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KABUL – Two explosions targeted police vehicles on Wednesday morning in Kabul city, killing at least two Afghan National Police members and wounding four others, police confirmed. According to police, the first blast targeted an ANP ranger vehicle in the Daspachri area in PD15 of Kabul at around 8:04am. Two …

KABUL – Joe Biden’s administration has extended Zalmay Khalilzad’s mission as the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation for an unspecific period of time, US sources have disclosed. US sources added that the Biden administration has started the assessment of the US-Taliban peace deal signed between the two sides in …

KABUL – At least one person was killed in a blast that hit a vehicle in Kabul city on Tuesday morning, Kabul police confirmed in a statement. The blast took place about 11:15 am local time in PD5 of Kabul city, Kabul police said, who added that an investigation into …

KABUL – President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, on Monday, met with Hamid Karzai, Former President, Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, and Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, Jihadi Leader, at Presidential Palace (Arg). Based on the Presidential Palace statement, the meeting focused on ceasefire, violence reduction, political consensus, …

KABUL – The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday reported 77 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,593 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The Public Health Ministry also reported eight deaths and 355 recoveries from COVID-19 in the same period. The new cases were reported in …

KABUL – An armored Land Cruiser was targeted in an early morning IED explosion in Kabul’s PD4 area in yet another targeted attack. This time there were no casualties reported, police confirmed. The incident happened at around 7.35am in Parwan-e-Do area of Kabul. However it is not known who the …

KABUL – Kabul was rattled by two explosions on Monday morning, amid a surge in targeted killings and attempted assassinations that have prompted a strong outcry among the international community. The first explosion on Monday happened at around 8:37 am when an IED was detonated against a vehicle in the …

KABUL – US special representative for Afghanistan peace Zalmay Khalilzad traveled back to Doha from Kabul without meeting President Ashraf Ghani, sources said Wednesday. Two days back, Khalilzad arrived in Kabul and met with some political leaders during his 24 hours stay. Khalilzad first met with veteran former jihadi leader …

KABUL – Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported Monday, that out of 1,575 samples taken for COVID-19, 102 cases have turned positive in the last 24 hours. At least 205,798 people have so far been tested in the governmental labs, and there still are 7,576 known active cases in the …

By Zeba Noori Insecurity, bombings, targeted assassinations, armed robberies, the detonation of magnetic mines and, from time to time, rocket fires on different parts of Kabul are the emerging scenes of the capital’s deteriorating security situation. This is while Amrullah Saleh, the former head of National Director of Security (NDS) …