Amid the grim situation in war-torn Afghanistan, its former Intelligence Chief believes India is willing to engage with the Taliban to restore normalcy in the debt-ridden country.
Afghanistan blast: The Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State group has been waging a campaign of violence that escalated since the Taliban took power in August 2021.
Suicide bombing in Kabul: Khalid Zadran, the spokesman, says the explosion in the Dashti Barchi neighborhood of Kabul took place on Friday morning. The area is populated mostly by members of Afghanistan's minority Shiite community.
Afghanistan blast: The explosion took place during evening prayers, killing and injuring a number of worshipers.
Afghanistan bomb blast: The blast took place in a busy shopping street and video footage online showed ambulances rushing to the scene, which is also near bus stations.
According to the Taliban, the cart bombing happened in western Kabul, in the Sar-e Karez area. Initial reports said two people were killed but the casualty toll swiftly rose as the wounded were taken to local hospitals.
Zawahiri who played a key role in the 9/11 attacks and later formed al-Qaeda's regional affiliate.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, said an Indian technical team has reached Kabul on Thursday and has been deployed in the embassy there.
This is the first such visit by the Indian government to Kabul since the Taliban's takeover.
The blasts, which occurred in rapid succession, hurt several children and more casualties were feared, according to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran and the city's Emergency Hospital.
Pul-e-Khishti Mosque in Kabul was occupied with worshippers who had come gathered here for afternoon prayers.
The official Bakhtar News Agency announced Wang Yi will meet with Taliban leaders “to discuss various issues including the extension of political relations, economic, and transit cooperation.”
The United Nations has called the situation "a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions."
According to the law of the country, selling organs or parts are the body is illegal, but these families say that they have no other options to survive.
It marks the first public release of video footage of the August 29 strike, which the Pentagon initially defended but later called a tragic mistake.
A number of vendors said the closure of Boli has led to dozens of vendors losing their jobs and will lead to problems determining the real value of the Afghani against foreign currencies.
According to reports, unidentified people killed a money changer in Heart and 5 members of a family were killed in Laghman and injured a sixth, according to Pajhwok Afghan News.
Officials in Afghanistan power body said that decrease in importing electricity from Uzbekistan has caused a shortage of electricity and blackout in 16 provinces including Kabul, the report said.
The flight was arranged under India's operation Devi Shakti, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
The eyewitness said that the blast occured on Kabul's Fifth Taimani Street, Tolo News reported.
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