LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents captured several police districts of Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, and clashes are underway in other areas, government sources

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A number of youth and civil society activists in northern Balkh province on Sunday said human rights were violated in many . .

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban have claimed the killing of deputy police chief of southeastern Paktika province in Kabul, but police rejected the Taliban claim. Taliban

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): A number of residents of southern Ghazni province say the Taliban have asked them to grow bread and avoid using smart phones

KABUL (Pajhwok): Perturbed residents coming all the way from southern provinces of Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan and Zabul to Kabul on Sunday asked the United Nations

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A blast damaged shops and properties but caused no casualties in this capital city of northeastern Badakhshan province on Sunday. Police spokesman SanaullahRohani

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): A traffic policeman has been executed after a trial in Taliban’s kangaroo court in northern Kunduz province, an official said on .

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan Defence and Security Forces Spokesperson Ajmal Shinwari on Sunday claimed that Taliban militants were inflicted heavy casualties and that President Ghani was

KABUL (Pajhwok): Special Forces have arrived in western Herat and southern Helmand provinces, the Ministries of Interior and Defence said on Sunday. Mirwais Stanikzai, spokesman

KABUL (Pajhwok): Following an overnight rocket attack, all flights into and out of Kandahar Airport have been scrapped, an official said on Sunday. With repair