A bomb in a mosque killed Governor Arsallah Jamal of eastern Logar province in Afghanistan as he was delivering a speech at the main mosque in the provincial capital of Puli Alam to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
The Taliban has issued a new threat against 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai, the girl who had been shot in the head by one of its fighters a years ago after refusing to halt her effort to expose the plight of schoolgirls in Pakistan
The Taliban attacked the U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least four Afghans, though they did not enter the compound or hurt Americans.
The U.S. will meet the Taliban in Doha, Qatar for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan where the United States has battled the insurgents for 12 years, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said the Taliban would issue a statement on Tuesday opposing the use of Afghan soil for attacks on other countries, and that they support an Afghan soil for attacks on other countries and that they support an Afghan peace process.
