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Blast reported in mosque in Afghanistan

Blast reported in mosque in Afghanistan

An explosion hit a mosque in the Spin Ghar district of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, wounding at least 12 people including the imam of the mosque, local residents said. Atal Shinwari, a resident of the area, said the blast …

Tajik official: terrorist threat from Afghanistan on the rise

Tajik official: terrorist threat from Afghanistan on the rise

The situation on the Afghan-Tajik border remains tense, while the terrorist threat from Afghanistan is on the increase, Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan Nasrullo Mahmudzoda said within the meeting of the Delhi …

WFP: 45 million people ‘teetering on the edge of famine’

WFP: 45 million people ‘teetering on the edge of famine’

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million - up by three million this year - as acute hunger spikes around the world. This number has risen …

Taliban ban use of foreign currency in Afghanistan

Taliban ban use of foreign currency in Afghanistan

The Taliban radical militant group (outlawed in Russia) announced a complete ban on the use of foreign currency in Afghanistan on Tuesday, a move sure to cause further disruption to an economy pushed to the brink of collapse by the abrupt …

Roadside bomb kills 2 in Afghanistan

Roadside bomb kills 2 in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb struck a patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding three, witnesses said. Wednesday’s bomb went off in the city of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. The …

Kabul hospital attack: at least 15 killed

Kabul hospital attack: at least 15 killed

At least 15 people were killed and 34 wounded when two explosions followed by gunfire hit Afghanistan's biggest military hospital in Kabul, a Taliban security official said on Tuesday. The explosions took place at the entrance of …

Taliban vows to protect TAPI gas pipeline in Afghanistan

Taliban vows to protect TAPI gas pipeline in Afghanistan

The acting Taliban defence minister in the interim Afghanistan administration, Mullah Muhammad Yaqub, said he has taken direct charge of security for the multi-billion dollar TAPI (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India) gas …

Afghan resistance bracing to resume fight against Taliban

Afghan resistance bracing to resume fight against Taliban

The National Resistance Front as an opposition force to the Taliban radical militant group (outlawed in Russia) that seized power in Afghanistan is gearing up to resume its fight against the radicals, spokesman for the resistance groups, …

Leader of Afghan resistance front is now in Tajikistan

Leader of Afghan resistance front is now in Tajikistan

The leader of the Afghan National Resistance Front, which opposes the Taliban (banned in Russia), Ahmad Massoud is currently in Tajikistan, Spokesman, Deputy Government of the province of Panjshir Kabir Wasik said on Monday.  …

Tajik FM: terrorists scale up activities near Tajik-Afghan border

Tajik FM: terrorists scale up activities near Tajik-Afghan border

Terrorists are stepping up their activities in the northern Afghan regions bordering Tajikistan, Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin said on Wednesday at a ministerial meeting with Afghanistan's neighboring countries (Russia, China, Iran, …

Russia preparing emergency humanitarian aid for Afghanistan

Russia preparing emergency humanitarian aid for Afghanistan

Russia’s Defense and Emergencies Ministries are preparing humanitarian aid that they will render to Afghanistan as emergency assistance soon, Special Russian Presidential Representative for Afghanistan, Director of the Foreign …