Tag Archives: Kabul

At least eight people were killed and 33 others wounded in an IED blast close to the Kabul University in PD3 of the city, officials confirmed. Fardaws Faramarz, a spokesman for Kabul’s police confirmed the incident adding that the security forces have also defused an IED attached to a vehicle …

A number of the presidential candidates say that President Ghani is trying to deceive the people using his early electoral campaigns.   They further say that the President inaugurates the inaugurated projects in addition to his provincial visits with the purpose of the electoral campaign. “The Afghan people consider this …

The Second RECCA Ambassadorial Coordination Meeting in 2019 and the Inauguration Ceremony of the RECCA Chamber of Commerce and Industries (RCCI) was held on Wednesday at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. High-level officials from the Afghan government and heads of the diplomatic mission in Kabul participated at …

Addressing at the Fifth Annual European Union Anti-Corruption Conference on Wednesday in Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani described the recent opportunity for peace unprecedented in the last 18-years.  “There is no doubt that this country wants peace and we will bring it,” he said. President Ghani emphasized that the peace agreement …

The airplane of the participants of the Doha intra-Afghan meeting landed in Kabul International Airport late on Tuesday. Some members of the Afghan delegation, who had just returned from a two-day meeting with the Taliban officials in the capital of Qatar, had smiles on their faces and were carrying gift …

The special forces of the Afghan intelligence agency have arrested four members of the Daesh terrorist group in Kabul, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on Sunday. The statement said that the group was involved in the recruitment of fighters and organizing of terror attacks in …

Some of the journalists and cameramen of the media including Ariana News were mistreated by the Kabul Police on Friday while covering an incident. They say that one of the Kabul Police senior officer’ bodyguards mistreated and abused them while they were covering the police raid on Ataturk High School …

Afghan police surrounded the Afghan-Turk High School building in the capital Kabul city early on Friday morning. Kabul police forces do not allow anyone to enter or leave the school premises. According to police, they have orders to hand over the school to the Turkish government. Meanwhile, a number of …

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement on Tuesday that he is “outraged and deeply saddened” by the Taliban-claimed complex attack that took place on 1 July in a civilian-populated area of Kabul. According to preliminary findings, the explosives set off at the outset of the attack …

A heavy explosion occurred at the center of capital Kabul city on Monday morning, Interior Ministry confirmed. In a statement released on Monday, MoI said that the blast took place close to logistics center of the Ministry of Defense in Pul-e-Mahmood Khan of the city at around 8:55 am. According …

Around 20,000 Afghan citizens are suffering from cancer annually while 80 percent of the cancer patients lose their lives in Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday. Speaking at the “National Symposium on Fighting Against Cancer” in Kabul, the Chairwomen of Afghanistan Medical Council Dr. Nasrin Oryakhail said that the World Health …

More than 300 staff of the Ataturk hospital went on strike on Saturday after a police officer beat an on-duty doctor. Doctors, nurses, pharmacist and the support staff of the hospital staged a protest before going on strike, saying a police officer from PD8 along with four of his bodyguards …

The Counter Narcotics Justice Center (CNJC) has launched a one week campaign of combatting drugs in Kabul’s internal gates and across the city. According to the officials, drug trafficking have increased compared to the previous years and most of the smugglings are done through the four internal gates of Kabul …

Afghan security forces arrested Abdul Hamid Khurasani, the leader of a notorious criminal group on Tuesday, the ministry of interior said in a statement. According to the statement, Khurasani was arrested while he wanted to join an anti-government demonstration in Kabul. The interior ministry said he wanted the protest to …

Two unidentified armed robbers killed a young man in PD6 area of the capital Kabul on Sunday afternoon. The robbers have used a knife to kill the man after he has refused to give his money – around 1,000 Afghanis – and his mobile phone. Family members of the victim …

The Kabul Municipality has allocated 330 million Afghanis (an estimation of $4m) to redesign the crossroads in the capital Kabul as an effort to reduce the heavy traffic in the city. The official said on Sunday that the project started five months ago and is still underway. Nargis Mohmand, a …

Hamidullah Hamidi, the Secretary-General of National Boxing Federation was killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in the capital, Kabul city. Hamidi was shot dead in PD3 of Kabul city when he was on the way to his office on Sunday morning. Kabul police spokesman Ferdous Faramurz confirmed the incident …

The U.S. Department of State on Thursday, 13 June, blamed Iran for the car bomb attack near the main gate of Marshal Fahim Military University in Kabul, on May 31st. Addressing a press conference in Washington D.C, Pompeo said, “On May 31st, a car bomb in Afghanistan wounded four U.S. …

One policeman killed and two others wounded after a group of unidentified insurgents attacked a police checkpoint in Shakardara district of Kabul province on Monday midnight, officials said. The governor of Kabul Mohammad Yaqoob Haidari told Ariana News that the incident took place when the insurgents launched a coordinated attack …

Three people were killed in west of Kabul in last twenty-four hours by irresponsible gunmen and robbers. An official of the army was killed in the area of Company, PD5 of Kabul. Moreover, two other people were killed in the area of Dashte-e-Barchi, PD13 of Kabul. Fardaws Faramarz, the Spokesperson …