Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 20, 2019 Officials in Afghanistan say women and children were among 10 civilians killed in separate air strikes by security forces late on July 19. In one incident, Abdol Aziz Beg, head of a provincial council in the western Badghis Province, said that insurgents had surrounded an army base in
Tolo News: Afghan bodybuilders won the 12th South Asian Bodybuilding Championship 2019 in Nepal by winning six gold, two silver, and three bronze medals. Bodybuilders from eight South Asian countries have attended the event. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV July 19, 2019 At least eight people have been killed and 33 others injured in a bomb blast near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital. The explosion, caused by a sticky bomb, took place on Friday, according to officials. Sticky bombs are a common threat in Kabul,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 19, 2019 Afghanistan’s Health Ministry says a Swedish aid group has reopened dozens of health centers it operates in the country. The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA), which has been operating in the country for decades, said on July 17 that it had closed 42 health centers in the
Tolo News: Afghan athlete Hussain Bakhsh Safari won a gold medal in contact jiu-jitsu in the 4th Asian Jiu-jitsu Championship 2019 in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and becomes the champion of contact jujitsu in this championship. The 4th Asian Jiu-jitsu Championship 2019 was attended by athletes from 24 Asian countries. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 18, 2019 Police in Slovakia are searching for four members of Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra who disappeared from their hotel after participating in a local festival. Zohra, a 35-member orchestra, performed at a concert on July 13 at the Pohoda Festival in the western town of Trencin, some 130 kilometers
Tolo News: “For people of Afghanistan peace means end of war, return to a peaceful life, life with dignity, a united nation, with stability and with independence, a country with best relationship with it’s neighbors and a soil with no extremist and no Daesh and other groups… We call this peace,” Karzai said. “We want to
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 18, 2019 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban militants have stormed the police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar after a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance of the compound. Baheer Ahmadi, a spokesman for Kandahar’s provincial governor, told RFE/RL that several gunmen entered the compound