Mohammad Zahir

A woman killed by an angry mob in front of police in the Afghan capital last week for allegedly burning a copy of Islam's holy book was wrongly accused, Afghanistan's top criminal investigator said on Sunday.

Three male suicide attackers wearing burqas attacked a police headquarters close to the Afghan capital Kabul today, officials said, killing one policeman as concerns rise over security ahead of the presidential polls.

A roadside bomb ripped through an Afghan army vehicle in southwestern Afghanistan today and killed eight soldiers, officials said.

Three suicide bombers attacked a lakeside hotel north of Kabul, taking hostages and staging an hours-long gunbattle with Afghan security forces, police said Friday. The bombers, armed with machines guns, rocket-propelled grenades and vests laden with explosives, attacked the Spozhmai hotel at Qargha Lake around 11 p.m. Thursday night and fighting ...

A woman killed by an angry mob in front of police in the Afghan capital last week for allegedly burning a copy of Islam's holy book was wrongly accused, Afghanistan's top criminal investigator said on Sunday.

Three male suicide attackers wearing burqas attacked a police headquarters close to the Afghan capital Kabul today, officials said, killing one policeman as concerns rise over security ahead of the presidential polls.

A roadside bomb ripped through an Afghan army vehicle in southwestern Afghanistan today and killed eight soldiers, officials said.

Three suicide bombers attacked a lakeside hotel north of Kabul, taking hostages and staging an hours-long gunbattle with Afghan security forces, police said Friday. The bombers, armed with machines guns, rocket-propelled grenades and vests laden with explosives, attacked the Spozhmai hotel at Qargha Lake around 11 p.m. Thursday night and fighting ...