Afghanistan

Nangarhar Province media center in a statement announced that a tunnel belonging to ISIS (Daesh) terrorists has been discovered in this province. ISIS terrorists have taken advantage of this tunnel for targeting Afghanistan army forces, Afghan media Bakhtar News Agency referred to the statement as saying. According to the statement, some heavy and light weapons together with large amount of…

The Great Satan United States has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province after a fatal insider attack, leaving at least 14 civilians dead, mostly women and children. A spokeswoman for the American military, confirmed the Saturday airstrikes, but blamed the Taliban militant group for the civilian deaths. “The Taliban were hiding in civilian homes and maneuvered in and out…

Two explosions went off at a public celebration in the southern Afghan city of Lashkar Gah on Saturday, killing two people and wounding the governor of Helmand province, security and hospital officials said. The blasts came during a Farmers Day celebration at an outdoor stadium that was attended by nearly 1,000 people. The provincial governor, Mohammad Yasin Khan, was knocked…

  The blasts reportedly occurred near Kabul University and the Kart-e Sakhi shrine on Thursday. Afghan Health Ministry spokesman Wahidullah Mayar announced the casualty figures, which were confirmed by the Afghan Interior Ministry as well. The official accounts of what caused the explosions, however, were conflicting. Police in Kabul said the blasts were caused by a total of three remote-controlled…

  “We always believe that Afghan people express the final opinion about all the country’s affairs,” Zarif said in a meeting with the Afghan special envoy for peace, Mohammad Omar Daudzai, in Tehran on Saturday. As the Afghans’ representative, the Kabul government then makes decisions about the country’s affairs, he added. Zarif also voiced Tehran’s support for the Afghans, saying,…

  “I’m announcing a policy of US visa restrictions on those individuals directly responsible for any ICC investigation of US personnel,” Pompeo said at a State Department briefing on Friday. “This includes persons who take or have taken action to request or further such an investigation. These visa restrictions may also be used to deter ICC efforts to pursue allied…

A huge explosion hit Kute Sangi District, west of the capital city Kabul on Saturday. Police has blocked the accident area and does not permit people to come near the accident scene. No reports have yet been released on the possible casualties of the incident. Firefighters have been dispatched to accident site and are extinguishing the fire. Earlier, the terrorist…

  According to a statement released by the Afghan Defense Ministry on Wednesday, the incident occurred near an Afghan army post on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Tarin Kot, overnight on Tuesday. The statement said that a joint Afghan and US patrol initially came under fire by what it thought to be a group of Taliban militants. The fire…

  “The Taliban have agreed that peace will require both sides to fully address four core issues, and they are counterterrorism assurances, troop withdrawal, intra-Afghan dialogue and a comprehensive cease-fire,” US State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said Tuesday. He said US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was returning to Washington for consultations. Khalilzad also said the two sides had reached “agreement in…

  The book entitled, Searching for an Enemy, by Dutch journalist Bette Dam, reveals that the longtime Taliban leader once lived in a secret room inside a building just a few hundred meters from a major US base — Forward Operating Base Lagman — in his home province of Zabul. He later moved to a second building just three miles from…