Over a dozen killed in mosque blast, as violence grips Afghanistan
Source: CNN By Sheena McKenzie and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN (CNN)At least 14 people were killed and 33 others injured after an explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, […]
Twin blasts in Afghan capital kill at least 26, including nine journalists
Source: Reuters BY James Mackenzie, Rupam Jain KABUL (Reuters) – Explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 26 people on Monday, including nine journalists who had arrived to report […]
8 journalists, 4 policemen among 25 people killed in twin Kabul blasts
Source: Dawn A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, killing 25 people and wounding 45 others. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai confirmed that four policemen were killed, while an Afghan media watchdog, the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), confirmed that eight journalists were also killed. The […]
Islamic Scholars To Meet In July On Afghan War
HPC says Islamic scholars will come together in Jeddah in July and will announce a joint statement on the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia and the Organization of Islamic […]
Interesting facts on handmade carpets.
Did you know that the first carpets or floor coverings ever made are thought to have been produced as early as 7000 BC? The world’s oldest surviving carpet, the Pazyryk […]
Afghanistan: Kabul voter centre suicide attack kills 57
Source: BBC News A suicide bomb attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 57 people, officials say. The dead include 21 women and five children, killed when the blast hit the queue outside. A further 119 people were injured. The Islamic State […]
US drops more bombs in Afghanistan than Iraq and Syria for first time in 4 years
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, prepares to receive fuel over Afghanistan from a KC-10 Extender, March […]
Mother Nursing Sick Child While Sitting For Exam Passes, Gets Offer To Further Her Studies
Published on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 Joomla Social Education is so important that one mother in Afghanistan sat for an exam while cradling her sick child in her lap. […]
This rare exhibition in Kabul brings art lovers a taste of Mughal art back home
Babur Gardens, the original setting where a lot of Mughal art originated. (Wikimedia Commons) “King Babur’s Kabul: Cradle of the Mughal Empire” displays a selection of high quality reproductions […]
Afghanistan to build first Women’s Police Town
Afghan policewomen participate in a ceremony celebrating Women’s Police Town. (Resolute Support Forces — Afghanistan) Sayed Salahuddin April 10, 2018 KABUL: To encourage more women to join the police force […]
Afghan Military Strike Kills at Least 70 at Mosque
Source: The New York Times By ROD NORDLAND KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan military helicopters bombed a religious gathering in the northern province of Kunduz on Monday, killing at least 70 people […]
Uzbekistan offers to host talks between Afghan government and Taliban
Reuters International This content was published on March 27, 2018 8:50 AMMar 27, 2018 – 08:50 TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan offered on Tuesday to host peace talks between the […]
Taliban’s rare silence on talks charges up a new peace conference
Source: The New York Times By ROD NORDLAND and MUJIB MASHAL TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Senior diplomats have gathered to talk about peace in Afghanistan dozens of times through the years, and the Taliban […]
Chances of Tashkent conference leading to a consensus within Afghanistan look slim
Source: HT A high-level international conference on Afghanistan opened in Tashkent on March 26, even as Kabul is still recovering from an Islamic State (IS) led terror attack that killed 32 people in the capital on March 21. Just two days later, a car bomb in Helmand killed 14 innocents. […]
Blue Bus of Kabul Brings Joys of Reading to Afghan Children
KABUL — The children of Kabul love the blue bus – they rush toward it every time it pulls into their street, eager to come on board, their young eyes brimming with excitement. https://www.voanews.com/a/afghanistan-kabul-books-on-wheels/4301484.html But it’s no ordinary bus. Its name is Charmaghz, the Dari word for Walnut, and it’s […]
Attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills 1, wounds 7
Source: Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Sunday, killing one person and wounding seven others in an […]
Russia and Taliban deny US claims of working together
Source: BBC News Russia and the Taliban have separately rejected comments made by the head of US forces in Afghanistan that Moscow has been supporting, and even supplying weapons to, […]
‘We suffer more’: Rising violence on Shiite targets takes toll on Afghanistan’s Hazaras
Source: The Washington Post By Sharif Hassan and Pamela Constable KABUL — When a suicide bomber killed at least 30 people Wednesday near the majestic Sakhi shrine in west Kabul, where worshipers had gathered […]
Iran denies Saudi allegations of harbouring bin Laden’s son
Reuters International This content was published on March 20, 2018 2:42 PMMar 20, 2018 – 14:42 LONDON (Reuters) – Tehran denied on Tuesday allegations made by Saudi Crown Prince […]
Suicide bomb kills at least seven at Shi’ite gathering in Kabul
Source: Reuters BY Hamid Shalizi, Mohammad Aziz 3 MIN READ KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least seven people in […]