Adel Shah Adel, spokesman for the Balkh police, said the blast occurred at 10:19 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, in the sixth district of Mazar-e-Sharif. He added, the blast was caused by a magnetic mine embedded in a bicycle. Adel says all the victims are civilians. No individual or group has
Year: 2021
Afghanistan To Face Oman In World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup qualifiers. The match will take place in Qatar at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium at 9:40pm, Kabul time. This is while the previous game ended in draws with Bangladesh and is currently in forth place, with five points.
Kabul police say gunmen killed two people in the 8th district of Kabul at 8:00 pm on Thursday, June 10, and arrested five people in connection with the incident. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said two people were killed and three others were wounded in a “criminal
In the first quarter of the fiscal year, 51 telecommunication towers were completely or partially destroyed due to war, insecurity and security threats across the country, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA) said. Atra issued a statement on Thursday, June 10, stating that
The Ministry of Public Health announced today (Thursday, June 10) that 700 thousand doses of Covid-19 vaccine had arrived in Kabul from China. Ministry of Health officials say China has provided the vaccine to Afghanistan. The ministry, however, did not specify when the vaccines would be given.
Mohammad Mohaqiq, leader of the “People’s Islamic Unity Party” of Afghanistan and senior adviser to President Ashraf Ghani on security and political affairs, says the UN Security Council should sanction the perpetrators by recognizing the killing of Hazaras as genocide. “UN Security
Ministry of Defense says that last night an MI-17 helicopter of the National Air Force “crashed” due to “technical” problems in Jaghato district of Maidan Wardak province. According to the newsletter, three people were killed and one was injured in helicopter crash.
Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian says Taliban gunmen entered a demined camp and fired on deminers around 10pm on Tuesday, June 8th. Arian says initial reports indicate that 10 people were killed and 14 others were injured. The incident took place in Darwazakan area of Sheikh Jalal in
The Ministry of Public Health says that in order to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, the quarantine proposal in 16 provinces of the country has been approved by the President for another two weeks. Ghulam Dastgir Nazari, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health, reported to
US State Department has announced that Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, has begun a new round of travel to Kabul, Doha and the region with his entourage. The State Department added that Mr. Khalilzad will meet in Kabul with government leaders,