أرشيف الوسم : kabul

A suicide bomber on Thursday rammed an explosive-laden car into a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, killing five Afghans and one Briton in the latest attack as NATO troops continue to withdraw from the country. An Afghan employee in the embassy and a British security contractor died in the blast, which occurred on a stretch of road known for suicide …

On Friday, Afghanistan’s dueling Presidential candidates reached an agreement to form an Afghani unity government, kicking off a way forward after a fraud-tainted election that threatened to revive ethnic clashes. Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani promised to work together regardless of who becomes President after an audit of all 8 million votes will declare the winner of the election. US …

Afghani Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday claimed victory in Afghanistan’s disputed election, and said that election fraud is the reason why he was not leading the preliminary results on Monday, which poll rival Ashraf Ghani led. At a rally in Kabul comprising of thousands of supporters, Abdullah said that he would continue to fight for the Presidency, and called …

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 8 military officers on an air force bus in Kabul on Wednesday, Afghani officials said, as US soldiers continue to withdraw from the country. Kabul has been relatively peaceful after Presidential election held on June 14th, despite a few street demonstrations over politicians locked in a vote fraud dispute. “As a result of a suicide …