Afghanistan

Deadly explosion rocks Afghan capital

Nov 21, 2016 06:07

At least 27 people have been martyred and 35 others wounded after a large bomb explosion hit the mourning procession of Imam Hussein (AS) in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials say.
Bomb attack kills six, injures ten in Afghan capital

Nov 16, 2016 13:40

Six people have been killed and ten others injured in a bomb attack targeting an Afghan government vehicle in the capital Kabul.
Afghan parliament dismisses two more ministers

Nov 13, 2016 16:56

Afghanistan's parliament has voted to dismiss two more cabinet ministers, bringing the total number to five in two days.
Afghan MPs dismiss 3 ministers, including FM, over budgetary failures

Nov 12, 2016 13:04

Afghanistan's lower house of parliament, the Wolesti Jirga, has sacked three government ministers, including the foreign minister, citing poor performance and their failure to timely spend allocated budgets.
Blast kills at least 4 US troops at Bagram airbase

Nov 12, 2016 03:35

An explosion at the largest US airbase in Afghanistan’s Bagram has killed at least four American troops and injured 14 others.
Iran deplores terrorist attack on German consulate in Afghanistan

Nov 11, 2016 16:07

The Foreign Ministry has denounced a terrorist attack on Germany’s consulate in Afghanistan, saying the international community must make comprehensive efforts to seriously fight terrorism.
Consulate attack won't alter Berlin's attitude toward assisting Afghanistan: Official

Nov 11, 2016 15:58

Germany has said a recent attack on its consulate in Afghanistan will not alter the necessity of Berlin’s commitment to extending humanitarian aid to the war-tattered country.
Mortar fire kills 12 in wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan

Nov 04, 2016 03:46

At least 12 people have lost their lives and 30 others sustained injuries after a mortar shell landed in a wedding ceremony in Afghanistan’s Northern Province of Faryab, officials say.
US-led airstrike kills at least 30 civilians in northern Afghanistan

Nov 03, 2016 10:41

At least 30 Afghan civilians, including women and children, have lost their lives in Afghanistan in an airstrike carried out by the so-called US-led military alliance in the country’s volatile north.
Six civilians killed in bombing attack in east Afghanistan

Oct 31, 2016 11:54

At least six people have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries in a bombing attack in eastern Afghanistan.