TEHRAN (IQNA) – Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Afghanistan ’s Balkh province, reopened on Saturday after a five-month shutdown due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
News ID: 3471989 Publish Date : 2020/07/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan forces stormed militants' hideouts in Khogiani district of Afghanistan 's eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday killing 20 militants including Taliban local commander Sangarmal on the spot, Defense Ministry said in a statement released here Wednesday.
News ID: 3471939 Publish Date : 2020/07/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide car bomber targeted an Afghan police convoy in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning, killing four officers, including a police commander, a local official said.
News ID: 3471926 Publish Date : 2020/07/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Mohammad Yousuf Ghazanfar, special adviser of Afghanistan 's president on economic development, trade and poverty reduction died of COVID-19 on Friday, the Presidential Palace said in a statement on Saturday.
News ID: 3471874 Publish Date : 2020/07/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghanistan 's government and the Taliban have agreed that Doha will be the venue for the first meeting in their peace talks, both sides said on Sunday.
News ID: 3471703 Publish Date : 2020/06/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Two separate attacks in Afghanistan have killed at least 18 people amid a wave of violence across the country, local Afghan officials said Saturday.
News ID: 3471677 Publish Date : 2020/06/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban issued a warning to the orchestrators of recent deadly bombings which specifically targeted mosques, including a bombing which targeted a mosque in Afghanistan ’s capital of Kabul on Friday.
News ID: 3471671 Publish Date : 2020/06/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – All 20 miners trapped in a coal mine that collapsed in Afghanistan ’s northern Samangan province a day earlier have died, officials confirmed on Wednesday.
News ID: 3471663 Publish Date : 2020/06/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Former Afghan senator Abdul Wali Ahmadzai has been shot dead in Pol-e Alam, the capital of Afghanistan 's eastern province of Logar, after being kidnapped, a spokesperson for the provincial governor said on Tuesday.
News ID: 3471652 Publish Date : 2020/06/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan killed 11 pro-government forces when it tore through a truck in a Saturday pre-dawn attack that officials blamed on the Taliban.
News ID: 3471608 Publish Date : 2020/06/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Seven civilians were killed by a roadside bomb linked to the Taliban in northern Afghanistan , officials said Tuesday, even as authorities pressed for peace talks with the group.
News ID: 3471585 Publish Date : 2020/06/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Daesh took responsibility Sunday for a roadside bomb attack against a bus belonging to a local TV station in Afghanistan that killed two employees.
News ID: 3471573 Publish Date : 2020/06/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A top Afghan official appointed to lead the much-awaited peace talks with the Taliban said Saturday his team was ready to start "at any moment" with the group.
News ID: 3471549 Publish Date : 2020/05/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan authorities plan to release 900 more Taliban prisoners Tuesday, as calls grew to for the militants to extend a ceasefire on its third and final day.
News ID: 3471516 Publish Date : 2020/05/26
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The United Nations called Tuesday for an immediate reduction of violence in Afghanistan , warning that civilian casualties are on the increase.
News ID: 3471479 Publish Date : 2020/05/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, his rival in a disputed presidential election, are close to completing a power-sharing deal to end a political stalemate that has hampered progress towards peace, three people familiar with the matter said.
News ID: 3471452 Publish Date : 2020/05/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban Monday claimed responsibility for a truck bomb in southern Helmand province that killed at least five Afghan security force members, an Afghan official said, adding to weeks of rising violence in the country.
News ID: 3471351 Publish Date : 2020/05/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide bomber on Wednesday targeted a base belonging to Afghan special forces on the southern outskirts of the capital, Kabul, killing at least three civilians and wounding 15, officials said.
News ID: 3471309 Publish Date : 2020/04/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – While mosques and other places of worship around the world have been closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the Grand Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan , continues to host mass prayers.
News ID: 3471299 Publish Date : 2020/04/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 20 officials working at Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's palace have tested positive for coronavirus, prompting the 70-year-old leader to limit most of his contact with staff to digital communication, government sources said Saturday.
News ID: 3471180 Publish Date : 2020/04/18
