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Killings of rights activists rising in Afghanistan after peace talks began
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghanistan has faced a "chilling" wave of killings of rights activists and media workers since the start of Kabul-Taliban peace talks in September, according to the UN assistance mission in the country (UNAMA).
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COVID-19 cases reach 55,540 in Afghanistan with 22 new infections
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday confirmed 22 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 55,540 including 4,598 active cases.
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4 killed, 2 injured in separate attacks in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI): Four people, including a police force member, were killed in two separate attacks by unidentified gunmen in the city of Jalalabad city, the center of Nangarhar province, on Tuesday morning, TOLO News reported citing security sources.
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Afghanistan President sends chadar for Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday sent a chadar for the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on the 809th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty through the Afghan embassy in India.
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Pak-Afghan Hazara Shias become prime target of Sunni extremists
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 16 (ANI): Hazara Shias remain a prime target for various Sunni terrorist groups such as Taliban and Islamic state group in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In southwestern Pakistan, the Hazaras live in ethnic ghettos and little information filters out from this highly
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Over 100 tankers destroyed after massive fuel tanker explodes on Afghan-Ir
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Herat [Afghanistan], February 15 (ANI): Over 100 tankers burst into flames at the Afghanistan-Iranian border Saturday afternoon after a fuel truck there exploded, Afghan officials reported.
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Afghanistan: 19 Taliban terrorists killed, 7 others wounded in airstrikes
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): Nineteen Taliban terrorists were killed and seven others wounded in airstrikes conducted by Afghan forces in two provinces of Afghanistan, local sources said on Sunday.
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Afghanistan: Defense minister's driver killed in Kabul
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): Mohammad Afzal, "a driver of the defense minister" and his five-year-old son were killed in their house in Macrorayan-e-Char area in Kabul on Friday night, TOLO News reported citing sources.
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Massive fire breaks out in Afghanistan's Herat customs office
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Herat [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at the customs office in Islam Qala border town in the western province of Herat on Saturday afternoon, TOLO News reported citing the provincial governor Waheed Qatali as saying.
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7 policemen injured in car bomb blast in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], February 13 (ANI): At least seven policemen were injured in a car bomb explosion in Arghandab district in the southern Kandahar province on Saturday, Xinhua reported citing a police spokesperson Jamal Barikzai.
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Five Afghan police personnel killed in explosion in Afghanistan's Kunar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kunar [Afghanistan], February 13 (ANI): As many as five Afghan police personnel were killed in an explosion in Afghanistan's Kunar province on Friday night.
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Afghanistan: 3 civilians wounded in explosion at Jalalabad
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 13 (ANI): Three civilians were wounded in an explosion that targeted a police vehicle in the city of Jalalabad on Saturday, reported TOLO News.
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