Condemnations pour in against Mazar-e-Sharif mosque bombing
MAZAR-e-SHARIF (SW) – Widespread condemnation has poured in against Thursday’s deadly mosque bombing in Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province.
Category: Security
Roadside blasts claim 8 lives in Kunduz, Nangarhar
KUNDUZ/ JALALABAD (SW) – Roadside bomb blasts in Kunduz and Nangarhar provinces on Thursday claimed at least eight lives, confirmed officials.
Mazar-e-Sharif: Blast in a mosque claims multiple lives
MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – Sources in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, have confirmed that at least 30 people were killed and more than 80 were injured following an explosion inside a mosque.
20 Afghan children killed in air strike by Pakistan
KABUL (SW) – The UN children agency UNICEF has confirmed the deadly air strike by Pakistan killing scores of civilians, including children in Afghanistan without naming the aggressor.
Survivors of the school bombing blame IE for failures in security
MONITORING (SW) – “His father was disabled, but I was happy to have him as an elder son… I will die for you (my son)”, sighed the grieving mother who lost her 18-year-old son Milad in an explosion at the Abdul Rahim Shaheed school in western Kabul on Tuesday.
Probe ordered into increase in the number of beggars
KABUL (SW) – Mohammad Hassan Akhund, head of the cabinet of ministers, has directed relevant authorities to investigate the reasons for the increase in number of beggars on the streets in Kabul.
44 killed and 1,700 injured in surging road accidents
KANDAHAR (SW) – In less than a month, 44 people, including women and children, have been killed and more than 1,700 injured due to the evidently surging road accidents.
80 journalists detained, tortured under Islamic Emirate rule
KABUL (SW) – The Free Speech Hub has expressed concerns over the continued pressure on the media, threats, arrests and torture of journalists by the Islamic Emirate forces.
World Bank resumes work on three projects in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The World Bank has resumed work on three projects in Afghanistan focused on health, agriculture and livelihoods, but will maintain a hold on some $150 million for education projects, reported Reuters.
Opposition towards the Islamic Emirate is opposition towards ‘Allah and his messenger’
KABUL (SW) – Authorities said on Tuesday that any opposition towards the Islamic Emirate in the country is actually an opposition towards Allah and his messenger.
Muttaqi holds telephonic conversation with Iranian counterpart
KABUL (SW) – Amir Khan Muttaqi, foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has held a telephonic conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hussein Amir Abdullahian.
Analysts warn of Pakistan’s proxy war inside Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – Analysts believe authorities of the Islamic Emirate need to be vigilant against evil plans by Pakistan to execute proxy war inside Afghanistan.
