A suicide bomber struck a voter-registration centre in the Afghan capital on Sunday at around 10 am local time, killing at least 52 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
A suicide bomber struck a voter-registration centre in the Afghan capital on Sunday at around 10 am local time, killing at least 52 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has attacked a voter registration center in the Dasht-i-Barchi area of the capital Kabul today morning killing at least four people.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) appreciated Achievements of Afghan Government in the area of increased revenue and necessarily critical reforms in National Budget for ongoing solar year.
Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah met at his office with a number of Khost elders, influential figures, provincial council members and the families of those martyred in defending national sovereignty, his office said in a statement on Saturday.
The Kabul’s electricity has been reconnected days after the Taliban militants destroyed a power pylon in Baghlan that was transmitting the imported electricity from Uzbekistan.
Afghan forces have killed at least 21 armed insurgents including a Taliban local commander in their newest military operations across the country.
According to Afghan diplomatic sources in India, India has decided to purchase four MI-35 helicopters for Afghanistan to help the country in its campaign against the re-insurgency of the Taliban and other militants.
A new Afghanistan war strategy approved last month by President Donald Trump’s top military and national security advisers would require at least 50,000 U.S. forces to stop the advance of the Taliban and save the government in Kabul, according to a classified U.S. intelligence community assessment.
A top Chinese Military General has vowed full support to help Afghanistan in equipping the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.
Former Balkh governor Atta Mohmmad Noor on Friday criticized Independent Election Commission over its inadequate awareness campaign and said only 3500 people have registered themselves in a week.
Afghan Security officials in northern part of the country said that Taliban local leader Qari Amrullah along with his 5 comrades was killed during a clash in Faryab.
Local officials in eastern Nangarhar province said that two security guards of a voter registration center in provincial capital Jalalabad were killed by unknown gunmen.
Afghan Taliban are set to launch the annual ‘Spring Offensive’ soon, with fighting this year likely to be tough for the Afghan forces as US military estimates suggest Afghan government’s control of districts is at the lowest since December 2015.
The leader of Hizb-e-Islami party led by Gulbudin Hekmatyar has claimed that some circles within the government and certain embassies are trying to influence the election.
Azerbaijan Defense Ministry has said that 50 Azerbaijani soldiers serving in Afghanistan have left Kabul for their country in accordance with their rotation plan.
Afghan officials confirmed that militants have freed the kidnapped Independent Election Commission and two policemen in Ghor.
Afghan defense and security forces have killed at least 18 armed insurgents in their newest military operations throughout the country.
A Pakistani lawmaker has demanded the trial of the Afghan soldiers involved in the recent clash along the Durand Line as he claims that the Pakistani soldiers came under fire from the Afghan side in Kurram Agency.
The US forces in Afghanistan dropped 339 bombs and other munitions in March, marking the highest number of bombs being dropped by forces for that month in five years.
Gul Rahman was killed in a secret CIA interrogation facility where he endured being doused with frigid water and shackled naked.
