The Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed on Tuesday some 6,853 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have lost lives during the past 11 years. Gen. Zahir Azimi, the (MoD) spokesman, wrote on his twitter handle that 2013 was the…
Fourteen police officials have been detained on charges of committing different crimes, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Monday. MoI spokesman Siddiqui Siddique told reporters in Kabul the ministry’s crime branch and intelligence officials had been directed…
Five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and an influential individual have been killed in separate security incidents in Jawzjan and Faryab provinces, officials said on Thursday. A security official, wishing not to be named, confided Pajhwok Afghan News…
AT least three International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) soldiers were killed and several others wounded on Tuesday when their convoy was attacked by a suicide attacker in the capital Kabul, officials said. An Afghan security official, whishing not…
At least 16 insurgents have been killed in an offensive followed by air strikes in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, a military commander claimed on Tuesday. Gen. Abdul Razzaq Safi, commander of the 302nd Afghan…
Police in northern Kunduz province claimed on Saturday that a leading alleged Al-Qaeda terrorist, Qari Bilal, has been arrested several times but managed to free himself from prison with the connivance of Peace Council. Police said Bilal had…
Security officials on Saturday said that the Doab district of eastern Nuristan province has been completely brought under government’s control as a result of a joint operation that left 28 insurgents dead. 201st Selab Military Corps spokesman Col.…
Six heavily armed insurgents were killed after they stormed the National Directorate of Security (NDS) headquarters in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, an assault that left 59 residents and security officials injured, officials said. The…
Security forces cleared of militants all villages in the Khanabad district of northwestern Kunduz province over the past 24 hours, killing 21 militants, police said on Thursday. Rebel hideouts were destroyed during the offensive involving Afghan security…
Fighting in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province has so far claimed 900 lives, leaving over a thousand others injured, officials said on Monday. Governor Muhammad Naeem said though most of attacking militants had either been killed…
Seven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 16 insurgents have been killed in security incidents in different parts of central Maidan Wardak province, the governor’s spokesman said on Monday. Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News the overnight…
At least nine Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in separate incidents of violence in different provinces, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Saturday. An MoD statement said the ANA personnel suffered casualties in clashes…
Police rescued a five-year-old boy and detained two suspects in connection with his abduction in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Monday. The boy identified as Naveed was abducted on Sunday evening from Zaranj, the provincial…
One Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed and two others wounded in a roadside bombing in the Bala Boluk district of western Farah province on Sunday, an official said. The blast took place at around 7:30am…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Wednesday said 42 people were killed and 67 others wounded in Tuesday’s suicide bombing in the Orgun district of southeastern Paktika province. The blast took place at around 11:00 on Tuesday in…
Heavily armed militants are retreating as a result of a counter-offensive by Afghan security forces in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Friday. Brig. Gen. Baqizoy, the provincial police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Three armed insurgents were killed and two drivers during an attack on a truck terminal of foreign troops in the Torkham border town of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, officials said. Public Order Police Commander Col. Mohammad Hassan…
Findings revealed that attacks by anti-state elements and insurgents would step up with the support of regional intelligence networks until the polling day scheduled for June 14, a statement by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Monday.…
Three Afghan National Army (ANA) troops were killed on Thursday in a gun attack in western Herat province and a dozen police officers were injured during two separate incidents in Farah and Badghis provinces, officials said. …
Two people were killed and nine others wounded on Monday when a bus of the Defence Ministry came under suicide bomb attack in the heavily-fortified central capital Kabul. The bomber ploughed his explosives-rigged motorbike into the vehicle in…
Five suicide bombers were killed after they stormed the Indian consulate in western Herat province on Friday morning, officials said.The group of bombers started firing at the diplomatic mission at 4.00am when it entered a residential building…
The National Security Council (NSC) on Saturday approved a 12-year-long strategic perspective concerning Afghan National Army (ANA)’s strength, equipment and recruitment. President Hamid Karzai chaired the NSC meeting that held at the Presidential Palace and discussed the perspective,…
As many as 1,400 recruits completed a three-month military training course in southern Helmand province, an official said. Those graduating from the Shorab base are employees of the Afghan National Army’s 215th Military Corps, said an ANA commander,…
Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion in central Logar province on Thursday, an official said. Governor Niaz Mohammad Amiri told Pajhwok Afghan News the fatalities occurred around noon when an ANA pick-up…
