Al Jazeera: Authorities in Afghanistan have tightened security in Kabul in advance of Ashoura on Sunday, the holiest day in the Shia Muslim calendar, fearing attacks on worshippers. The Afghan capital witnessed increased security, with extra police checkpoints set up in parts of the city where Ashoura processions traditionally take place. But Kabul residents have raised concerns at the government’s security
Press TV September 29, 2017 An assailant has detonated an explosive device outside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least six people. General Salim Almas, the criminal investigative director of Kabul city, said on Friday that the assailant, who was posing as a shepherd, detonated the explosives some 140 meters from the mosque while
Press TV September 1, 2017 An activist believes Eid al-Adha (the Feast of the Sacrifice) is a greatopportunity for Muslims around the globe to unite and stop the ongoing “havoc” in the Islamic world. “It is a great opportunity for all Muslims to open to each other, to listen to their problems and solve [them]
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 30, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The fugitive leader of the Afghan Taliban renewed his call Wednesday for U.S. and NATO forces to leave the country, saying that would pave the way to peacefully resolve the armed conflict. The remarks by Maulvi Haibatullah Akhunzada came in a message to mark the coming
Noor Zahid VOA News / August 27, 2017 WASHINGTON — U.S. forces in Afghanistan have once again vowed to defeat the Islamic State militant group. the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan told VOA. “We can defeat and will defeat IS in the future,” General John Nicholson, commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, told
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News August 26, 2017 Afghan officials raised the death toll from a suicide attack on a Shi’ite mosque in Kabul Friday to at least 28 people.More than 50 others were wounded during Friday prayers. Women, children and two police officers were among the victims. Mourners gathered Saturday to bury the dead inside
Press TV August 25, 2017 A bomber has set off his explosives at a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and other assailants have stormed the building, killing at least 20 people. The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack that took place when many Muslim worshipers had gathered at the mosque for Friday
Press TV / August 20, 2017 An investigation team of the United Nations has confirmed that the Taliban and Daesh terrorist groups jointly massacred dozens of people, mostly Shia Hazaras, in an attack that “may amount to a war crime” in a remote northern village in Afghanistan earlier this month. Investigators of the UN Assistance
SARI PUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — Local Afghans and security forces discovered around 40 bodies in a mass grave in the northern Sari Pul province on Tuesday amid government forces’ cleanup operations in the troubled region. Militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group and Taliban outfit have reportedly massacred more than 50 people,
Tolo News: Three massive graves containing dozens of bodies have been found in Mirza Olang valley in northern Sar-e-Pul province following a coordinated attack by militants in the area last week. TOLO news reporter Samim Faramarz says that according to residents, the majority of those buried in these graves were civilians and some of them members