Tag: Kabul
Pakistan, Afghanistan will have to solve issues together: Khawaja Asif
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that the Pak-Afghan issues would eventually have to be resolved by the two neighbours themselves.
He was speaking...
27 Afghan Taliban, Haqqani militants handed to Kabul last year: FO
Afghanistan rules out talks with Taliban after deadly attacks in Kabul
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal said that 27 individuals suspected of belonging...
Taliban will have to be defeated, says Afghanistan
KABUL: Afghanistan said on Tuesday the Taliban would have to be defeated on the battlefield after the United States (US) President Donald Trump rejected...
Taliban, IS create perfect storm of bloodshed in Kabul
KABUL: The Taliban and the Islamic State group are creating a perfect storm of carnage in Kabul, adapting to ramped up security in the...
Eleven Afghan soldiers killed in latest attack in Kabul
KABUL: Militants on Monday raided a military academy in Kabul, the Afghan capital, killing 11 soldiers, the fourth major attack in a spate of...
Kabul mourns 100 dead following ambulance bomb
KABUL: More than 100 people are now believed to have been killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday in Kabul.
Attackers drove an ambulance past...
Kabul hotel attack killed 40 people: Afghan authorities
KABUL: At least 40 people were killed in the attack on Kabul's luxury Intercontinental Hotel at the weekend, official figures showed Thursday -- almost...
Death toll from hotel attack in Kabul rises to 18: ToloNews
KABUL: The death toll from the deadly attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul climbed to 18 and six other people were wounded, according to...
Russia seek direct talks between Kabul and Taliban movement
MOSCOW: The Russian side is ready to provide a platform for direct talks between Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia), the...
Daesh cells operate in capital of Afghanistan
KABUL: Middle-class Afghans turned extremists have assisted Daesh’s expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive east to Kabul, analysts say, and helping to make...
Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attack in Kabul
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned the dastardly terrorist attack in Kabul on Thursday, in which many precious human lives were lost and a number of...
Three dead in Kabul suicide attack close to intelligence agency
KABUL: A suicide bomber on foot blew himself up close to a compound of Afghanistan’s national intelligence agency in the capital, Kabul, on Monday, killing...
Pakistan desires cooperation with Afghanistan on border security
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's ambassador to the US Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said that the Pakistan-Afghanistan border must be secured enough to keep terrorists from crossing "at...
Afghanistan says no change in Pakistan’s anti-terror approach
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) says the Afghan government sees no significant change in Pakistan’s policy towards insurgents, even after US President...
18 killed in suicide blast outside wedding hall in Kabul
KABUL: A suicide attacker blew himself up outside a wedding hall in Kabul killing at least 18 people, reported TOLO News Thursday, in an apparent attempt...
Ghani orders probe into Pakistani consulate staffer’s death in Jalalabad
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday condemned the killing of a Pakistani consulate staff member, Rana Nayyar Iqbal, in Jalalabad on Monday and...
Two killed, 20 wounded in Kabul TV station attack; ISIS claims...
KABUL: As many as 2 people were killed and 20 wounded when gunmen stormed a television station in Kabul Tuesday. Militant group ISIS has...
