VOA News April 15, 2019 Officials in eastern Afghanistan say a gunman opened fire at a wedding, killing five people and wounding 15, before he fled the scene. Authorities say they are not aware of a motive for the attack Sunday in Khost province. The Taliban and other militant groups are active in the area
Tolo News: Khost residents on Thursday claimed that some clerics in the province refuse to perform funeral prayers for fallen Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) soldiers on due to threats against them by the Taliban. According to Eid Mohammad, one resident, his brother Khial Mohammad was an ANA soldier who lost his life during
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 23, 2018 An explosion inside a mosque at an Afghan military base in the volatile eastern province of Khost has killed at least 27 people and wounded 50, officials say. The blast occurred on November 23 in the Ismail Khel district of Khost. The victims had all gathered to attend
Tolo News: Assadullah Khalid, former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), who visited Khost province on Friday, said government is dividing the people by ethnicity and language for its maintenance. Khalid, who recently founded a political movement, Omid-e-Sabah, said election is the only solution for Afghanistan’s crisis, but he added that the people want a
Ariana: Tribal elders and residents of Musa Khil district in Khost province have decided to fine with five thousand Afghanis as a punishment those families that prevent their daughters from going to schools. Manadeer Mangal a tribal elder told Ariana News that if we allow our daughters to go to schools and study especially medical section, the
VOA News May 6, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A powerful bomb ripped through a crowded mosque being used as a voter registration center in southeastern Afghanistan, killing at least 17 worshipers and wounding 33 others The attack came hours after unknown gunmen in a northern Afghan region kidnapped seven engineers, mostly Indian nationals. The mosque bombing occurred
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan April 16, 2018 Afghanistan has returned the dead bodies of five Pakistani soldiers to Pakistan following clashes near the two countries’ disputed border, Afghan officials say. Hukum Khan Habibi, the governor of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, said that one captured soldier was also handed over to Pakistan’s
Tolo News: At only 16 years of age, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Zadran is making waves on the international cricket stage after taking a remarkable five wickets in a recent ODI. Zadran, who hails from Khost, has enjoyed a meteoric start to his international career. The 16-year-old Afghanistan spinner, whose uncle Noor Ali Zadran is also a national
KHOST, Afghanistan, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — Some 50 Taliban militants were killed and three others wounded in an airstrike against a militants’ hideout in eastern province of Khost, a local official said Saturday. “The strike was conducted in a remote locality in Piri area of Musa Khil district late on Friday evening,” district chief Gulab
VOA News / May 28, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — A Taliban infiltrator has gunned down six government forces in southern Afghanistan, raising the number of army and police personnel killed by insurgents in the past week to nearly 100. Afghan and insurgent officials said Sunday the overnight “insider attack” incident took place at a