KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Tuesday’s terrorist attack as an “inhuman act”. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives among a crowd of the religious scholars celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) at the Uranus wedding hall. At least 55 people were killed and around 100 more wounded, …
Read More »Parliament calls off session for ‘no agenda’
KABUL: The parliament canceled its Wednesday session for the lack of agenda, with the lawmakers saying that the Tuesday suicide attack on religious scholars should have been discussed, but the administrative board did not make agenda. The parliament’s administrative board refused to comment on the lack of agenda for Wednesday’s …
Read More »Veteran US General optimistic about political solution to Afghan conflict
KABUL: The US and NATO commander, General Scott Miller says he is optimistic to a political solution in the Afghan conflict. Miller said Wednesday during his visit to Ghazni province that despite preparations in fight against “militants”, Afghans and the international community expect the current efforts for peace talks give …
Read More »59 militants killed in military offensives
Kabul: Security forces have killed 59 insurgents and injured 24 others in military offensives across the country over past day, authorities said Wednesday. Four militants were arrested and handed over to judicial organs for further inquiry. Security Forces shelled and bombed enemy’s sanctuaries and stations with air strikes and artilleries. …
Read More »24 sentenced to prison for drug offenses
KABUL: Twenty four people have been given prison sentences by counternarcotics courts of the country for drug trafficking over past week, authorities said Wednesday. Criminal Justice Task Force said in a statement that its primary and appellate courts have sentenced 24 smugglers to 18 months -30 years prison time. Counter …
Read More »Civilians allegedly killed in pre-dawn raid by army in Logar
KABUL: Tribesmen in southeastern Logar have said that a number of civilianshad died in a pre-dawn raid by the army in a remote village on Tuesday night as government forces escalated their offensive to squash rebel strongholds there. Police Spokesman of Logar Shapoor Ahmadzai said that security forces last night …
Read More »Afghans want peace, but Taliban are unresponsive: Abdullah
KABUL: All Afghans including the government want peace, but the Taliban have not nodded to this hankering of the people, said Executive Abdullah Abdullah, stressing that efforts for peace have been sped up. Dr. Abdullah made these comments at a conference at the Sciences Po in France on Tuesday. He …
Read More »UN condemns Kabul bombing that killed over 50
AT-KABUL: Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-Gerneral’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and UNAMA chief, has strongly condemned Tuesday night’s attack on a religious gathering, in which over 50 people have been killed and over 90 wounded, and said it “was nothing short of an atrocity”. In a statement from UNAMA Yamamoto said, “On …
Read More »From Maseed to Dawar deaths; the Pashtuns cohesion
By Masomjan Masomy-The killing of Pashtun and Baloch masses, is not the first attempt nor the last one by Pakistan establishment alongside the history, and this is a regular action on which is resulted in by assassinating, torturing and missing of Pashtuns and Balochs. This brutal action of genocide takes …
Read More »Editorial: Worst terror act
Like of past, once again the sacred religious ceremony arranged in connection with Millad-ul-Nabi was targeted by enemies of Islam and Afghans. The suicide attack, targeting almost religious scholars, Ulema and innocent Muslims, causes lives and injuries to scores of people. In fact, such type of violent and terror acts …
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