KABUL): Three Indian, a British and four Nepalese citizens were killed in Tuesday's attack on a private logistics firm's office in Kabul, the foreign ministries in New Delhi and London said. At least two Afghan civilians were among those killed…
WASHINGTON (PAN attack on the Presidential Palace, hoping they would be able to maintain the security across the country. “I am,” Odierno told Pentagon reporters at a news conference in response to the query if he was confident that Afghanistan…
KABUL (PAN): All suicide bombers trying to storm the heavily-fortified Presidential Palace have been killed by security personnel, a police officer said on Tuesday. The assailants were travelling in two Land Cruiser jeeps, Kabul's deputy police chief told reporters at…
KABUL): All suicide bombers trying to storm the heavily-fortified Presidential Palace have been killed by security personnel, a police officer said on Tuesday. The assailants were travelling in two Land Cruiser jeeps, Kabul's deputy police chief told reporters at the…
KABUL, the alliance said on Sunday. The death was announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that neither gave the soldier’s nationality nor the exact location of the blast. However, mostly US troops are stationed in the east.…
KABUL (PAN): Three civilians were killed and 30 others, including six guards of a prominent politician Mohammad Mohaqqiq, the likely target, were wounded when a large blast rocked the heavily fortified Kabul city on Tuesday, police and witnesses said. The…
KABUL (PAN): A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the Supreme Court in the nation’s heavily-fortified capital on Tuesday, killing 17 civilians and wounding 39 others, police said. Women, children and court employees were among the…
KABUL (PAN): Triggered by a brazen assault on the Kabul International Airport early Monday morning, clashes between insurgents and security forces ended with the killing of all seven attackers, the Ministry of Interior said. Two of the militants blew themselves…
GARDEZ (PAN): Ten schoolchildren, two US soldiers and a policeman were killed in a suicide bombing in the Chamkani district of southeastern Paktia province on Monday, an official said. The attacker detonated his explosives-rigged motorcycle in front of a high…
JALALABAD (PAN border, an official said on Sunday. Governor Tamim Nuristani told Pajhwok Afghan News the three-hour gunbattle erupted in the Gordesh area of Kamdesh district late on Saturday evening. Four policemen and 13 insurgents were killed in the firefight…
KABUL (PAN): The United States and NATO on Thursday strongly condemned an insurgent attack on an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in eastern Nangarhar province. Wednesday’s suicide attack in Jalalabad killed one ICRC staff member…
QALAT (PAN): Deputy Governor Mohammad Jan Rassoulyar on Monday said he escaped unhurt in a roadside bombing that tore through their convoy in southern Zabul province. He said their vehicular convoy came under attack in the Foladgi area of Shahr-i-Safa…
KABUL (PAN): A well-coordinated Taliban attack that killed 10 people, including six attackers, and wounded 14 others drew strong condemnation on Saturday from the US, the UN and NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan. UN's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned…
PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): The provincial council chief was among more than a dozen people killed in a suicide attack that left another 10 people wounded in northern Baghlan province on Monday, officials said. The senior public representative, Mohammad Rassoul Mohseni, was…
KABUL): Six local policemen were among 18 people killed in separate incidents of violence in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. "An illegal armed commander," Fakhruddin Shahriyar, was killed along with five…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Twin bomb explosions rocked southern Kandahar province on Friday evening, killing and wounding dozens of people, officials said. At least nine bodies and 70 wounded people have been brought to the Mirwais Civil Hospital in Kandahar City…
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): A runaway woman was shot dead during a clash between security personnel and robbers in the northern province of Kunduz, officials said on Friday. Shabnam, hailing from Mazar-i-Sharif, eloped with Kabul resident Naveed to Takhar province on…
KABUL (PAN): Six people were killed and 37 others wounded on Thursday when an explosives-laden car ploughed into a convoy of foreign military convoy in Kabul, officials and witnesses said. The suicide attack happened close to the residence of a…
JALALABAD (PAN): Two policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Nangarhar province Saturday, an official said. Five policemen were wounded, three of them critically, in the blast that happened at 4pm when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb…
KABUL (PAN): Hundreds of Kabul residents on Friday took to the streets against Pakistan forces’ attack on an Afghan border post, asking the Karzai administration to adopt a clearl-defined policy toward the neighbouring country. The demonstration came after a clash…
JALALABAD (PAN): Thousands of people rallied in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, against Pakistan on Thursday, supporting Afghan security forces. Afghan forces pulled down a border gate following a seven-hour clash with Pakistani troops in the Goshta district…
HERAT CITY (PAN): A civilian was killed and another injured when the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers opened fire on a civilian vehicle in western Herat province, officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Wednesday in the…
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): As victims of a Wednesday's suicide attack were laid to rest in northern Kunduz province, police on Thursday said eight suspects had been detained in connection with the blast that also killed family members of the Wolesi Jirga speaker.…
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Sunday said senior US and Taliban leaders have resumed their negotiations suspended a year ago in Qatar. Speaking at a gathering marking the international women's day in Kabul, Karzai said the talks held on…
