The Independent Election Commission has put up a cash penalty on 52 candidates for the parliamentary elections. As per IEC the penalties have been drawn on the grounds that the candidates began their campaigns prematurely, starting it before the scheduled timing. Rafai Rafiq Sediqui, the head of IEC Media Committee addressed a press conference on Friday and informed that the candidates were called out

A delegation from the Afghan government has met with the Taliban in Saudi Arabia. A senior Taliban official said that the delegation was discussing the release of the Taliban’s detainees and the withdrawal of Taliban leaders from the UN blacklist, with the Afghan government delegation. According to Reuters, at the meeting, the Taliban were called on to co-operate with the government in terms of

According to Kandahar Governor's spokesperson, a policeman from Kandahar killed two of his fellow policemen and wounded three others out of "deliberate" firing on Friday. The incident has been confirmed to have taken place in Raghistan district. The attacker has since fled the area and it has been confirmed by the spokesperson that an investigation has begun

Two explosions were heard in Jalalabad city early this morning. A third explosion went off in Surkh Rod district shortly after. According to local sources, the explosions went off near schools of Nangarhar districts of Jalalabad's Deh Araban area as well as Surkh Rod district. The explosion has wounded at least one person so far and there have