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16 dead, 90 injured in Afghanistan bombing

At least 16 people were killed and 90 others injured after a powerful explosion on Sunday rocked the city of Firoz Koah, capital of Afghanistan's Ghor province, an official confirmed

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Afghanistan must seize opportunity for peace: NATO

Hinting to the unprecedented opportunity for peace, NATO has called on Afghan leaders to resolve difference, form inclusive government and on Taliban to bring down unacceptable levels of violence, enter negotiations without delay

COVID-19 cases rapidly increasing, tally reaches to 1,330

The number of people infected with the coronavirus now reaches to 1,330 across the country, according to the ministry of public health report

Taliban rejects President Ghani’s call for ceasefire

Amid escalating violence in many parts of the country, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday--the eve of Ramadan--appealed to the Taliban for a ceasefire, citing the special conditions of the countrywide spread of the coronavirus

55 more prisoners released by Afghan government

55 Taliban prisoners were released on Wednesday from nine provinces, the Office of the National Security Council said Thursday. Javid Faisal, the council spokesman, said that the Taliban were released as part of the Afghan government's efforts to "advance peace and fight COVID-19" in the country

Parliament calls for ceasefire during Ramadan

The parliament calls on Taliban to hold a cease-fire in the holy month of Ramadan expected to begin on Friday, so that people feel safe and secure at least during the month of worship, despite the deadly coronavirus threatens lives across the world

Roadside bomb kills four civilians in Afghanistan

Four Afghan civilians were killed when a vehicle they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb in eastern Ghazni province, provincial government spokesman confirmed on Wednesday

Former president Karzai worried over spike in war casualties

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his deepest concerns over the increasing casualties in the recent clashes between government forces and Taliban

Afghanistan has 1,092 confirmed covid-19 cases

Afghanistan has over 1000 confirmed cases of covid-19 amid fragile health system, underlying the need for a joint work together to bend the curve, flatten it and move into the next step of normalization

18 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attack

Eighteen Afghan soldiers were killed and three others injured in a Taliban attack in Takhar province, an official confirmed on Monday

US 'violates' peace deal, claims Taliban

The Taliban has shared a list of 50 attacks conducted by the US and Afghan forces following the US-Taliban peace deal inked in late February, accusing Washington of violating terms of the agreement, it was reported

Afghanistan says Taliban attacks violate US deal

The Afghan government says the Taliban’s continued attacks are a violator of a peace deal the group signed late February with the United States

Palace in Kabul turns into hospital for COVID-19 patients

Built a century ago and located on the western edge of Kabul city, the Darul Aman Palace has been formally turned into a hospital to treat patients infected with novel coronavirus in Afghanistan

Afghan president in self-isolation after staff test Covid+

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has self-isolated himself after at least 20 people at the presidential palace tested positive for coronavirus, reports said

Lockdown hits thousands of vulnerable families

The lockdown of big cities like Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, Herat and Jalalabad has hit vulnerable families who often have one or two breadwinners with no savings and who earn low wages from daily labor

Ghani, Abdullah ‘near deal’ to end deadlock over power

Abdullah Abdullah, one of President Ashraf Ghani’s rivals in the last year’s election who rejected announcement of the independent election commission that declared Ghani the winner, says now to finalizing a scheme that is expected to put an end to the political tensions with the president