Air raids in Afghanistan‘s southern Helmand and eastern Kunar provinces have killed at least 14 civilians, the UN said on Thursday. Seven children were among those killed in the attacks that took place in Helmand’s Gereshk and Kunar’s Chawki districts on Monday and Wednesday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement. The statement said civilian casualties from air… Read more »
A Taliban attack on two military checkpoints has left 10 Afghan army members dead in southern Zabul province, officials said. The attack in the Shamulzayi district of the province also wounded at least four soldiers, provincial council member Dur Mohammad Qiam said on Thursday. Another councillor, Asadullah Kakar, while confirming the details, added that Afghan security forces have technically retreated from the… Read more »
Taliban fighters have stormed a police checkpoint in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing at least three police officers and wounding three more. The attackers threw hand grenades before opening fire at the police in Sunday night’s attack in the Doghabad area, said Kabul police spokesperson Basir Mujahid. Two attackers were killed in the assault, according to Interior Ministry’s spokesperson Nusrat Rahimi. The Taliban has… Read more »
Two people, including a senior muslim preacher, were killed and at least 16 wounded after an explosion in a mosque during Friday prayers in the Afghan capital. The explosion took place around 01:20pm (08:50 GMT) and targeted the al-Taqwa mosque at a time when dozens had gathered for afternoon prayers. Jan Agha, a district police official, said the bomb was… Read more »
US sanctions are making life in Iran increasingly difficult for its people. Iranians say their devalued currency is a more pressing problem. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports from Tehran.
Tehran, Iran – Reza Abdollahi isn’t just a fan of cryptocurrencies. He’s among the fledgling ranks of business owners in Iran who accept them as a form of payment. For the past six months, customers at his Mashhad restaurant, 1001 Nights Cinema Pizza, have been able to cover their tabs in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. They even get a 50 percent discount if they choose… Read more »
Iran‘s supreme leader publicly chastised the country’s president and foreign minister on Wednesday, saying he disagreed with the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal they negotiated with world powers. The extraordinary comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the first time he’s criticised both politicians by name, came amid tensions with the United States a year after Washington’s withdrawal from the accord. Khamenei has… Read more »
Islamabad: Pakistan’s security forces have claimed that they have busted a “subversive network” working to destabilise the Gilgit-Baltistan with the arrests of 14 suspects. According to sources, the operation was carried out on a tip off and a huge amount of arms and ammunition were recovered from the possession of the terrorists. In the operation 14 active members of the… Read more »
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban captured a district center Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 13 government soldiers. The fighting comes as Russia asserted the Taliban is getting stronger and called for increased efforts to reach a negotiated settlement to the 17-year-old war. Local officials and insurgent sources reported Taliban fighters assaulted Shamulzayi in Zabul province before dawn, forcing Afghan… Read more »
KABUL, Afghanistan — Some Taliban fighters hid inside a sewage tanker truck, hoping the smelly interior would prevent a close inspection — as it did. They rode it into one of the most important military bases in Afghanistan and then hid in an empty warehouse. Other insurgents used ladders to climb the fences, scaling two sets of them, to cross… Read more »
