Israel kills 25 Palestinians in northern Gaza
Israeli forces overnight airstrikes killed 25 displaced Palestinians, including children in northern Gaza, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Kabul summons Pakistani envoy over airstrikes in Khost, Paktika
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday summoned the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul over recent predawn airstrikes in Khost and Paktika provinces and handed him a demarche. Islamic Emirate chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahi said this afternoon that Pakistani…
Airstrikes push back Taliban raids on Kunar’s Ghaziabad district
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Taliban were inflicted heavy casualties and their coordinated attacks were pushed back in the Ghaziabad district of eastern Kunar province, the governor said on Thursday. Kunar governor Mohammad Iqbal Saeed and members of the provincial council told a…
36 Taliban fighters killed in AAF airstrikes
KABUL (Pajhwok): Thirty-six Taliban insurgents have been killed and several others wounded in clashes in Herat and Nangarhar provinces, local officials said on Saturday. Attaullah Khogyani, the Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, said the Afghan Air Force (AAF) raided Taliban’s hideouts…
20 civilians killed, wounded in Kunduz airstrikes
KUNDUZ (Pajhwok): A number of civilians were killed and wounded in airstrikes in Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province on Saturday, a security official said. The security official, who did not want to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News without…
1st US airstrikes hit Taliban since Eid truce
KABUL to support Afghan counterparts. The airstrikes in southern Kandahar province and western Farah province against Taliban fighters were the first since the start of Eidul Fitr ceasefire in May, USFOR-A spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett said on Twitter. He said…
Airstrikes kill 13 Daesh rebels in Kapisa, Kunar
KABUL (Pajhwok): Airstrikes killed more than a dozen Daesh or Islamic State militants in Kunar and Kapisa provinces, the Ministry of Defense said on Friday. MoD deputy spokesman Fawad Aman told Pajhwok Afghan News that special forces carried out airstrikes…
Civilian casualties confirmed in Badghis, Farah airstrikes
KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Monday confirmed civilian casualties in airstrikes in Badghis and Farah provinces, asking security and judiciary organs for a comprehensive investigation into the attacks and compensation to the victims’ families. A statement from AIHRC…
2 civilians, 8 rebels killed in Logar offensives
PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Two civilians including a doctor and eight Taliban militants have been killed in airstrikes and clashes in central Logar province, officials said Sunday. An official who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News that foreign forces bombarded…
5 Taliban killed, 4 wounded in Farah airstrike
FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Five Taliban troops airstrike in western Farah province, an official said on Saturday. The incident happened in Rokan village of Farah City, the provincial capital, late Friday night. Ghulam Khan, a resident of the area, told Pajhwok…
Commanders among 20 Taliban killed in Helmand airtrikes
LASHKARGHA (Pajhwok): At least 20 Taliban insurgent including two commanders of the group have been killed in airstrikes in Sangin, Nawa and Mosa Qala districts of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Lt. Abdul Qader Bahadarzai a spokesman…
Dozens of civilians, forces killed and wounded in Farah
FARAH (Pajhwok): Local residents and officials on Monday said dozens of civilians and security forces suffered casualties in clashes and airstrikes in Gulistan and Bakwa districts of western Farah province. Bakwa district residents said foreign troops carried out airstrikes on…
Dozens of Taliban killed in Kunduz, Badghis raids, airstrikes
KABUL has been killed and five others injured during security forces raid and airstrike in northern Kunduz and northwestern Badshis provinces, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Tuesday. Thirty Taliban were killed and five others injured during Afghan commandoes…
Civilians, rebels killed in airstrikes by foreign forces
KANDAHAR CITY/TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Fifteen Taliban Ezat and Ahmad Shah Himmat, have been killed in an airstrike by foreign forces, an official said on Wednesday. Kandahar police chief Maj. Gen. Tadin Khan said civilians suffered no casualties in the airstrike in…
Commanders among 11 Taliban killed in Farah airstrike
FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): A foreign forces’ airstrike killed eleven Taliban militants, including three commanders, on the outskirts of Farah City, the capital of western Farah province, an official said on Friday. Farah police spokesman Mohibullah Mohib told Pajhwok Afghan News…
8 Taliban, 2 children killed in Laghman, Kapisa airstrikes
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Security officials on Monday said eight Taliban militants have been killed and their weapons destroyed in separate airstrikes in Laghman and Kapisa provinces. The officials also said two children, who moved to an insurgent hideout, were also killed…
Airstrikes ramped up against Daesh: US general
KABUL, a top American general said on Wednesday. "We have conducted strikes against ISIS-K during this timeframe, a little over 80 of those strikes as we continue counterterrorism operations," he said Brig. Gen. Lance R. Bunch, a senior Resolute Support…
Dand-i-Shahabuddin residents seek compensation for destroyed homes
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Residents of Dand Shahabuddin area of Pul-I-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, on Saturday asked the government to compensate them for their homes destroyed during Afghan forces airstrikes. Dozens of residents of Dand Shahabuddin gathered in front…
Arabs among 18 Daesh men killed in Kunar
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): At least 18 Daesh or so-called Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in two separate airstrikes in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Thursday. Kunar police chief Maj. Gen. Juma Gul Himmat told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Poised to attack, 5 Taliban killed in Jawzjan airstrike
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Five Taliban insurgent have been killed and three others wounded in air strikes in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province, police said on Wednesday. Police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Turkistan told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces targeted…
Commanders among 18 rebels dead in Uruzgan blitz
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): At least 18 Taliban insurgents, including two commanders, have been killed in airstrikes by Afghan forces in central Uruzgan province, local officials said Sunday. Acting provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Sidiqi, said the air raids were carried…
