Sarah Zaman VOA News December 5, 2023 ISLAMABAD — A roadside blast caused by a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, or IED, wounded seven people Tuesday, including four children in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to area police, a preliminary investigation of the site found that 4 kilograms of explosives were
8am: According to sources, on Saturday, December 2, a Taliban fighter in the city of Qala-e-Naw, the center of Badghis province, ran over and injured five people with his vehicle. The wounded individuals include three women and two children, as stated by the sources. The cause of this incident is said to be the excessive
8am: Local sources in Baghlan province report that the Taliban targeted an unarmed civilian in Andarab, unleashing a barrage of gunfire. The incident occurred on Monday, November 20, in the Qasan Dara area of Andarab. The young man subjected to the gunfire was named Mir Aqa. Following his arrest, the Taliban reportedly executed him by
Ariana: David McBride, a former army lawyer who revealed information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information. David McBride was due to face trial next week, but changed his plea after a legal ruling scuppered his defence, BBC reported. McBride said he felt a moral duty to speak
Khaama: Local officials in Nangarhar province report that as a result of an explosion involving explosive materials in the vicinity of this province, one person has lost their life, and another individual has been injured. Abdul Basir Zabuli, the spokesperson for the Nangarhar provincial administration, has said in a statement that this incident occurred on
8am: Some residents of Panjshir claim that the Taliban periodically harass the local people, accusing them of possessing weapons and collaborating with the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF). They assert that the Taliban detain and imprison “one or two individuals” from the residents of this province and Kabul daily, but most of these incidents
8am: Sources in Kabul city report that Abdul Hamid Khorasani, one of the Taliban commanders, has arrested two nephews of Engineer Ali, the former National Security Chief of the previous government in Panjshir. Sources on Monday, May 22, speaking to Hasht-e Subh, state that Khorasani, along with 20 of his fighters, stormed the house of
8am: Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Taliban security forces, announced tonight that an explosion in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul city has resulted in seven casualties and left twenty others injured. The incident, which took place on Tuesday, November 7th, involved a passenger bus, as stated by Zadran in a message posted on X.
8am: Local sources in Baghlan province have reported an explosion in the city of Pol-e Khomri, the center of the province, resulting in injuries to four individuals, including two Taliban fighters. The incident left two intelligence officers of the Taliban and two other local individuals, including a child, injured. Sources confirmed that the explosion was
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 28, 2023 The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for an explosion in a Shi’ite neighborhood of Kabul that killed four people on October 26. The group claimed on its Telegram channel on October 27 that it had placed a parcel bomb “in a room where Shi’ites gather” in