Secretary Pompeo just landed in Doha where it is past 10 pm. He is going to meet with Taliban officials in Doha including Mullah Baradar, the Taliban's chief negotiator, @statedeptspox says. This is after his 8+ hour day meeting Ghani & Abdullah in Kabul
[email protected] landed in Afghanistan today and met with Afghanistan's President @ashrafghani for over an hour according to @kylieatwood who is traveling with Pompeo. Pompeo is also expected to meet with Ghani's rival @DrabdullahCE
1 week agoA university security guard was killed in IED blast, and two others, including another guard, were wounded, in Paktia earlier today. Confirmed by local police.
1 week agoTaliban claimed defections in Badghis
KANDAHAR: "At least 17 Taliban were killed and 15 others were wounded" in an attack on security forces in Maiwand district on Sunday, police said. 4 police were also killed and three others wounded in the clashes. Afghanistan
Kabul - The US Secretary of State arrives in Afghanistan with a surprise visit
Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz confirmed six more positive cases of COVID19 in Afghanistan: 3 in Herat, 2 in Farah and one in Ghor. With this, there are 40 cases total in Afghanistan
Afghanistan reports its first coronavirus death
1 week agoTaliban spox also claimed that ANDSF helicopters bombed Tajiki Qushlaq area of Dashti Archi district in Kunduz last night which killed 4 civilians including women/children
Local police claimed killing 24 Taliban militants, including a commander, and wounding 19 others in attacks on security forces in Imam Sahib, Dasht-e-Arch and Khan Abad districts of Kunduz province. Two security personnel were also killed & 4 others were wounded.
At least two people were wounded by a roadside mine blast near KMTC in Kabul's PD9 area earlier today, Kabul police confirmed.
1 week agoVideo: There are suspected COVID19 cases in Helmand, Farah, Kandahar and Kunduz, including areas under Taliban control, the health minister said. He urged the Taliban to cooperate with the Health Ministry to fight the coronavirus
1 week agoUnknown gunmen opened fire on vehicle of Zarifa Ghafari, the mayor of Maidan Sher in Maidan Wardak province, in Kabul city on Sunday afternoon, Ghafari said. "I was not hurt in the shooting," she said. Afghanistan
US Embassy in Kabul condemned Taliban's attack on Afghan Security forces in Zabul province in which 28 Afghan soldiers were killed this morning. Presidential Palace also condemned this attack and said this kind of actions will jeopardize the opportunity for peace
1 week agoThere are also reports of ANDSF reinforcements that were headed towards the collapsed base near Qalat being engaged by Taliban fighterы
25 members of the Afghan security forces, army and police, are killed in Zabul province in the early hours of Nowruz when six policemen in a checkpost joined hands with the attackers and killed fellow soldiers and policemen, locals officials confirmed
Explosion in Taloqan left 2 killed and 12 wounded civilians according to @pajhwok
1 week agoAttack in Baghlan has been confirmed. It was an IED attack which targeted patrol. 3 were killed and multiple others wounded
1 week agoA pro-govt commander was killed in Kunduz in suspected Taliban attack
One cop was wounded in an IED explosion targeting police patrol in Kandahar
3 policemen killed, district police chief among 8 wounded in Baghlan
The US commander in Afghanistan is halting American and allied troops from entering Afghanistan and, in turn, preventing some troops from leaving, for the next month. COVID19
1 week agoTaliban claimed clashes with pro-govt forces in Logar, also claiming casualties.
1 week agoLocal sources report that NATO troops left the military base in Mohmand Dara, in Nangarhar province. The military equipment was transferred from the base air and ground
At least 50 patients who were under treatment or in isolation for the coronavirus have fled Herat's regional hospital, health officials said
3 policemen were killed and 8 others wounded in Taliban attack in Darqad district of Takhar province. Confirmed by local sources
2 week agoTaliban attack in Shahrak, Ghor was confirmed. 11 pro-govt security personnel and 15 Taliban fighters were reportedly killed in the clashes as per local officials
A roadside IED blast killed one Afghan Army (ANA) soldier and wounded 4 others in Kandahar province, sources confirmed today
At least 5 pro-govt militiamen were killed and 18 others including 4 civilians were injured after two suspected Taliban attacks in the Khanabad district of Kunduz province. Confirmed by local officials.
Taliban in Faryab reportedly asked Afghans returning from Iran to remain in self-isolation for 15 days. They warned those not following this instruction of two years in jail. COVID19
