Khaama: Khalid Zadran [Taliban] Spokesperson of Kabul Police Command has confirmed the incident to Khaama Press that an explosion took place on Saturday evening in Pashtunistan Square. Mr. Zadran said the explosion was caused by a magnetic mine placed in a Toyota ‘Hilux’ vehicle, which injured two civilians. Kabul police spokesperson did not provide any
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 5, 2023 ISLAMABAD — A bomb blast in southwestern Pakistan Sunday reportedly killed at least one soldier and injured 12 people, including civilians. The attack targeted a military vehicle at the entrance to a security checkpoint in a highly guarded central part of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, residents and
Sarah Zaman VOA News February 5, 2023 Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has died. He was 79. He was suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease in which an abnormal protein builds up in organs, causing them to malfunction. Musharraf came to power in a bloodless coup on Oct. 12, 1999, deposing democratically elected Prime Minister
Khaama: On Sunday, Pakistan’s Chairman Cricket Board, Najam Sethi, informed in a tweet that Pakistan and Afghanistan would play three T20 games against each other by the end of March. He said that the T20I series would compensate for what Afghanistan lost when Cricket Australia pulled out of the ODI series set to take place
Ariana: Islamabad will ask the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)[Taliban] to rein in militants in Pakistan after a suicide bombing killed scores of police in a mosque, AFP reported on Saturday. Detectives have blamed an affiliate of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for Monday’s blast in Peshawar which killed more than
Tolo News: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in its newly released report said that the “Taliban” derives revenue from this aid in the form of “licenses,” “taxes,” and “administrative fees” imposed on NGOs and their employees as a condition for operating in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The victims included four children, two women and one man, according to the Taliban-appointed spokesman of Balkh police. No information was immediately available on the reason and motives for this mass shooting. Since the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan, mass murders, revenge killings and criminal offenses in Afghanistan have increased unprecedentedly. Click here
Ariana: The Dutch government announced Friday it will not appeal a court order to pay compensation to relatives of civilians who were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan. The District Court of The Hague found in November that the late-night attack violated international humanitarian law. The court sided with four survivors of the attack who
8am: In the announcement issued by the Taliban-appointed district governor in Nusay district of Badakhshan province, it is stated: “Regarding religious and ideological considerations, all ethnic groups in the territory of this district are instructed that from now on, no one from Sunni followers will be allowed to give a daughter to a Shia follower,