Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban attack leaves two engineers killed
Kabul: A suspected Taliban attack in Afghanistan's Kabul-Parwan highway has left two engineers killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen set school on fire
Kabul: Unknown gunmen set a school on fire in the Taleqan city of Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, media reports said.
Kabul starts to release 400 Taliban prisoners, 80 of them already free
Kabul/Sputnik: The Afghan authorities have started to release the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners, with 80 of them being already free, the Office of the National Security Council said on Friday.
Ex- Afghanistan intelligence chief slams Pakistan's ISI, calls it 'termites'
Kabul: Former Afghan intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil has described Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as “termites”.
Two women killed in attack on rickshaw in Afghanistan's western Herat province - Police
Kabul/Sputnik: Two women were killed in an attack on a rickshaw in Afghanistan's western province of Herat, a spokesman for the provincial police headquarters told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Durand Line on Afghan-Pak border is turning bloodier than LoC: Expert
Journalist Francesca Marino feels that the ongoing conflict on the Durand Line, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, has now become more 'bloodier' than Line of Control.
Afghanistan: Taliban mortar attack leaves 9 people wounded
Kabul: At least nine members of a family were wounded as a mortar round fired by Taliban militants landed on their house in Afghanistan, media reports said.
World Bank rebuffs Pakistan, refuses to mediate in Indus water sharing issue
Islamabad/UNI: In a rebuff to Pakistan, the World Bank has refused to unilaterally decide on appointment of a neutral expert or Court of Arbitration (COA) for settling the dispute over the water sharing agreement between India and Pakistan under the 1960 Indus Water Treaty and suggested that the two countries mutually decide the matter.
Army officer, 5 militants killed in clashes in western Afghanistan
Kabul/Xinhua: An Afghan national army officer and five militants were killed during clashes in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis, the country's Ministry of Defense confirmed on Saturday.
Chaman Incident: Afghans protest against Pakistan
Kabul: Hundreds of Afghans staged a protest in Kandahar to condemn last week’s deadly incident at Chaman crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Security Council condemns ‘heinous and cowardly’ terrorist attack in Jalalabad
New York: Members of the UN Security Council have condemned “in the strongest terms” the terrorist attack at a prison complex in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Monday, that left at least 29 people – including civilians – dead.
ISIS Khorasan branch new leader is Pak-based Haqqani Network terrorist, claims Afghanistan Minister
Kabul: An Afghanistan minister has claimed that the new leader of ISIS Khorasan branch in the country is a Pakistan-based Haqqani Network terrorist.
Afghanistan: Afghan forces arrest top ISIS leader
Kabul: Afghanistan security forces have arrested a top commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K), media reports said on Wednesday.
Mike Pompeo, Baradar discuss start of intra-Afghan talks
Washington/UNI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday held discussions with the Taliban’s deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and discussed the possibility of starting the intra-Afghan talks.
Afghanistan reports 36 new COVID-19 cases, 36,782 in total
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan on Tuesday reported 36 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total to 36,782, the country's Ministry of Public Health said.