Khaama Press: A mild earthquake jolted Kabul city this afternoon with epicenter of the quake reported in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.0 with the epicenter recorded in Jurm district having a location of 36.580°N 70.937°E and depth of 219 km. Click here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 8, 2016 Afghan police say they have arrested at least 35 people over celebratory gunfire in the capital, Kabul, following the victory of Afghanistan’s national cricket team over Zimbabwe. Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said on January 8 that police had also seized weapons from those arrested. The arrests were
Khaama Press: An explosion was heard in the vicinity of Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan area of Kabul city earlier tonight, a day after the city witnessed back to back suicide attacks involving Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED). Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 4, 2016 Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says a suicide bomber has carried out an attack on a police checkpoint near Kabul airport, killing himself but causing no other fatalities. City police in Kabul said the suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a vehicle on January 4 in an area close to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 1, 2016 A suicide car bomber killed one person and wounded at least 11 others in central Kabul on January 1. Afghan police said the explosion — apparently targetting the Le Jardin restaurant — caused a building to be engulfed in flames. In addition to the bystander killed in the