Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 24, 2018 Militants detonated a car bomb before storming a government compound in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in an ongoing attack on December 24, officials and eyewitnesses said. Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman at the Interior Ministry, said several gunmen entered the compound and that they were exchanging fire with the
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan December 6, 2018 KABUL — Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) has declared that all votes cast in Kabul Province during the country’s October parliamentary election are invalid. IECC spokesman Alirez Rohani told reporters in Kabul on December 6 that the decision was made for 25 different reasons — including major
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 20, 2018 A suicide bombing at a large gathering of Afghan religious clerics in Kabul has killed at least 40 people, officials says. Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majrooh told RFE/RL that another 60 people were wounded in the November 20 blast, which targeted a gathering at a wedding hall
Tolo News: Desperate shopkeepers were on Thursday night trying to save their goods as a fire raged through an electronics market area in Kabul city. The fire started at about 6pm local time and was still not under control by 9pm. The fire first started in Khairkhwah Market Building in Nadir Pashtun Street in Kabul’s PD1
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The young man and three older men agreed to talk under the condition that neither their names, nor pictures would be used, as any identifying markers could put their lives at risk. In this area near Kabul, the Taliban have gained a stronghold. The younger man said
Tolo News: On Friday evening President Ashraf Ghani said at a meeting with representatives from the Dasht-e-Barchi community that Kabul will be divided into four security zones and special attention will be given to Dasht-e-Barchi’s security. Former chief of the National Directorate of Security Amrullah Saleh, however, told TOLOnews that dividing the capital into security zones will
Khaama Press: Mr. Habibzai issued a statement online on Tuesday night and said his resignation has been approved by the President. He did not elaborate further regarding the circumstances surrounding his decision to step down as Kabul Mayor. In the meantime, unconfirmed reports indicate that the Kabul Mayor has been fired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. Click
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News August 16, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Gunmen launched an attack on a training center on the grounds of Afghanistan’s intelligence service in Kabul, a day after a dozens of people were killed in assault on an education institution in the capital. Bahar Mehr, an advisor to minister of interior told VOA that four
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 24, 2018 At least three people have been injured after several rockets hit the Afghan capital. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan that three rockets were fired into Kabul’s fifth district on July 24, injuring three people. He said the rockets were fired from an unknown
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 16, 2018 Afghan police say they have shot and killed a suspected suicide bomber as he approached a demonstration in the capital Kabul. Police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai said the suspect was shot by police near a gathering in the Shar-e Naw park in Kabul’s main business area on July 16,