Father of Afghan cricket captain taken hostage: officials

JALALABAD - Security Transition Commission chief Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Tuesday said the people should not worry about post-2014 situation as Afghan security forces were strong enough to protect the country's sovereignty. Speaking at a ...

The SAD-BJP swept the block samiti and zila parishad polls in Ferozepur and Fazilka districts.In Jalalabad, the home assembly segment of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, the SAD-BJP won all 24 seats of block samiti besides three

Afghan Police arrive at the site where a police vehicle was hit by a remote control bomb in the Kama district of Jalalabad province A powerful roadside bomb killed six policemen in western Afghanistan yesterday when their vehicle hit the explosives ...

George Gittoes was rummaging for a heater to beat the bitter cold in a second-hand store in Jalalabad when he came across a wad of hand-printed watercolour paper, preserved from the days when Afghanistan was still ruled by kings. In the same dusty ...

Firefighters work to extinguish fire at a parking lot where five oil trucks caught fire in Jalalabad, capital city of eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on May 20, 2013. At least one person was killed in the fire on Monday afternoon. Police ...

font size decrease font size increase font size Rate this item (0 votes) Kabul (BNA) Two explosion occurred in Jilalabad city few minutes ago, but had no casualties. The first Explosion occurred on Pakhta-Foroshi (cotton market) road. Gullistan ...

JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan -- Local authorities have increased security measures in Kyrgyzstan's Ala-Buka district in Jalal-Abad Oblast after several dozen Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbek youths clashed there. Local police chief Malik Nurdinov told RFE/RL the ...

The explosions struck early today in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. The first bomb wounded a policeman.

Policemen inspect the blast site in Jalalabad, capital of east Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province, May 15, 2013. A policeman was killed, another policeman and seven civilians were wounded when an IED went off in Jalalabad on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Tahir ...