(KHAAMA Press): Four members of the negotiating team of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Saadat Mansoor Naderi, Fawzia Koofi, Matin Beg and Kalimullah Naqibi, have returned home for personal matters, according to sources, freezing the peace talks back in Doha. Since September 12, the negotiating teams failed to agree on ground rules that will lead
(BNA): At least three people lost their lives and 27 more were wounded following car bomb blast in eastern Khost province this morning. Talib Mangal spokesman of Khost governor told BNA correspondent, first, a group of attackers exploded a vehicle packed with explosive material close to special police unit in Matoon city the provincial capital
(TOLO News): At least three people were killed and 33 others were wounded on Tuesday morning in attack on a police special unit center in eastern Khost province, said local health officials. Ambulances transported victims of today's attack to medical centers. The incident occurred around 6am local time after a car bomb detonated close
(TOLO News): Talks Continue on Procedural Rules in Doha The talks on the procedural rules continue between both sides of the Afghan peace negotiations, a spokesman for the High Council for National Reconciliation Faraidon Khwazoon said on Saturday, as violence continues to take lives of Afghans in large numbers. Khwazoon said a meeting about the
(BNA): Police arrested ten people in connection with criminal offenses in Kabul today. Kabul police spokesman Ferdows Faramarz told BNA that police has identified and arrested 10 people in several operative operations in connection with committing criminal offenses such as armed robbery, murder, carrying illegal weapons, mobile robbery, and bagging from the first third, ninth
(TOLO News): The incident happened in the Pul-e-Khoshk area of Dasht-e-Barchi after a suicide bomber detonated explosives close to the center, according to officials. The Interior Ministry said that the suicide bomber was identified by security guards at the center and detonated his explosives before reaching his target. “Most of the victims are young and
(BNA): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that peace in Afghanistan will benefit both Pakistan and Afghanistan by opening new avenues for cooperation and enhance connectivity with the Central Asian countries. PM Khan was talking to Speaker of Wolesi Jirga, or the lower house of Afghan parliament Mir Rahman Rahmani along with his
(France 24): Abu Muhsin al-Masri, an Egyptian national believed to be the group's number-two in the Indian subcontinent, was targeted in eastern Ghazni province, Afghanistan's intelligence agency said in a statement. The National Directorate of Security did not provide further details about the operation or when it was carried out. Masri's killing was an indication of
(ATN News): In a series of tweets, Khalilzad said: “The answer to this tragic situation is an immediate reduction of violence leading to a ceasefire by all sides. The answer is to accelerate a political settlement.” “The US is singularly focused on this goal & is pressing both parties to reduce violence & find a
(BNA): Twenty Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrike in Balkh yesterday evening. Mohammad Hanif Rezaei, a spokesman for the 209th Shaheen Corps, told BNA that the Taliban were targeted in an airstrike after they tried to attack a defense and security supplying caravan in Angurbagh and Timurk regions of Chahar Bolak district in the