Ayaz Gul VOA News January 27, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A suicide car bomb Saturday ripped through a crowded area outside a government building in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 95 people and wounding more than 163 others. The Health Ministry confirmed the casualty toll. Thick, dark smoke could be seen rising into the sky from the
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 26, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A rocket attack Friday killed at least seven civilians, mostly children, and injured three more in central-eastern Afghanistan. There were conflicting reports about who was responsible for the deadly incident in the Ghazni province. A provincial government spokesman, while speaking to VOA, accused Taliban insurgents of firing
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News January 24, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Gunmen stormed the offices of the international aid agency Save the Children in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding more than 20 others. Attullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial government of Nangarhar, says a group of armed men
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 21, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan commando forces have ended an overnight siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel that resulted in the deaths of at least 18 people, including 14 foreign nationals. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the death toll on Sunday for attack that began late Saturday on the Intercontinental hotel
VOA News January 13, 2018 Hasib Danish Alikozai Mohammad Habibzada WASHINGTON — An Afghan defense official told VOA that the recent spike in violence in Afghanistan is not the work of the Islamic State terror group. Rather the Pakistan-based Haqqani network is behind the attacks, he said. General Mohammad Radmanesh, a spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 11, 2018 An Afghan media watchdog says that 2017 was the “bloodiest” year ever for journalists and other media personnel working in Afghanistan, with the Taliban and Islamic State (IS) militant groups being blamed for much of the violence. The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) said in a report released on January
Carla Babb VOA News January 11, 2018 PENTAGON — U.S. military commanders are investigating a video that appears to show an American service member firing into the cab of a civilian truck in Afghanistan, an action one U.S. official told VOA appeared to be “deeply troubling.” “There is an investigation underway,” Resolute Support spokesman Army Lt.
Press TV January 4, 2018 A bomb explosion claimed by the Daesh terrorist group has killed at least 11 people and injured 25 others in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials say. The bombing took place on Thursday, when an attacker detonated his explosives near a group of security personnel who were carrying out an operation against
Hasib Danish Alikozai VOA News January 3, 2018 WASHINGTON — Last year was the deadliest since 2016 for journalists in Afghanistan, with 21 reporters being killed in the line of duty, a new report, released by Nai, a nongovernmental organization advocating for open media in Afghanistan, claims. Abdul Mujib Khelwatgar, the chief executive officer of Nai told
VOA News / December 31, 2017 ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber killed at least 18 people in an attack targeting the funeral of former district chief in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. Afghan forces have had frequent clashes with Islamic State militants in the area in recent weeks. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The Taliban