Tag: Kabul
Gunfire, blast at American University in Kabul kills 12
Twelve people, including seven students, were killed in an attack on the American University in Kabul that sent hundreds of students fleeing in panic,...
American, Australian kidnapped at gunpoint in Kabul
An American and an Australian were kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of Kabul, officials said Monday, the latest in a series of abductions...
Crashed Pak helicopter transported to Kabul from Logar
Crashed Pakistani helicopter has been transported to Kabul from Logar province in eastern Afghanistan, Afgan media reported on Sunday.
The Punjab government’s helicopter, on its...
Rivers Indus, Ravi, Kabul in low flood
The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said River Indus at Kalabagh and River Ravi at Shahdara are flowing in low flood while River Kabul...
Afghan police tell foreigners in Kabul to stay in or hire...
Police in the Afghan capital have told foreigners living outside protected compounds to travel with guards, after the kidnapping of an Indian aid worker...
Taliban shadow judge Qazi Mohsin wounded in north of Afghanistan
The shadow judge of the Taliban group identified as Qazi Mohsin was wounded during an operation in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan, local media...
Kabul willing to accommodate all demands of Taliban
A top Afghan presidential aide has said that Kabul is willing to accommodate key demands of the Taliban, if the group drops pre-conditions for...
Army Chief meets Ashraf Ghani, US military leaders in Kabul
On his way back from Tajikistan, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif had a brief stopover in Kabul where he held meetings...
Pakistan says influencing Afghan Taliban on reconciliation with Kabul
Foreign Affairs Advisor Aziz says strategic and conventional imbalance with India top security concern
Says Pakistan will not unilaterally cap nuclear capability
Pakistan has reaffirmed its...
Modi inaugurates parliament building in Kabul
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday inaugurated the newly-built Afghan parliament building in Kabul.
Opening the parliament building in...
1 hurt in central Kabul car bombing, Taliban claim attack
A car bombing near a foreign guest house in central Kabul has wounded one person.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the massive explosion that shook...
Massive protest in Kabul over decapitation of Shia Hazaras
Thousands of protesters marched coffins containing the decapitated bodies of seven Shia Hazaras through the Afghan capital Kabul Wednesday to demand justice for the...
Afghan special forces in firing line as fighting spreads
As Afghan soldiers and police struggle to contain an escalating insurgency that has targeted several cities in recent weeks, the country's special forces are...
Taliban insurgents active close to Kabul, threat level disputed
In Khawaja Ghar, a village in Deh Sabz district on the dusty outskirts of Kabul, there is little noticeable government presence, and Afghan soldiers...
Three dead as suicide car bomb strikes Kabul
A suicide car bomb apparently targeting a foreign forces convoy killed three people in downtown Kabul Saturday, officials said, underlining the precarious security situation...
Ghani blames Pakistan for relentless Taliban attacks
Agitated by recent wave of insurgent attacks in Kabul that has killed at least 56 people – the latest attack being on Kabul Airport on Monday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani grilled Pakistan for harbouring terrorists.
Kabul attacks on LEAs kill 50, Kunduz car bomb claims 30
Dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader's death, a wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and US special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds while at least 30 people were killed in an explosion in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan earlier this evening.
