Tue, 21-Oct-2025

UN ‘deeply concerned’ about civilians trapped by fighting in Afghanistan 

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UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is ‘deeply concerned’ about the safety and protection of tens of thousands of people in Lashkar Gah, capital of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, who could be trapped by fighting between government forces and the Taliban, according to a UN spokesman. Taliban fighters have moved in on three provincial capitals in the … Read more

Blast in Kabul as Taliban claim attack on minister’s compound 

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KABUL: A blast near the office of Afghanistan’s main security agency in Kabul wounded three people on Wednesday hours after a bomb and gun attack on a minister’s compound brought surging Taliban violence to the capital. At least two people were wounded in an explosion near defence facilities in Kabul National Directorate of Security, police … Read more