An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale has jolted Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region around 11:00 a.m local time, the US Geological Survey says.
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NATO War In Afghanistan Aimless And Unwise: Faizi
Aimal Faizi, spokesman to the President of Afghanistan rejects NATO Secretary General’s statement about President Karzai’s recent remarks and called NATO’s war in Afghanistan aimless. He said, “The people of Afghanistan ask NATO to define the purpose and aim of the so-called war on terror, as they question why after a decade, this war in… Continue reading NATO War In Afghanistan Aimless And Unwise: Faizi
Afghan Police Casualties Increased By 15 Percent: Sediqi
Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says that the number of Afghan police officers killed and injured have increased by 15 percent. “Unfortunately, 1,800 Afghanistan national police lost their lives to maintain security and to protect Afghan citizens,” this Afghan year that is due to end on March 20, ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Monday. Sediqqi said… Continue reading Afghan Police Casualties Increased By 15 Percent: Sediqi
Hundreds of Afghans protest against U.S. special operations
Several hundred demonstrators chanting “U.S. special operations forces out!” marched to the Afghan parliament building in Kabul Saturday, March 16 protesting the continued presence of U.S. commandos in Afghanistan’s Wardak province, AP said. Kabul’s deputy police chief Gen. Mohammad Daud Amin said the demonstration of roughly 500 Afghans has been peaceful. The demonstrators are demanding… Continue reading Hundreds of Afghans protest against U.S. special operations
Kabul truck bomb seized
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said on Friday that it had foiled a massive truck bomb plot in which 7,800 kilograms of explosives could have wiped out an area of Kabul. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the attack had been planned by the Haqqani network and the Taliban leadership, though it offered no concrete evidence… Continue reading Kabul truck bomb seized
Blast rocks in Kabul near defense ministry
An explosion hit the Afghan capital Kabul. Reports say the explosive went off near Afghan defense ministry early this morning. Local residents and eyewitnesses in the area are saying that the blast was followed by gunfire. Officials have not commented regarding the incident.
Afghanistan to have transparent elections: Karzai
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday assured his countrymen of having free and fair presidential elections scheduled for April 5, 2014. Inaugurating the third legislative year of Afghan parliament, the president pointed out,”I am in favor of holding free and fair elections and believe that fair and transparent elections certainly take the country towards durable… Continue reading Afghanistan to have transparent elections: Karzai
Kabul Bank Bosses Jailed For Massive Fraud
An Afghan court on Tuesday sentenced two senior Kabul Bank executives to five years in jail for a staggering multi-million-dollar fraud that caused the country’s largest bank to collapse in 2010. Judge Shamsul Rahman Shams also said the men must pay back millions of dollars they gained from the sophisticated network of corruption in which… Continue reading Kabul Bank Bosses Jailed For Massive Fraud
Firing in Kabul killed 1, injured 1
According to reports one Afghan woman was killed and another man injured as result of shooting in capital Kabul on Sunday evening. The incident took place in Kart-e-Seh area of Kabul city after security guards of Jamil Karzai, former Afghan parliament opened fire on a civilian vehicle. In the meantime Gen. Ayoub Salangi the Kabul… Continue reading Firing in Kabul killed 1, injured 1
Suicide bomber hits Afghan army bus full of soldiers in capital Kabul
A suicide attacker blew himself up next to a bus carrying army personnel in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning, wounding at least 7 people, officials said. Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has attacked a bus carrying Afghan soldiers to work in the capital, wounding seven people. The incident took place in Kart-e-Seh area… Continue reading Suicide bomber hits Afghan army bus full of soldiers in capital Kabul
Suicide bomber shot dead in Kabul
Afghan security forces shot dead a suicide bomber on Sunday morning, thus foiling a terror attack in Shirpoor area, a diplomatic district in Afghan capital of Kabul, a security official said. Based on reports a bomber is killed and bomb disposal squad is working to defuse his car bomb in Shirpoor.