Afghanistan

KABUL (Web Desk) ISIS beheaded 15 of its own members due to infighting in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said, while a separate suicide attack on Thursday tore into a crowd in the provincial capital, Jalalabad, killing at least eight. The two incidents underline the insecurity and lawlessness across …

KABUL (Web Desk) The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor asked for authorisation on Monday to investigate reported human rights abuses in Afghanistan, including allegations of rape and torture by United States (US) military and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), crimes against humanity by the Taliban and war crimes by Afghan …

ASHGABAT (Web Desk) A road and rail corridor connecting war-torn Afgha­nistan with Turkey and Europe was signed off by officials from five countries on Wednesday in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat.The so-called Lapis Lazuli corridor agreement is the product of more than five years of talks involving Afghanistan and Turkey as well …

KANDAHAR (Web Desk) The Afghan Taliban attacked more than a dozen checkpoints over six hours in the southern province of Kandahar, killing 22 police and wounding 15, officials said on Tuesday, as militants killed eight soldiers in the west in a growing insurgency.Government forces killed 45 insurgents and wounded 35 …

KABUL (Web Desk) Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan, has accused United States of working with Daesh in his country.In an interview  onTV, Karzai said the US government had allowed Daesh to flourish inside Afghanistan.In my view under the full presence, surveillance, military, political, intelligence, Daesh [ISIL] has emerged,” he …

KABUL (Web Desk) US Army General and commander of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, John Nicholson, has said that there has been no change in Pakistan’s behaviour and no increased cooperation on terrorist safe havens.No, I haven’t seen any change yet in their behaviour,” Nicholson said in a media talk …

KABUL (Web Desk) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says at least 10 civilians were killed in recent US airstrikes in the country’s northeastern Kunduz province.UNAMA said that based on “credible reports” at least 10 civilians were killed in the November 4 airstrikes in Kunduz, Afghan media reported …

KABUL (Web Desk) The attackers lobbed grenades before storming the Shamshad TV building.Afghan security forces have ended the raid and the television station has resumed broadcasting.ISIS said it had carried out the attack. Kabul has been targeted repeatedly in recent months by the Taliban and ISIS.A security guard has been …

KABUL (Web Desk) A US service member has been killed during operations in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Logar on Saturday, according to the US military. It is the same region where another soldier was killed in a helicopter crash last week.The US Forces Afghanistan Command in Kabul confirmed the fatality …

KABUL (Web Desk) A court in the Afghan capital of Kabul sentenced seven bodyguards for the country’s vice president, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, to eight years in prison for abducting and raping a political rival.Ahmad Ishchi, a former governor of Mr.Dostum’s home province of Jowzjan, claimed in December 2016 that …