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KABUL – At least five policemen were killed in Kabul and Nangarhar provinces in the past 12 hours, officials said Tuesday. One police force member was killed and one more was wounded in an attack by unidentified armed men in the Chawk-e-Arghandi area in Paghman district, Kabul province, on Tuesday …

KABUL – One security force member was killed and four more were wounded in an IED explosion that targeted an army vehicle in Qarabagh district in Kabul on Monday morning, police said in a statement. The incident happened at around 7:00 am local time in Sabz Sang village in Qarabagh district, …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, gave this assurance during a joint press briefing with his Tajik counterpart, Sirajuddin Mehruddin, in Dushanbe to make all possible efforts for the early completion of the CASA-1000 project. The Central Asia-South Asia project (CASA-1000) will not only benefit the two countries …

Kabul – A policeman was injured in an explosion in Bagh-e-Dawood area, in fifth district of Kabul on Wednesday morning. Kabul police say the incident was caused by a roadside bomb that exploded while a Ranger car was passing by. Last week, a similar explosion in Kotal Khairkhana area targeted …

KABUL – Gunfire interrupted a meeting of Jamiat-e-Islami members in Kabul who belong to the faction led by Atta Mohammad Noor, the former governor of Balkh province, on Thursday. The fighting started at 10:20 am local time while the participants of the meeting were gathering, and continued till around 1:00 …

KABUL – Four civilians were killed and 14 more were wounded after a bus carrying government employees was targeted by a blast in Kabul on Thursday morning, police said. The incident happened at around 7:20 am local time in Sar-e-Kotal area in Kabul’s district 17, police said. Sources said the …

KABUL – At least 15 civilians were wounded in an explosion that targeted a bus in Kabul city on Monday afternoon, Kabul police said in a statement. The blast occurred around 3:50 pm local time in the Dahan-e-Bagh area after a bus struck a mine, the statement said. “The victims …

KABUL – The death toll from Sunday night’s two blasts in the west of Kabul has risen to five, police said on Monday, adding that 16 more people were wounded in the explosions. However, Kabul police have not provided further details about the casualties. Two separate explosions in Kabul occurred …

KABUL – Faiz Mohammad Fayez, former head of the Ulema Council in Kunduz province, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in PD17 of Kabul city early Wednesday morning, Kabul police confirmed. Police said an investigation is underway. Meanwhile, a number of residents of Kabul’s Sarkutal Golden Township area said Faiz …

KABUL – Afghan FM Mohammad Hanif Atmar said on Tuesday that Kabul is not against the participation of the Taliban in the elections – this will be a test of people’s confidence in them. As per a statement by Atmar, Kabul accepts the rights of the Taliban to participate in …