We survived the rocket attack on Kabul. Took my 2 months old daughter, marched my wife to kitchen and tucked my baby in my arms with the fridge. 10 mins of agonizing chances taken. When each rocket was fired, I’d say “no god please no not today my daughter is still a baby.”

“Taliban have conducted 53 suicide bombing attacks and 1,250 roadside IED bombings which have resulted in the death of 1,210 civilians & injuries of 2,500 other civilians. These crimes were avenged in Helmand & Kandahar.” WhatsApp text from @TariqArian3  Interior Ministry spox.

The few lights and bulb you see around are either power produced by diesel/petrol generators or the further disadvantaged people power up their houses by a worn out car battery, charges in the daytime using solar panels.

A Facebook post circulating on Afghan social media since yesterday reads: “This is Afghanistan. Morning, explosion. Noon, suicide bombing. Afternoon, traffic rush. Evening, mobile phones robbery and at night, power outage.”

Nine soldiers take their own lives amid report exposing 'war crimes' committed by them while deployed to Afghansitan. via @MailOnline 

Following the assassination of Malala Maywand, a female TV anchor in J’bad city Y’day, today the police confirms that Fardin Amini, a news anchor with Ariana Television has lost his life in an incident that the police say was a “suicide by slashing his throat using a sharp rock.”