Tag: Kabul
ISI DG, foreign secy visit Afghanistan to repair relations
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood held talks with Afghan intelligence chief, national security adviser and...
12, including foreign force members, killed in Kabul blast
KABUL: A Taliban suicide blast in the center of Kabul killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 40 on Thursday, destroying cars...
Afghan VP candidate injured as Kabul blast kills two, wounds 25
KABUL: A powerful explosion hit central Kabul on Sunday, wounding Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s running mate on the first day of official campaigning for...
From Kabul to Baghdad, a tale of two ‘Green Zones’
KABUL: A labyrinth of concrete blast walls, spotlights, and checkpoints are eating up ever more of Kabul, standing in stark contrast to a similar...
US Secretary of State Pompeo visits Kabul, hopes for a peace...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday to discuss ongoing peace talks...
No ruckus at Pakistan Embassy in Kabul
ISLAMABAD: Contrary to reports of ruckus outside Pakistan Embassy in Kabul over non-issuance of visas to some Afghan applicants, sources informed Pakistan Today that the...
3 bombings in Afghan capital; 2 killed, 2 reporters injured
Three explosions struck the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 24 others, officials said. At least two Afghan journalists...
Months after fraud-tainted poll, Afghan lawmakers sworn in
KABUL: Six months after Afghans voted for new lawmakers, President Ashraf Ghani finally inaugurated Afghanistan’s new parliament on Friday – though dozens of seats remained...
Afghan communications ministry attacked, seven killed
KABUL: At least seven people were killed in an attack on the Afghan communications ministry in central Kabul on Saturday, breaking months of relative...
Afghanistan summons Pakistan diplomat yet again over PM Imran’s comments
KABUL: The Afghan government on Saturday summoned a Pakistan diplomat to explain Prime Minister Imran Khan’s latest remarks on ongoing Afghan peace talks, as...
Taliban kill at least 20 troops, policemen in Badghis, say Afghan...
KABUL: The Taliban launched a brazen attack under the cover of darkness early on Thursday on an Afghan government compound in western Badghis province,...
US peace envoy returns to Kabul ahead of peace talks
KABUL: US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said Monday he was in Kabul to meet Afghan officials ahead of his next round of talks with the...
US airstrike kills 14 members of one family in Afghanistan
KABUL: The United States has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province after a fatal insider attack, leaving at least 14 civilians dead, mostly...
Multiple explosions target Shia shrine in Kabul during Nowruz celebrations
-Afghanistan's Health Ministry says at least six people were killed and 23 wounded in the attack claimed by Daesh
KABUL: Multiple explosions in the Afghan...
Pakistan consulate in Afghanistan closed after woman tried to sneak in...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Sunday it has closed its consulate in Afghanistan's city of Mazar-e-Sharif after a woman tried to take a hand grenade inside...
Explosion in volleyball ground leaves five dead in Afghan province
KABUL: At least five people were killed in an IED explosion at a local sports ground in Tala Wa Barfak district in northern Baghlan...
Taliban kill 21 Afghan security forces, threaten city: official
KABUL: Taliban fighters killed more than 20 Afghan security forces in simultaneous raids on a provincial capital and district in northern Afghanistan, an official said...
