Afghan government
Afghan Taliban reject talks with US in Pakistan
Talks between the two sides have stalled after the Taliban accused Khalilzad of straying from the agreed agenda and there is no clarity on when they may resume.
Spokesman for the interior ministry Najib Danish said the suicide bomber appeared to have posed as a journalist and blew himself up where reporters and emergency health officials were standing.
President Ghani issued a statement condemning the attack and said it “cannot divert us from our aims or weaken this national democratic process”.
The IBA was previously known as Bakhtar Bank and operated under a conventional banking license since it was acquired by Azizi Bank in 2009.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said his country and China were 'iron brothers', but did not directly mention the prospect of Afghanistan joining the corridor.
Minister Habibi had come under intense pressure from Afghan lawmakers following an Islamic State attack on a Kabul military hospital in March.
Opium, grown mainly in the south of Afghanistan, is by far the biggest source of revenue for the Taliban.
Many Pakistanis view India as their enemy, and that attitude has hardened in recent months.
That attack was claimed by the Taliban and was followed a few hours later by a car bomb in Share Naw.
Fighting has escalated in Afghan since the insurgency started spreading from its traditional strongholds.
More than 200 people have been reported kidnapped & at least 21 murdered in northern & eastern Afghan.
The attack occurred around 2:30pm local time & also killed the vehicle’s driver, an army soldier said.
During a search of the surrounding areas, one suspect was arrested, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
The tentative step toward full peace negotiations is aimed at ending over 13 years of war.
Torture is prohibited by Afghan law but said to be widely used as a tool for extracting information.
Rianna du Plessis says the Taliban attack has left her sister Hannelie broken and destitute.
The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in Kabul.
The attack in one of Afghanistan’s main cities comes ahead of a presidential election on 5 April.
The Afghan president is doubtful to attend talks aimed at ending 12 years of bloody war.