By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 21, 2019 The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a wedding party in Kabul last week has risen to 80, two senior Afghan officials said on August 21. The initial death toll after the August 17 explosion was 63, but some of the wounded had died in
The New York Times: Even as the United States and the Taliban seem close to a deal on an American troop withdrawal, the Islamic State in Afghanistan is making clear that it stands to inherit the role of violent spoiler if any peace agreement is reached. That message was punctuated on Saturday by a suicide bomber who killed
Press TV August 19, 2019 A series of explosions have hit the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar during the country’s 100th anniversary of its independence, wounding dozens of people including women and children. Afghan officials said at least 10 bombings struck restaurants and public squares in the provincial capital of Jalalabad on Monday, leaving at
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 18, 2019 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned as “barbaric” an attack on a wedding party in Kabul that killed at least 63 people and left 182 others injured and called an extraordinary security meeting to discuss ways to avoid such “lapses.” The radical militant group Islamic State (IS) has
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 14, 2019 The United Nations says it is “gravely concerned” by reports indicating that 11 civilians had been killed in an Afghan security force operation in the eastern province of Paktia. “Accountability essential. Harm to civilians must stop,” the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a post on
1TV: Taliban leader Hebatullah Akhundzada said on Thursday the United States had raised a cloud of uncertainty and doubts about its intentions in peace talks. In a message released to mark the coming Eid al-Adha, Akhundzada said that the Taliban is enaging in the negotiations with “utmost seriousness,” and called on US to pursue the process
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 7, 2019 KABUL — At least 14 people have been killed and 145 wounded after a Taliban suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside a police station in Kabul, according to the Afghan Public Health Ministry. Women and children were among the victims of the attack that occurred at
Tolo News: At least five people were killed and seven others were wounded in a magnetic IED explosion in the north of Kabul on Tuesday afternoon. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Click here to read more (external link). Other Security News Taliban Insurgents Shoot Woman in Badghis
Tolo News: A magnetic IED blast targeted a bus carrying the employees of Khurshid TV, a private media outlet, in the fifth street of Taimani in Kabul’s police district 4 (PD4) at around 5:30 pm on Sunday evening. Two people, including a passerby and driver of the bus, were killed and four others, including three employees
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 3, 2019 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says more than 1,500 civilians were killed or wounded in July. According to a report issued by UNAMA on August 3, the number of documented civilian casualties is the highest of any month since May 2017. UNAMA said the main