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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) – The Afghan capital Kabul braced on Saturday for further possible attacks ahead of Ashura, a day after an attack claimed by Daesh that killed at least five people near a large Shia mosque.
News ID: 3464037    Publish Date : 2017/09/30

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The US military apologized on Wednesday for dropping leaflets into Afghanistan that featured an image of a dog holding a flag of the Taliban militant group.
News ID: 3463864    Publish Date : 2017/09/07

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group claimed responsibility for an attack on a mosque in Kabul that left at least 20 dead on Friday.
News ID: 3463739    Publish Date : 2017/08/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Local officials in northern Afghanistan say they have discovered several mass graves containing the remains of Hazra Shias.
News ID: 3463672    Publish Date : 2017/08/16

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The recent massacre of civilians in a Shia village in Afghanistan was a war crime and a case of systematic ethnic cleansing, said the head of an Afghan news agency, Atlas.
News ID: 3463632    Publish Date : 2017/08/13

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide attack on a Shia mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 64 on Tuesday, officials said.
News ID: 3463539    Publish Date : 2017/08/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – On the occasion of Karamat ten-day festival, Iran’s Ibad Quranic group has been dispatched to neighboring Afghanistan .
News ID: 3463517    Publish Date : 2017/07/31

TEHRAN (IQNA) – In a meeting between the directors of Iran’s Quran TV and Afghanistan ’s Kawthar TV, the two sides underlined expansion of cooperation.
News ID: 3463365    Publish Date : 2017/07/16

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman condemned a Thursday suicide attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan ’s capital of Kabul.
News ID: 3463121    Publish Date : 2017/06/16

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Ali Reza Danesh who bagged the top prize in the memorization category of the international Quran competition for school students said he imitates Egyptian Qaris in Tarteel and Tahghigh recitation.
News ID: 3462691    Publish Date : 2017/04/29

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Yousef al-Othaimeen, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), strongly condemned the attack carried on a northern army base in Afghanistan that led to the death of more than 200 people.
News ID: 3462668    Publish Date : 2017/04/24

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A number of religious scholars and members of Balkh provincial council in Afghanistan on Sunday said that the responsible officials must answer to the nation over Friday’s deadly attack by the Taliban extremist on 209 Shaheen Army Corps in Balkh.
News ID: 3462664    Publish Date : 2017/04/24

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Police chief of northern Kunduz province in Afghanistan teaches the interpretation of Holy Quran to his personnel.
News ID: 3462581    Publish Date : 2017/04/16

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A mourning ceremony on martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (SA) was organized at Sultaniyeh Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in north of Afghanistan .
News ID: 3462251    Publish Date : 2017/02/20

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned a series of terrorist attacks that killed and injured tens of people in neighboring Afghanistan .
News ID: 3461922    Publish Date : 2017/01/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Unidentified gunmen killed eight members of Afghanistan 's Hazara minority who were working as miners in the northern province of Baghlan, a local government official said.
News ID: 3461877    Publish Date : 2017/01/07

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Principles of Sowt and Lahn in Quran recitation were instructed in a workshop held by Iranian Quran reciter in Herat city of Afghanistan .
News ID: 3461851    Publish Date : 2017/01/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A bomb went off in a Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan , killing the imam of the mosque and injuring 6 worshippers.
News ID: 3461847    Publish Date : 2017/01/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a crowded Shia mosque in Afghanistan ’s capital of Kabul, stressing that sponsors of terrorism will be engulfed by the backlash of their actions “sooner or later.”
News ID: 3461488    Publish Date : 2016/11/22

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan , was built by sultan Ahmed Sanjar, a Seljuq king.
News ID: 3461170    Publish Date : 2016/10/18