Latest Updates on Afghanistan, 25 October 2020

1- Peace talks:
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the Taliban’s political bureau, spoke with Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman about the implementation of the Doha agreement and intra-Afghan talks.

2- Kabul:
A terrorist blast near a training center in western Kabul has killed at least 30 people and injured 72 others. The ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

3- Kunduz:
According to local sources, seven members of the security forces were killed and wounded during a Taliban attack on the village of Ismail Gheshlagh in Imam Sahib.

4- Nimruz:
20 security personnel were killed in a Taliban attack on a security checkpoint in the district of Khashroud.

5- Meydan Wardak:
12 people were killed and four others were injured when the Taliban attacked a bus and a civilian car on Bamyan road.

6- Takhar:
12 people have been killed in a mistaken airstrike by an Afghan Air Force on a religious school in the Hazara Qarluq area.

7- Badghis:
According to the Afghan Ministry of Defense, 21 Taliban members were killed and five others were wounded in an airstrike by army forces on Taliban positions in Qadis city.

8- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan denied sending military forces and weapons to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

9- According to a US commander, Australian forces killed an Afghan prisoner due to lack of space in a helicopter during an operation in Afghanistan.