Khawaja Nasir Ahmad Sidiqi

The provincial capitals of Kunar, Logar and Paktika provinces captured by the Taliban while clashes are ongoing in Gardiz city, the capital of southeastern Paktika province on Saturday, officials said.

Acting Interior Minister Gen. Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal has visited check-posts and security personnel in the Chahar Asiab district of Kabul.

President Ghani on Thursday lauded the sacrifices of some frontline officers and soldiers in telephonic conversations, the Presidential Palace said.

The Taliban are acting against its commitment by increasing violence and not cutting ties with regional and international terrorist networks, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Wednesday.

The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) organization says rockets hit its Bost hospital in the capital of southern Helmand province during the ongoing conflict.

President Ashraf Ghani has decided to unite, strengthen and equip public uprising against Taliban’s offensives.

 KABUL (Pajhwok): Two policemen were killed and 21 people including six civilians were injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s southern province of Balochistan. A

At least six people have been killed and wounded in two separate bomb blasts in eastern Nangarhar and Kabul provinces.

A pilot of Afghan Air Force (AAF) was killed in a magnetic bomb blast in the ChaharAsiab district of Kabul on Saturday morning.

Five people were killed when militants opened firing on a civilian minibus in Central Maidan Wardak province on Friday, an official said.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Over 90 Taliban, including the group’s Red Unit Commander for southern Helmand province, Mawlavi Mubarabk has been, the Ministry of Defence said .

European Union Deputy Political Director Enrique Mora has urged an inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan to be acceptable to all sides.