Tag: Jalalabad

#Pakistan News The 5.3-magnitude temblor hit the war-torn country less than three months after a powerful quake killed more than 1,000 people. Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes -- especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. (Reuters ...

Islamabad: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to resume the Dosti bus service between the two countries, a step being seen as a first positive move towards resumption of frequent movement of locals on both sides of the border. The decision to resume the Dosti bus service was materialised during ...

ISLAMABAD, PakistanThe terrorist group Daesh/ISIS has taken credit for Sunday’s back-to-back bombings in eastern Afghanistan that claimed at least three lives.The group’s Amaaq propaganda news agency posted a statement on Monday about the incident in Jalalabad, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan, claiming that “more than ...

At least three people have been killed and more than 18 people injured in three explosions in Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province.It is reported that the intended target may have been a passing convoy of the Taliban in the provincial capital. It is the first attack in the ...

KABUL — Several people were killed on Thursday in the Afghan city of Asadabad when Taliban fighters fired on people waving the national flag at an Independence Day rally, said media reports.According to Pakistani media AAJ News, several people were killed in the Afghan city of Asadabad, the capital ...

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard as people enter Pakistan through Chaman's border crossing point. Chaman, is a key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, normally thousands of Afghans and Pakistanis cross daily and a steady stream of trucks passes through, taking goods to Afghanistan. (AP Photo)Taliban Afghanistan Crisis Latest ...

The Taliban on Sunday entered the outskirts of Kabul but instructed its militants not to enter the Afghanistan capital by force, Al Jazeera reported.“...Negotiations are underway to ensure that the transition process is completed safely and securely, without compromising the lives, property and honour of anyone, and without compromising ...

The Taliban raced closer to a complete military takeover of Afghanistan on Sunday after capturing more major cities, leaving only the isolated capital Kabul for the armed group to conquer. The Taliban seized Afghanistan’s key eastern city of Jalalabad without a fight, securing key roads connecting the country to ...

Jalalabad, a key city in eastern Afghanistan, surrendered to the Taliban early on Sunday, allowing the group to completely cut off Kabul. The country’s capital is now the only major urban area under government control. Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar Province and the fifth-largest city in the country, ...

#Pakistan News The fall of Jalalabad has left Afghanistan's central government in control of just Kabul and seven other provincial capitals out of the country's 34. Meanwhile, the US has announced that evacuation of the embassy in Kabul has started. Taliban forces patrol a street in Herat, Afghanistan August ...