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Three early morning IED explosions rattle Kabul
A string of IED explosions rattled Kabul early Saturday morning, leaving at least two security personnel wounded.
Shortly after 9am local time, Kabul police confirmed the third IED explosion of the day – this time a magnetic IED attached to a police Ranger in Dehburi area in Kabul city.
Two other IED explosions were reported just after 7am, also reportedly targeting police Rangers.
Two security personnel were wounded in one explosion in Faiz Muhammad Katib road, PD6, just after 7am while another IED was detonated in PD8 shortly afterwards. No casualties were reported in the PD8 blast.
At the same time, security forces converged on Khair Khana area in Kabul early Saturday morning and blocked all roads leading into and out of the area.
They also told residents to stay indoors.
One resident confirmed this and said even government employees were not being allowed to leave their homes to go to work.
Residents claimed that security personnel had told them not to leave their homes as they were trying to prevent a rocket attack on the city. However these claims have not been confirmed.
The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (MPVPV) said in a statement that over the past month, it has handled 368 cases related to women’s religious rights.
According to the statement, the ministry also arrested 30 alleged sorcerers, resolved 175 cases of disputes and conflicts, held 743 meetings with traders, and conducted 1,304 reformative sessions with religious scholars and various segments of society.
Five people lost their lives after a vehicle veered off the road and fell into a river in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province on Saturday, local officials said.
According to Ehsanullah Kamgar, spokesperson for the Badakhshan police, the incident occurred when an SUV skidded off the road on Tashkan Bridge and plunged into the river.
Kamgar said that security forces in Kishm district have so far recovered the bodies of four passengers, while search operations are underway to locate the fifth victim.
The victims were residents of Argo district.
Moldova’s government has included Afghan airlines in its updated list of carriers banned or restricted from operating in the country, effective 19 February 2026, in line with EU aviation safety rules.
The order, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Bolea, covers more than 200 airlines from around 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Most face a complete operating ban in Moldovan airspace and airports, while some have limited operational permissions, state news agency Moldpres reported.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Moldova will monitor compliance. The ban remains in place until Moldova joins the European Union.
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