi, continues the Fatimid mourning ceremonies in the city of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.The ceremonies come on the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahraa, peace be upon…

Mohammad Adil, the mastermind behind the gruesome Kabul University attack which happened on 2 November last year, was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court, TOLOnews reported. Four other suspects were also sentenced to various jail terms.The Interior Ministry confirmed…

The Afghan Ministry of Defense announced that at least 10 Taliban terrorists were killed and three others wounded in an airstrike in the outskirts of Farah province, west of the country.The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the…

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…