Russia envoy criticized Ghani's decision to declare military offensive
2 week agoMOI claimed killing 2 attackers after shootout with police in Kandahar city last night
The Afghan Foreign Ministry says the Afghanistan-Iran team starts its probe into the deaths of Afghan migrants on Thursday. Initial findings of the ministry show 10 bodies of the Afghan workers have been found, 19 have been rescued while 17 are missing
2 week agoOver half a dozen policemen killed and wounded in Taliban raid in Dasht-e-Qala, Takhar
2 week agoTOLO reporter in Khewa district in Nangarhar province said sources told him that nearly 40 people were killed in yesterday's funeral attack, and so far no govt delegation has been appointed to investigate the incident. The attack was claimed by ISKP
2 week agoDetailed AMAQ statement claiming yesterday's funeral suicide bombing in Nangarhar
2 week agoTaliban reported fighting in Tarinkot, Uruzgan last night. The fighting has been confirmed by local sources. At least 8-10 ANDSF personnel reportedly killed and wounded in the fighting
2 week agoTaliban claimed IED blast targeting ANDSF patrol in Mohammed Agha district of Logar
2 week agoPolice chief of Ghazni's Rashidan district killed in roadside bomb blast, fourth police chief of the district to be killed in one month: official
Pentagon spox Army Lt Col Thomas Campbell referred VOA to govt of Afghanistan concerning Pres Ghani's "offensive" statement, adding: "Consistent with the agreement, the US military will continue to conduct defensive strikes against the Taliban when they attack our ANDSF partners"
2 week agoReaction from @SecPompeo on Afghanistan attacks
2 week agoKhurasan took credit for Khewa massacre
2 week agoTaliban denied any relation with both attacks happened in Kabul and Nangarhar. Taliban just condemned the Nangarhar attack. It did not condemn the Kabul attack
2 week agoTaliban's Suhail Shaheen tweets that "all the Afghan govt's prisoners (261) have been released" & over past year a number of govt prisoners have were released on the occasion of Eid, or during operations
MSF Afghanistan: We can confirm the attack is over, but details remain unclear. All our efforts at this time are focused on the safety of our patients and staff. @MSF
Ghani says the Taliban have ignored repeated calls for reduced violence and ceasefire, he says a call for a ceasefire does not mean weakness-it shows a commitment to peace, and Ghani once again calls on the Taliban to embrace peace
President Ghani, in an address to the nation, ends the "active defense" position of the Afghan forces since the US-Taliban deal and orders Afghan forces to return to offensive operations because the Taliban have rejected ceasefire calls (even humanitarian) and increased attacks
2 week agoAfghan NSA @hmohib reacting to two brutal terror attacks in Afghanistan, which killed several s today, says, "If Taliban cannot control violence then there seems little point in continuing to engage Taliban in 'peace talks'."
"Pakistan strongly condemns the inhuman and cowardly terrorist attack on a medical facility in Kabul and suicide attack on a funeral in Nangarhar province, resulting in the loss of so many precious lives", says @ForeignOfficePk in its statement
2 week agoFootage shows wreckage of ANDSF vehicles in Laghman province destroyed in a Taliban attack on Sunday night that killed 27 ANA soldiers in Alishing district. Nine soldiers are missing, sources say
2 week agoLocal authorities claimed mass arrest of alleged militants in Khost. Afghanistan
Troopers fired on protesters who carried the bodies of their elders killed in overnight airstrikes to Khas Balkh district center Balkh. The firing left another civilian killed & 5 wounded
13 people including two infants killed, 15 others wounded in Kabul hospital attack: Interior Ministry
2 week agoANSF managed to eliminate the attackers but the clearance operation is ongoing. @moiafghanistan
Afghanistan Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said all the attackers were killed in the Barchi Sadbastar hospital and the security forces' operation over
2 week agoAfghan MoD releases footage of Afghan AF airstrike on what it says were militants planting roadside mines in Khas Balkh district of Balkh province. However, local sources claim that at least 11 civilians have been killed
2 week agoA suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral of a local police chief in the Koz Kunar district of eastern Nangarhar province. A spokesman for the Nangarhar governor said four civilians were killed and seven others were injured in the incident
2 week agoAfghanistan Interior Affairs Ministry says three attackers are involved in the attack on the hospital in the west of Kabul. One of the attackers has been killed and a clearance operation is underway, the ministry says
281 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, bringing total to 4,963, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. So far 127 people have died, and 610 others have recovered
2 week agoFirst confirmation of casualties from Kabul hospital attack. At least 4 dead and 6 wounded. Casualty count expected to rise.
2 week agoNangarhar provincial council deputy Obiadullah Shinwari confirms that Lala Khan, a provincial council member, was also killed in the funeral blast in Khewa district
2 week agoThe hospital under attack is maternity. Afghan soldiers rescued at least 40 people, including babies. The Taliban denied they are behind the attack, while troops and military vehicles arrived for operation, according to TOLO News
2 week ago15 dead and 45 wounded in PBIED attack at funeral procession of militia commander in Nangarhar
Kabul attack: At least 5 civilians killed. At least 4 civilians wounded. Police Special Forces rescuing people, a senior Afghan official tells
2 week agoThe soldier sustained two bullets in legs but rescued the baby from an ongoing attack on a hospital in west Kabul
Reports of attack on a Doctors Without Borders clinic in the western part of Afghanistan's capital Kabul. An unknown number of gunmen; security forces start to evacuate the clinic
2 week agoAfghan MoI says more than 40 rescued from the hospital compound
2 week agoForeign forces also arrived at the scene over 40 minutes ago.
2 week agoThird explosion confirmed at the site of Kabul hospital attack
2 week agoOne more image from near Kabul attack site
Kabul: An eyewitness from the area said three wounded civilians, including a woman, were taken to a hospital
2 week agoVIDEO 2 from Kabul attack site
Several hospital staff including doctors are believed to be trapped inside the hospital. Afghan security forces have arrived at the scene now
2 week agoVIDEO from outside the hospital compound. Kabul
2 week agoLocal sources report there have been at least 2-3 explosions inside the hospital compound. Heavy gunfire still ongoing
2 week agoReports of suicide bomber (PBIED) detonating inside the hospital compound
2 week agoAttackers have entered the 100-bed Balkhi Hospital in Kabul. This is also where Doctors Without Borders operates. Mass casualties expected
2 week agoOngoing attack in Kabul, gunfire and explosions reported. As per initial reports, armed men have attacked a medical clinic in the Dasht-e-Barchi area in PD13 of Kabul. Afghanistan
