The following is the Eid-ul-Adha sermon delivered by Imam Rashid Omar from the Claremont Main Road mosque during Eid prayers on Monday. We express our thanks and gratitude to Allah, the Lord of Wisdom, for having guided us to celebrate `Id al-Adha today in unison and solidarity with the pilgrims[…]
A number of foreigners were killed and wounded when a minibus was hit by a bomb blast in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Conflicting reports claim that up to 14 Nepalese guards inside the vehicle perished in the attack. AFP reported that at least 14 people died in the blast.[…]
President Barack Obama has approved giving the U.S. military greater ability to accompany and enable Afghan forces battling a resilient Taliban insurgency, in a move to assist them more proactively on the battlefield, a U.S. official told Reuters. The senior U.S. defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said[…]
An Afghan Taliban spokesman has confirmed the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, the armed group’s leader, in a US drone strike and announced the appointment of Haibatullah Akhunzada as his successor. Agencies on Wednesday quoted the Taliban spokesman as saying that Sirajuddin Haqqani and Mullah Yaqoob have been appointed as[…]
An explosion has hit near the Russian embassy in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing at least four people and wounding 24 others, the country’s interior ministry said. Sources told Al Jazeera that a suicide bomber targeted an Afghan vehicle, reportedly carrying government personnel, in the attack on Wednesday afternoon. Another witness[…]
Delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States held talks on Monday to resurrect a stalled Afghan peace process and end nearly 15 years of bloodshed, even as fighting with Taliban insurgents intensifies. Senior officials from the four countries are meeting in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, to launch a[…]
A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least one person and wounded 13 in an attack on a road near a school close to Kabul airport, officials in the Afghan capital said on Monday, barely two weeks after a major Taliban assault in the city. Police said the target of the[…]
The Sangin district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province has fallen to the Taliban just a day after Helmand’s deputy governor used Facebook to plead with the Afghan president for help in holding off the group. Sangin fell to the Taliban after hours of fierce clashes that killed more than 90 soldiers[…]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has launched a radio station in Afghanistan to recruit fighters and stir up anti-government sentiment. The one-hour long Voice of Caliphate broadcast in Pashto language was started in eastern Nangarhar province by supporters who pledged allegiance to ISIL. It was unclear[…]
At least 70 people have been killed by Taliban fighters in a siege at Afghanistan’s Kandahar airport, officials told Al Jazeera. Official details about the number of casualties and the ongoing nature of the attack, which began on Tuesday night, have been conflicting – with the ministry of defence saying[…]
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