The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Thursday released the confessions of at least nine people who were allegedly involved in a series of targeted assassinations, including the assassination of former TOLOnews presenter Yama Siawash and Mahmoud Kochai, the former chief of PD5 of Kabul.

Pakistani parliament speaker Asad Qaiser’s planned three-day visit to Kabul was canceled on Thursday following reports that an unexploded ordinance had been found at the airport.