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IS claims responsibility for two blasts in Kabul: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 18 (ANI): The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for two explosions that hit western Kabul on Wednesday, Sputnik reported citing Arab Al-Arabiya broadcaster.
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IS-K expanding to nearly all Afghan provinces, Taliban unable to stop them
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US] November 18 (ANI): Deborah Lyons, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, has said that the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) is now expanding to nearly all Afghan provinces and the Taliban are unable to stop them, reported Sputnik.
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Taliban official describes former Afghan leaders as 'criminals'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 17 (ANI): Instigating Afghan citizens to cause harm to former leaders of the Islamic Republic, a Taliban official on Wednesday described some top Afghan leaders as "criminals".
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US designates Taliban, IS as 'entities of particular concern'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): The United States has designated Taliban and the Islamic State (ISIS) as 'Entities of Particular Concern'.
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Taliban officials claim to arrest 200 murder, kidnapping accused in past 3
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 17 (ANI): The Taliban officials on Wednesday claimed that they have arrested 200 persons accused of murder and kidnapping during the past three months in Mazar-e-Sharif city and districts of Balkh province.
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Afghanistan: Opium production rising under Taliban regime
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 17 (ANI): The opium cultivation and production has increased in drought-affected southern Afghanistan, Kandahar and Helmand after the Taliban took control of Kabul in August.
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Islamic State claims responsibility for Uganda bombings
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], November 17 (ANI): The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the two powerful explosions in the centre of Uganda's capital during rush hour on Tuesday, reported The Wall Street Journal.
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Outsiders eyeing mineral wealth in Afghanistan amid financial crisis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nuristan [Afghanistan], November 16 (ANI): With the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan facing a dire financial crisis, local miners cite foreign footprints spotted in the country's mining area exploiting mineral wealth, according to a media report.
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Centre extends ban on fugitive Islamic evangelist Zakir Naik's IRF foundat
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday extended the ban imposed on Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), an NGO headed by Islamic evangelist and India-born preacher Zakir Naik for a further five years.
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Taliban arrests 11 IS suspects in central Daikundi province
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 16 (ANI): The Taliban's officials in central Daikundi province said that they arrested 11 people who are suspected to be affiliates of ISIS-K, the terror group which recently speeded its attacks in Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of it, reported local
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Will Taliban check ISIS-K attacks on Shia community?
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): For decades, violence has torn through Afghanistan's Shiite community, perpetuated first by the Taliban -- who consider Shiites heretics -- and in more recent years by the Islamic State - Khorasan (ISIS-K).
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Iran expresses concern over increased terrorist activities in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): Iran is concerned with the increased terrorist activity in Afghanistan and has received information about the presence of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the troubled country, Sputnik reported citing the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday.
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