Governance & Politics
IEA condemns mosque blast in Syria
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has strongly condemned a blast at a mosque in Syria’s Homs province.
Security & Crime
Bomber dies in botched attack on Kabul mosque
KABUL in central capital Kabul on Wednesday evening, wounding one person, police said. Kabul police spokesman Abdul Basir Mujahid told Pajhwok Afghan Mews the attacker
Security & Crime
Unknown men set on blaze mosque in Nangarhar
KABUL in Dorbaba district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Friday. Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News that the mosque was torched
Security & Crime
4 worshippers killed in Nangarhar mosque shooting
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Seven worshippers including the imam in Surkh Rod district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official sai Monday. Governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok
Features and Investigative Reports
Jamia Omar Mosque’s construction to resume soon
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Construction work will be resumed soon after long years to complete the grand mosque named after Hazrat Omar bin Khetab (RWA) in
Security & Crime
Mosque blown up in Nangarhar’s Momand Dara district
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Unidentified individuals blew up a mosque and a shrine in the Momand Dara district of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, an official said.
Security & Crime
Imam killed, 8 injured in Nangarhar mosque bombing
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): One person was killed and eight others wounded on Friday in a bomb blast inside a mosque in Momand Dara district of eastern
Reconstruction
Border police construct mosque at own expense in Paktia
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Personnel from the Second Border Police Brigade in southeastern Paktia province have built a mosque inside the force headquarters on their own expense,
Security & Crime
3 sentenced to jail over corruption in mosque construction
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The appellate court of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday fined the head of a Construction Company and sentenced three other individuals to six
Security & Crime
6 killed as Daesh-fired rocket hits Achin mosque
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A rocket fired by Daesh or the so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters hit a mosque, killing six worshipers and injuring four others in
Religion & Culture
Newly-built mosque opens in Khost
KHOST CITY (PAN in Tanai district. Flanked by officials, scholars and tribal elders, Governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi cut the ribbon to open the mosque, funded
