Foreign Secretary briefs Senate body about attack on envoy in Kabul
- 15-Dec-2022
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Asad Majeed briefed Senate standing committee about attack on Pakistani ambassador in Afghanistan, ARY News reported on Thursday. “Fire opened at Pakistani ambassador, when he was strolling in open space of the embassy in Kabul,” foreign secretary informed a session of the Senate standing committee on foreign affairs. “Eight sniper shots and […]
Pakistan’s diplomatic officials come under attack in Kabul
- 02-Dec-2022
KABUL: A gun attack was carried out against Pakistan’s diplomatic officials in Kabul, leaving a security guard seriously wounded, ARY News reported on Friday. The gun attack was carried out at a time when Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani was walking in the garden of Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul, sources said. According […]
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s office attacked in Kabul, two injured
- 02-Dec-2022
KABUL: Two people were injured on Friday in an attack in Kabul near the office of the Hezb-e-Islami party associated with former Afghan prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, but all the senior leaders were safe, the party said in a statement. Multiple attackers were killed and several guards injured in the incident, according to three Hezb-e-Islami […]
US strikes back in Afghanistan after deadly Kabul attack
- 28-Aug-2021
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) launched a drone strike against a “planner” of the Kabul airport attack in eastern Afghanistan, the military said on Friday. President Joe Biden vowed on Thursday that the United States would hunt down those responsible for the attack, saying he had ordered the Pentagon to come up with plans to […]
Pentagon says Kabul attack carried out by one suicide bomber
- 27-Aug-2021
A deadly attack in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Thursday was carried out by a single suicide bomber at a gate to the airport and there was no second explosion at a nearby hotel, the Pentagon said on Friday. The Kabul airport attack on Thursday, which killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 79 Afghans, was […]
Pakistan condemns assassination of female judges in Kabul
- 18-Jan-2021
We have already reiterated calls for ceasefire and reduction in violence in the country, said the foreign ministry.
Kabul attack: Foreign minister asks stakeholders to keep eye on spoilers
- 06-Mar-2020
Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday condemned the gun and bomb attack in Kabul that saw country's top political leader Abdullah Abdullah escaping unharmed.
At least one dead, 65 wounded in Kabul attack
- 01-Jul-2019
"At first, a car bomb took place and then several attackers took over a building. The area is cordoned off by the police special forces and (they) are bringing down the attackers," said interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi
Suicide bombers, gunmen attack Kabul police stations
- 09-May-2018
Kabul: Suicide bombers and gunmen launched coordinated attacks on two Kabul police stations on Wednesday, with witnesses reporting on social media that both assaults are still underway. AFP journalists heard several loud explosions in the heart of the Afghan capital followed by gunfire that was confirmed by Afghan officials and witnesses. In the first attack, a […]
There is need for credible investigation into Kabul attack: FO
- 21-Jan-2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected the knee jerk allegations by some Afghan circles pointing finger at Pakistan for the terrorist attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul. In a tweet on Sunday, the Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Fasial said there is need for credible investigation into the attack, including on reported security lapses. Read More: Afghan […]