Tolo News: Criminal activity, particularly of armed robbery, has recently surged in Kabul, residents said. “They are drug-addicted people. They bring a pistol and put it on the people and tell them to ‘pull out your phone and money,’” said Taj Mohammad Faqiri, a resident of Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: As a result of an explosion in Kabul’s Dewan Begi area PD5 Saturday morning, three civilians were injured, sources said. Khalid Zadran, Kabul police spokesman confirmed the blast in a tweet, saying it was due to a mine placed in a roadside flowerpot. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident yet. Click here
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 30, 2022 A suicide bombing struck an education center in a predominantly Shi’ite neighborhood of the Afghan capital on September 30, killing 19 people and wounding 27, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief said. The explosion inside the center in the Dashti Barchi neighborhood populated by Hazaras, a mostly Shi’ite ethnic
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 23, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A bomb has exploded outside a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul, killing at least seven people and injuring 41, including two children. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran confirmed the casualties and said worshippers were leaving the main mosque in the upscale Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood after
Tolo News: An exhibition of sports cars and demonstrations by drivers was held in the capital city of Kabul. The players performed maneuvers to show their skills. The Head of the Federation of Driving Sports, Hashmatullah Rahbar, said that the exhibition was held to encourage the drivers and to promote car shows in the country.
Tolo News: A blast took place around noon on Wednesday in PD3 of Kabul city, killing three people and wounding 13 others, according to the Kabul security department spokesman. Khalid Zadran said in a statement that the blast took place at a restaurant, and a team has arrived in the area to find out the
8am: According to the initial report, the blast took place at around 6:00pm this Sunday evening in the Pul-e-Asmayi area of Kabul. It is said that a vehicle carrying passengers to the west of Kabul was targeted by the explosion. According to eyewitnesses, some of the victims of the incident have been taken to hospitals
8am: As a result of an explosion in the Sar-e-kariz neighborhood in the west of Kabul, at least six civilians have been killed, eyewitnesses said. The explosion occurred on Friday evening (August 5th) near the Imam Baqir Mosque among people in the Sar-e-kariz area in the 6th security district of Kabul. The Taliban have declared
Tolo News: Gunmen have engaged in clashes with Islamic Emirate [Taliban] forces in the Karta-e-Sakhi area of Kabul city. Earlier Kabul security department spokesman Khalid Zadran said security forces were conducting a clearing operation when gunfire came from a house. He said the residence was surrounded by Islamic Emirate forces. Click here to read more
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique August 2, 2022 For years, Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri was believed to be hiding in the remote, mountainous areas straddling Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. But in an ironic twist, the terrorist network leader was killed by a U.S. drone strike in a posh neighborhood in central Kabul that was largely