The ISIS terrorist group has claimed credit for Monday’s deadly suicide bomb attack near the entrance of the Russian embassy in the Afghanistan capital, Kabul. In a statement on the extremist group’s Telegram channel, ISIS said one of its fighters “blew up his suicide vest in a gathering attended by Russian employees” near the embassy….
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Bombing That Killed Russian Embassy Staff
4 Afghan Children Playing With Unexploded Shell Killed in School
ISLAMABAD—An unexploded ordnance detonated in southern Afghanistan, killing four children and injuring three others after the children brought it inside their school, police and a doctor said. The incident in Helmand province on Sept. 3 happened when the children discovered an unexploded shell and brought it inside their religious school and started playing with it,…
Afghan Mosque Blast Kills 18, Including Pro-Taliban Cleric
HERAT, Afghanistan—An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan, killing at least 18 people. including a prominent cleric close to the Taliban, Taliban representatives and a local medic said. At least 23 people were hurt. The explosion in the city of Herat on Sept. 2 left the courtyard of the Guzargah Mosque littered…
Afghanistan Earthquake Kills 8, More Casualties Feared
KABUL—An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least eight people early on Monday, and the toll could rise, the state news agency quoted a regional official as saying. The quake of magnitude 5.3 struck near the eastern city of Jalalabad in the early hours, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. “Sunday night’s earthquake has…
Russia Says Suicide Blast Kills in Afghan Capital 2 Embassy Staff
MOSCOW—Two Russian embassy staff were killed on Monday in a suicide bombing near the country’s diplomatic mission in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. It said there were also casualties among Afghan civilians. “On September 5, at 10:50 a.m. Kabul time, in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the consular section…
2 Russian Embassy Staff Dead, 4 Others Killed in Suicide Bomb Blast in Kabul
KABUL—Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said on Monday. Police said the attacker was shot dead by armed guards as he approached…
Biden’s Shameful Afghan Betrayal
Commentary Recently I have held two podcast conversations on Newt’s World about the first anniversary of President Biden’s abandonment of Afghanistan. For the first podcast, I spoke with a U.S. Marine and his Afghan interpreter who was stranded in Afghanistan. During the second episode, I learned about an amazing team effort to help our Afghan…
At Least 20 Dead in Central Afghanistan Floods
KABUL—At least 20 people have been killed in flash floods in central Afghanistan over the last 48 hours, a disaster management official said on Monday, with heavy rain destroying thousands of homes and damaging agricultural land. The country has been reeling from natural disasters this year, including a drought and a massive earthquake that killed…
Veterans’ Dignity Ceremony at the National War Memorial Was Anything but ‘Repugnant’
Commentary Corporal (Ret’d) Chris Deering is a combat-wounded veteran of Canada’s war in Afghanistan. During his tour in 2008, while traversing one of the more hostile areas in the south of the country, the Taliban targeted his Light Armoured Vehicle for an IED attack. When the bomb went off, the force of the explosion was…
Huge Explosion Hits Kabul Mosque, at Least 21 Dead
KABUL—A blast that tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday killed 21 people, Kabul police said on Thursday, as the United Nations expressed concern over a growing number of civilian casualties from explosions. Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said that another 33 people had been injured in the blast, which witnesses told Reuters…
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