SECURITY
Two Wolesi Jirga TV Employees Killed in Kabul Blast
Kabul: Two employees of the wolesi jirga’s television were killed and as many wounded in Tuesday’s twin bombings in front of the parliament building in Kabul. Norullah, a reporter, and Faridah Mustakhdim, another employee of the TV, had been killed in the attack. Pajhwok
5 Suspects Held in Connection with Kandahar Attack
Kandahar: Police on Wednesday claimed arresting five suspects in connection with yesterday’s attack in southern Kandahar province. Police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq told reporters here that 11 people were killed and 18 others, including the United Arab Emirates ambassador and Governor Humayon Azizi, were wounded in the assault. President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday roundly condemned the overnight attack on the governor’s house and ordered a probe into the incident. Pajhwok
Nangarhar Blasts Leave Policeman Dead, 9 Students Hurt
Nangarhar: A policeman has been killed and nine students wounded in two separate blasts in the Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. The first blast targeted police vehicle in which one policeman was killed and the vehicle was totally destroyed, he said. The district chief said four children were superficially wounded in a separate blast in a cemetery a short distance from the area of the first blast. Pajhwok
Zabul Seven Policemen Killed in Taliban Attack
Zabul: At least seven policemen have been killed in a Taliban attack in southern Zabul province. A local official, who wished to go unnamed, told that the incident took place in Arghandab district around 9pm Tuesday night. The source said seven policemen were killed and seven others were wounded when a group of Taliban stormed a security post in Tawoos area of the district. Pajhwok
UAE Confirms Killing of Five Diplomats in Kandahar Blast
Kabul: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday confirmed the killing of five of its diplomats and wounding of the ambassador in Tuesday’s bomb attack in southern Afghanistan. The blast took place inside the governor’s house in Kandahar City, the provincial capital, at about 7pm, the governor’s spokesman told. Pajhwok
Heroin factory destroyed, 2 women killed in Farah
Farah: A heroin factory has been destroyed in a joint operation by Afghan and foreign forces and two women have died in a roadside bombing in western Farah province, officials said Wednesday. Maj. Noorul Haq Khaliqi, spokesman for the 207th Zafar Military Corps, told that the heroin laboratory was destroyed in a joint air attack in the Takht area of Bakwa district on Tuesday night. Pajhwok
3 Iranian Suspects Detained, Herat official claim
Herat: Three Iranian citizens have been arrested for committing terrorist acts in western Herat province, an official claimed on Wednesday. Col. Fazal Rahman Khadim, anti-terrorism branch chief, told Majid and Ramazan hailing from Iran’s Mashhad city were recently arrested by police with two pistols. Another Iranian detained a few days back was accused of helping the Taliban. Pajhwok
US Drone Strike Kills 4 Haqqani Network Militants
Khost: Four militants, including two commanders of the Haqqni network, have been killed in a US drone strike in the Sabri district of southeastern Khost province, an official said on Wednesday. Four militants, including Haqqani network commanders Nazar Jan and Roohullah, were killed in the strike, he said. Pajhwok
Kandahar’s Deputy Governor Succumbs to Injuries
Kandahar: Deputy Governor of southern Kandahar province Abdul Ali Shamsi died on Wednesday of the wounds he had suffered in yesterday’s suicide bombing, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Samim Khpalwak, confirmed that Shamsi had suffered deep wounds in the overnight bombing. Pajhwok
Staffers of Wolesi Jirga Secretariat Died in Twin Blast
Kabul: At least 36 employees of Wolesi Jirga (WJ) Secretariat were killed in Tuesday’s twin bombings in front of the Parliament building in Kabul, Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahim said on Wednesday. Most of the wounded were also Wolesi Jirga staffers, Ibrahimi said in his remarks at the beginning of lower house’s session on Wednesday. A total of 38 people were killed and 82 others wounded in the bombings. Pajhwok
POLITICAL
Ghani Orders Investigation into Kandahar Assault
Kabul: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday roundly condemned an overnight attack on the governor’s house in southern Kandahar province and ordered a probe into the incident. The blast took place inside the guesthouse at the governor’s house at about 8pm. UAE Ambassador Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kabi was also in the guesthouse when the explosion happened. Pajhwok
Shafiq-era Water Pact with Iran to be Enforced: Ghani
Kabul: President Ashraf Ghani has called the Helmand River agreement with Iran as one of the important achievements of former Prime Minister Musa Shafiq, saying it is the responsibility of the current government to implement it. The president said that Shafiq had been under pressure from critics to cancel the agreement, but the former prime minister believed Afghanistan and its neighbors would understand their interests and treat each other as friends. Pajhwok
Kabul, Kandahar bombings draw ringing denunciation
Kabul: The twin suicide attacks in Kabul and a bomb assault in Kandahar province have drawn strong denunciation from international community, including the US, India, Pakistan and the United Nations. The United States and the United Nations have condemned the terrorist attacks in Kabul and Kandahar stating that an attack on Parliamentary facilities is clearly an assault on the country’s effort to build democratic institutions. Pajhwok
