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KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the country is under attack as three back to back explosions rocked the city this afternoon targeting the funereal ceremony of the son of the deputy house speaker of the Afghan Senate. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani  condemns the outrageous attack on mourners burying the martyred. ...

LONDON: Militants drove a van at high speed into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing Saturday night revellers on the street and in nearby bars, killing at least six people and wounding more than 30. Armed police rushed to the scene and shot dead the three male attackers in the Borough Market area near the bridge, as authorities urged Londoners ...

Brothers, father, wife, students, colleagues, friends and acquaintances participated in mourning of Rahmatullah Haseeb Nasiry, a lecturer of the American University of Afghanistan, who was killed in the Wednesday’s truck bombing in Kabul. Nasiry was the father of a two-year old girl. On Wednesday truck bombing, about 100 people lost their lives and over 500 were injured. The attack occurred ...

جب سے افغانستان میں تحریک طالبان وجود میں آئی ہے تو شروع دن سے پاکستان پر اس کی حمایت کا شک کیا جا رہا ہے۔ پاکستان کے بعض ریاستی اداروں پر افغان طالبان کی حمایت کا شک کرنے کی وجوھات اس پر شک نہ کرنے سے بہت زیادہ ہے۔ اس طرح ریاستی دعوے اور بیانات ایک طرف مگر شک کی ...

KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed grief over the loss of young men in the Friday’s shooting against their protests in Kabul, urging people to stand united against foreign conspiracies and show diligence in dealing with it. Former President Karzai expressing deepest condolence to the families of the protest victims and prayed for the quick recovery of the wounded, said ...

RUSSIA: American hackers could have planted false evidence that Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying by NBC News on Saturday. U.S. intelligence officials have said Russia tried to interfere in the U.S. election by hacking the Democratic Party to sway the vote in favor of Donald Trump, a charge the Kremlin has ...

KABUL: At least three consecutive explosions rocked Kabul city few minutes earlier as the funeral ceremony of the slain son of the Senate House deputy chairman’s burial ceremony was underway. A security official confirmed that the incident took place as the funeral ceremony of Mohammad Salim Izadyar was underway in Badambagh area. The official further added that 8 persons were ...

The holy month of Ramadan was given a warm welcome by terrorists in Eastern Afghanistan, Khost. Fifty-eight fasting Muslims were blown into shreds and scores injured on the first day of Ramadan. Today’ on the 5th Ramadan Kabul was given yet another blood bath using a car bomb in the busy and sensitive area of the city, killing hundred and ...

The bloodbath in Kabul on May 31 will never be forgotten. Like a terrible nightmare it will haunt the memory of generations to come, not that Kabul had not seen atrocities before. Unfortunately, Afghan blood had callously been shed by both foreign oppressors and local warlords at different points in time. Particularly after 1992, Kabul has seen the wild ferocity ...

EDITORIAL: A scene of fear and terror unlashed on Wednesday morning, after a massive blast shaken Kabul, the capital city, in which hundreds of innocent Afghans were killed and wounded. There is no doubt that heinous terrorists have once again proved that they (terrorists) have no respect and mercy to humanity. It is also a crystal fact that state-supporting them ...