Radio Free Afghanistan May 13, 2021 Four separate bomb attacks have killed at least 11 civilians and wounded 13 others just hours after a three-day cease-fire took effect as Afghanistan celebrates the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Fighting has been soaring ahead of a planned pullout of remaining
Tolo News: The Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday that 15 suicide attacks and dozens of other attacks have been carried out “by the Taliban” since the start of Ramadan on April 13. The ministry said that 500 more civilians were wounded in the attacks during this period. The Interior Ministry said that the
Press TV May 10, 2021 Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has strongly condemned the terrorist attack targeting a girls’ school in the Afghan capital, noting that the massacre is part of an American plot to bring Takfiri terrorism back to life in the war-torn country. “This grave crime is a plot by Americans, which
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 10, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban have announced a nationwide cease-fire in Afghanistan that will take effect when the three-day annual Muslim festival of Eid-al-Fitr begins Thursday, marking the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. The announcement follows a spike in attacks by the Islamist insurgent group against government forces
By Syed Zafar Mehdi via Press TV May 9, 2021 Hours after multiple explosions ripped through western Kabul’s Shia-dominated neighborhood of Dasht-e Barchi on Saturday, grief-stricken parents stood numb outside Sayed ush-Shuhada School, sifting through piles of blood-stained bags and books of their slain children. Three bombs struck outside the school entrance as students were
Ariana: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said Sunday in a statement that the Afghan government has to grant special protection to Hazaras and the community in Dasht-e-Barchi. The AIHRC said it was government’s duty to protect the Hazara community against crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing or genocide. The statement comes a day after
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 9, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgency Sunday praised the ongoing withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from the country, as officials in Kabul raised the death toll to more than 60 from the previous day’s multiple blasts outside a girls’ school in the capital. “We consider
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 8, 2021 A blast near a school in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 50 others, authorities said. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said that the blast occurred at 4.27 p.m. local time on May 8, outside Syed Al-Shahda school, in the
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Media advocates and international partners of Afghanistan have denounced the Taliban insurgency for threatening local journalists for allegedly not being impartial in their reporting of the country’s long war. The warning coincided with allegations that the chief of the Afghan spy agency had also made a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 5, 2021 A roadside bomb targeted a minibus carrying medical workers in the Afghan capital on May 5, killing one person, Kabul police and officials said. Three medics were wounded and taken to hospitals, said Kabul police chief spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz. The health workers were heading to their office in