Press TV- At least 18people have lost their lives after a terror blast hit funeral mourners in Afghanistans eastern province of Nangarhar, local officials say. The deadly explosion occurred when a terrorist detonated an explosive vest amid mourners, who had attended a funeral in Behsud district of the provincial capital of Jalalabad on Sunday,...

Press TV- A major blast has rocked the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistans eastern Nangarhar Province, leaving at least six civilians dead and thirteen others injured. The Afghan Tolo News television channel said an assailant on Sunday detonated an explosive-laden motorbike near the Shirzai Stadium, where a gathering was being held in support ...

Press TV- Two members of Afghan security forces have been killed in a bomb attack carried outnear a cricket stadium in the capital Kabul. Security officials said the bombing was carried out during a tournament on Wednesday afternoon. Several injuries were also reported. Local media reports said the bomber detonated his explosives at a security ...

Tasnim Afghanistans army chief and defense minister resigned in the wake of a fatal terrorist attack on an Afghan army base in the northern province of Balkh that killed at least 140 soldiers on Friday. Afghan Defense Minister Abdullah Habibi and the countrys National Army Chief of Staff Qadam Shah Shaheem have resigned from their posts, Khaama ...

IRNA Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Bahram Qasemi, on Monday strongly condemned recent terrorist blasts in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which killed or wounded a number of the UAE diplomats and Afghan officials and citizens. According to a report by Foreign Ministry Media Department, Qasemi voiced sympathy with governments of Afghanistan and the UAE as well ...

Tehran, Aug 1, IRNA Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Monday deplored the interloculators in the region have resorted to Kabul bombing. He expressed outrage at terrorism to be exercised as an ordinary practice. Qassemi criticized what he called the inaction of international bodies about the terrorist attack in Kabul. Three suicide ...

A huge truck bomb has exploded in Afghanistans capital Kabul, briefly knocking out the citys electricity. There have been no casualties reports from the blast which went off on early Monday outside the Northgate hotel on the outskirts of the city. The hotel is in fact a heavily guarded compound favored by contractors and is equipped with blast ...

Major explosions followed by gunfire have rocked Afghanistans parliament building in the capital, Kabul, resulting in the death of the seven assailants and at least two civilians. Local press reports said on Monday that panic spread around the parliament building as lawmakers left a Monday morning session amid billowing smoke following the blasts....

[caption id="attachment_132762" align="alignright" width="227"] Iran's Judiciary Chief, Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani[/caption] Tehran, Mach 1, IRNA - Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Sunday condoled with his Afghan counterpart Abdul Salam Azimi on recent avalanche that has claimed above 200 lives. In a message, Larijani ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- About nine security personnel were killed while 20 civilians were injured in a suicide car bombing in Eastern Afghan province of Lowgar on Saturday, the provincial government spokesman said. "One militant set off an explosive-laden vehicle at an Afghan Local Police (ALP) security checkpoint at around 12:00 pm (local time). As a result ...

[caption id="attachment_91427" align="alignright" width="226"] Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham[/caption] Tehran, July 16, IRNA Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham in a statement released on Wednesday condemned the worst suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan since 2012. fkham voiced the Iranian nation and government?s sympathy ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Two bombs went off in succession in the Eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday, local official said. "A roadside bomb struck a civilian car in Abdul Khil area of Achin district at around 09:30 am local time killing one person and injuring two others. When the people rushed at the site to rescue the victims, the second blast ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Afghan officials said a bomb placed inside a mosque killed the governor of the eastern Logar province. They said the explosion occurred as Arsallah Jamal was delivering a speech on Tuesday morning to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The governor's spokesman, Din Mohammad Darwesh, says the bombing took place at the main ...