TEHRAN (IQNA) – The new chairman of the Shia Ulema (scholars) Council of Afghanistan was elected during the council’s meeting.
News ID: 3469644 Publish Date : 2019/10/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Despite pulling off a safer presidential election than expected, Afghanistan looks headed for a prolonged period of political uncertainty, with the two front-runners claiming victory before ballots are tallied and signaling they would not accept defeat.
News ID: 3469601 Publish Date : 2019/10/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The tenacious spate of bloody violence in Afghanistan claimed more than 3,000 lives on all sides in the past two months amid escalating fighting that surrounded September's landmark presidential polls in the country.
News ID: 3469575 Publish Date : 2019/10/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Some 3,150 men, women, and children have taken the Quranic courses of Isra Dar-ol-Quran Center in Kabul since it was launched.
News ID: 3469570 Publish Date : 2019/10/05
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Tight security ensured Afghanistan ’s presidential election was held on Saturday in relative calm, though several small attacks, low turnout and complaints about the voting system heightened fears an unclear result could drive the country into further chaos.
News ID: 3469526 Publish Date : 2019/09/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghans braved the threat of militant attacks and delays at polling booths to vote in a presidential election on Saturday, a major test of the Afghan government’s ability to protect democracy despite Taliban attempts to derail the polls.
News ID: 3469515 Publish Date : 2019/09/28
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 35 civilians were killed and 13 people were injured during an attack conducted by the Afghan government forces in southern Helmand province, two provincial officials said on Monday.
News ID: 3469483 Publish Date : 2019/09/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide bomber and gunmen wounded at least nine people, including a child and a woman, in an attack on a government building in eastern Afghan on Wednesday, officials said.
News ID: 3469437 Publish Date : 2019/09/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted a campaign rally by President Ashraf Ghani in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 31, officials said.
News ID: 3469428 Publish Date : 2019/09/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban on Sunday revoked their ban on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan and gave a guarantee of security for its staff doing humanitarian work in areas under their control.
News ID: 3469401 Publish Date : 2019/09/15
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Taliban attack on a housing complex used by international organizations in the Afghan capital, Kabul, late on Monday killed at least 16 people and angered local residents who demanded the heavily fortified compound be moved.
News ID: 3469319 Publish Date : 2019/09/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The government of Afghanistan has devised special plans to ensure the security of Shia Muslims holding mourning ceremonies in the lunar month of Muharram, a spokesman for the interior ministry said.
News ID: 3469309 Publish Date : 2019/09/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, Afghan and Taliban officials said, even as the United States and the militant group seem close to finalizing a deal for the withdrawal of American troops.
News ID: 3469291 Publish Date : 2019/08/31
TEHRAN (IQNA) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday that US troop levels in Afghanistan were being reduced to 8,600 but that American forces would remain in the country even if Washington reaches an agreement with the Taliban to end the 18-year war.
News ID: 3469279 Publish Date : 2019/08/29
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a wedding reception in Afghanistan ’s capital, Kabul, has risen to 80, two senior officials said on Wednesday.
News ID: 3469213 Publish Date : 2019/08/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A series of bombings struck restaurants and public squares on Monday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, wounding at least 34 people, officials said, as the country marked the 100th anniversary of its independence.
News ID: 3469203 Publish Date : 2019/08/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Kabul on Saturday.
News ID: 3469193 Publish Date : 2019/08/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least nine civilians were killed after a roadside bomb struck a minibus in Afghanistan 's northern province of Balkh on Sunday, local police confirmed.
News ID: 3469190 Publish Date : 2019/08/18
Tehran (IQNa)- Afghanistan ’s top cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Asif Mohseni passed away due to an illness in Kabul.
News ID: 3469125 Publish Date : 2019/08/06
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A roadside bomb tore through a bus in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, including women and children, a provincial official said.
News ID: 3469089 Publish Date : 2019/07/31
