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
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban will release 20 Afghan government prisoners it was holding, a spokesman of the group said Sunday, the first handover since the beginning of a peace process.
News ID: 3471114 Publish Date : 2020/04/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban met with the head of US forces in Afghanistan to call for an end to an increase in American attacks since a peace deal signed in February.
News ID: 3471103 Publish Date : 2020/04/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Afghan government plans to release 100 Taliban prisoners, a report said.
News ID: 3471083 Publish Date : 2020/04/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban broke off talks over a prisoner exchange with the Afghan government Tuesday.
News ID: 3471062 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Much needed aid kept Afghanistan ’s fragile health system afloat in the wake of the crippling coronavirus pandemic amid raging insurgency and lingering political tensions.
News ID: 3471036 Publish Date : 2020/04/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Afghan government will release 100 Taliban prisoners from jails on Thursday, said a senior security official, adding that in exchange the Taliban will release 20 Afghan security members.
News ID: 3471016 Publish Date : 2020/04/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan 's minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul's old city Wednesday, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said.
News ID: 3470985 Publish Date : 2020/03/25
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghanistan ’s President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree promising to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners.
News ID: 3470888 Publish Date : 2020/03/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban have handed over a list of 5,000 prisoners to the United States, a spokesperson for the group’s Qatar Office, Suhail Shaheen, said on Tuesday.
News ID: 3470885 Publish Date : 2020/03/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group claimed responsibility for two rocket attacks targeting Afghanistan ’s presidential inauguration.
News ID: 3470870 Publish Date : 2020/03/10
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has taken oath for a second term but his main rival Abdullah Abdullah has refused to recognize the inauguration, holding his own swearing-in ceremony, landing the country in a new political crisis.
News ID: 3470868 Publish Date : 2020/03/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) –Afghan President-elect Ashraf Ghani on Monday delayed his planned inauguration ceremony until the afternoon, as his rival Abdullah Abdullah also postponed a scheduled competing swearing-in ceremony.
News ID: 3470861 Publish Date : 2020/03/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman strongly condemned a terrorist attack on Friday that killed and injured scores of people in Kabul, Afghanistan .
News ID: 3470847 Publish Date : 2020/03/07
