Tag: Afghan

Afghan Government, Taliban: Two Sides to Meet Again, Expedite Talks

The delegations of the Afghan government and Taliban issued a joint statement on Sunday saying that they will meet again and that they have issued instructions to expedite their peace negotiations, Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV reported. The two delegations of negotiators, who have been in Doha since Saturday, said “the two sides committed to continue…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (June 25)

Rescue workers racing to save lives near Miami, trying to find anyone who survived the apartment collapse. What could have possibly caused it? President Joe Biden committing to evacuate thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. military. The U.S. is approaching a September deadline for withdrawing troops, but peace talks between the Taliban and the…


Bomb Kills at Least 30 Near Girls’ School in Afghan Capital

KABUL, Afghanistan—A bomb exploded near a girl’s school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 30 people, many of them young pupils between 11 and 15 years old, Afghan government spokesmen said. The Taliban condemned the attack apparently aimed at civilians, and denied any responsibility. The explosion is being…


Pakistan Says 4 Soldiers Killed in Ambush by Afghan Terrorists Along Border

QUETTA, Pakistan—Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and six wounded in an ambush by terrorists from Afghanistan along the border between the two countries on Wednesday, Pakistan’s military said. The soldiers were working on fencing along the border in the Zhob district, an area of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, the military said in a statement. Zhob sits…


Roaring Tanker Fire Kills 7, Injures 14 in Afghan Capital

KABUL, Afghanistan—A searing blaze that roared through dozens of fuel tankers on the northern edge of the Afghan capital of Kabul killed seven people and injured 14 others, the Interior Ministry said Sunday. Investigators were combing through the tankers that lay in smoldering ruins and a gas station caught in the flames that lit up…


Afghan Bus Blast and Helicopter Crash Kill 13: Officials

KABUL—A roadside bomb killed four people in a bus carrying Afghan government staff in Kabul on Thursday, a day after nine members of the security forces died when their helicopter was shot down, officials said. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the roadside blast though the government has blamed Taliban terrorists for recent attacks…


Afghan Suspected of Stabbing 7 Held in Custody in Sweden

STOCKHOLM—A 22-year-old Afghan man who is suspected of having stabbed seven men in a town in southern Sweden, leaving three of them in critical condition, was remanded in pretrial custody for at least two weeks on Friday. The Eksjo District Court added that there was a flight risk, Swedish broadcaster SVT said. The suspect, who…


3 Female Media Workers Killed on Way Home From Work in Eastern Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan—Three female media workers were shot dead in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, government officials said, amid a wave of killings that is spreading fear among professional workers in urban centers. Zalmai Latifi, head of local broadcaster Enikas TV, said the three women were recent high school graduates aged between 18…


Afghan Police: 3 Separate Kabul Explosions Kill 5, Wound 2

KABUL, Afghanistan—Three sticky bomb attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least five people and wounded two others, a police official said, amid a surge in violence in the war-torn country. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said two explosions caused by sticky bombs attached to vehicles took place 15 minutes apart and…