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Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia, bordered by Iran, Pakistan, China, and several Central Asian nations. With a population of over 40 million, it is known for its mountainous terrain, diverse ethnic groups, and a long history shaped by regional and global powers. The country has faced decades of conflict. The overwhelming majority of Afghans are Muslim, and Islam plays a central role in the nation’s cultural, social, and political life.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A three-day meeting between the Taliban and the US special envoy for Afghanistan to pave the way for peace talks ended with no agreement, the militant group said a day after the diplomat declared a deadline of April 2019 to end a 17-year-long war.
News ID: 3467256    Publish Date : 2018/11/19

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban militant group has intensified its attacks on Shia-populated regions of Afghanistan with the US greenlight, an Afghan media activist said.
News ID: 3467252    Publish Date : 2018/11/19

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The labor and social affairs ministry of Afghanistan announced Tuesday as a public holiday in the country to celebrate the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) birthday.
News ID: 3467249    Publish Date : 2018/11/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) – An explosion, possibly carried out by a suicide bomber, near a rally involving Shias in the Afghan capital on Monday killed at least six people, witnesses and officials said.
News ID: 3467203    Publish Date : 2018/11/12

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkmenistan will allocate funds for the construction of a mosque in the Afghan settlement of Aqina, Altyn Asyr local TV channel reported.
News ID: 3467198    Publish Date : 2018/11/12

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Prominent Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi underlined that Islam is religion of peace and fraternity.
News ID: 3467185    Publish Date : 2018/11/10

TEHRAN (IQNA) –Russia said on Saturday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had agreed to send a group of senior politicians to peace talks in Moscow, at which a delegation representing the Taliban would be present.
News ID: 3467134    Publish Date : 2018/11/03

TEHRAN (IQNA) – An army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people on board, including a top commander and the head of the provincial council key in fighting off a Taliban attack in May, officials said.
News ID: 3467117    Publish Date : 2018/10/31

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide bomber detonated explosives near Afghanistan ’s election commission headquarters in Kabul on Monday, injuring at least six people, officials said.
News ID: 3467099    Publish Date : 2018/10/29

TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least five people were killed and 15 more wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives outside a police compound in central Afghan province of Wardak on Saturday, a police spokesman said.
News ID: 3467078    Publish Date : 2018/10/27

TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 15 people were killed and 25 wounded in a bombing at a polling station in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, as the country's parliamentary elections got underway.
News ID: 3467030    Publish Date : 2018/10/21

TEHRAN (IQNA) – An election rally was hit by an explosion in Afghanistan 's northeastern Takhar province on Saturday.
News ID: 3466967    Publish Date : 2018/10/13

TEHRAN (IQNA) – With a week to go before the parliamentary elections in Afghanistan , it was reported that a number of Taliban members met with representatives of the Afghan government in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3466966    Publish Date : 2018/10/13

TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least 10 policemen were killed in clashes with Taliban fighters in the central Afghan province of Wardak, officials said on Sunday, amid fighting to wrest control of arterial highways a day after Taliban fighters blew up bridges.
News ID: 3466918    Publish Date : 2018/10/07

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The wrestling mats were spattered with blood, the sports bags and water bottles still strewn across the floor Thursday, hours after a double bombing ripped through the Maiwand sports club in Kabul, killing at least 26 people.
News ID: 3466714    Publish Date : 2018/09/06

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Afghanistan ’s President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday resignations tendered a day earlier by three senior security officials, the government said.
News ID: 3466613    Publish Date : 2018/08/26

TEHRAN (IQNA) –  Several explosions were heard in the diplomatic district of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, but there was no immediate information on casualties, witnesses and a security official said.
News ID: 3466581    Publish Date : 2018/08/21

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Taliban insurgents attacked police headquarters and other government buildings in Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Sunday and were threatening to seize control of the city, with the main highway now heavily mined, local lawmakers and residents said.
News ID: 3466537    Publish Date : 2018/08/12

TEHRAN (IQNA) –  A Taliban suicide bomber killed three NATO forces on a foot patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday in an attack that also wounded a US soldier and two Afghan troops, NATO said in a statement.
News ID: 3466483    Publish Date : 2018/08/05

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) fighters who surrendered to Afghan forces this week in the northern province of Jawzjan may be granted amnesty despite accusations of atrocities including rape and murder, officials said.
News ID: 3466475    Publish Date : 2018/08/04