
A prominent Afghan religious scholar was killed and another 16 people wounded in a blast during Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, officials said. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, which took place at the Al-Taqwa mosque in eastern Kabul, where Mawlawi Raihan had been the imam, ...

According to a US military statement, three US occupation troops and a civilian contractor have been killed by the explosion of an improvised explosive device near Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan. Three other service troops were wounded and have been evacuated for treatment, according to a statement by ...