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9 dead, 10 injured in Kabul suicide blast (video)

KABUL (PAN): A suicide bomber exploded his explosives-packed motorbike at the entrance of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the heavily fortified Kabul city on Saturday, killing at least nine people, including military officials and civilians, an official said. At…

10 injured in suicide attack on army bus (Video)

KABUL: (PAN) Ten people including six Afghan National Army soldiers were wounded on Wednesday morning in a suicide attack on defence ministry bus in Kabul, officials said. A 3rd police district official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suicide attacker…

10 injured in suicide attack on army bus

KABUL: (PAN) Ten people including six Afghan National Army soldiers were wounded on Wednesday morning in a suicide attack on defence ministry bus in Kabul, officials said. A 3rd police district official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suicide attacker…

Police officers among 10 dead in suicide attack (Video)

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Counterterrorism and traffic police officers were among 10 people killed and 19 others wounded in a suicide attack in the northern province of Kunduz on Saturday, officials said. The bomber detonated his suicide vest in the main…

8 killed as 9-hour Kabul clash ends (Video)

KABUL (PAN): Three policemen and five attackers were killed and a dozen others wounded during a nine-hour clash that erupted as a group of suicide bombers stormed the Kabul traffic police headquarters on Monday morning, officials said. Five Taliban militants…

5 suicide bombers killed in Kabul attack (Video)

KABUL (PAN): Five suicide bombers were killed in a brazen attack and gunfire in front of the Afghan intelligence service, known as the National Directorate of Security (NDS), in Kabul on Wednesday afternoon. One of the Taliban bombers detonated his…

7 civilians among 11 killed in ISAF raid (Video)

KABUL (PAN): Seven civilians and four armed rebels were killed during a predawn operation in the Syedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday, officials said. The governor's office said the raid was carried out by Afghan and foreign…

1 killed, 15 injured in Pul-i-Charkhi blast (Video)

KABUL (PAN): One person was killed and 15 others were wounded on Monday when a bomb exploded near a foreign company in Pul-i-Charkhi area on the eastern outskirts of Kabul, officials said. The explosion occurred at 10:45am when an explosives-laden…

Kuchis clash with forces in Kabul to halt evacuation (Video)

KABUL (PAN): The Kuchi tribe in Qasaba area of Kabul city on Sunday clashed with security forces after they were forced to vacate their houses that were illegal constructed.  About 300 houses had been erected in the area against the…

Pakistan rejects role in Afghan spy chief’s suicide attack

ISLAMABAD (PAN last Thursday. In a statement released on Saturday, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected claims leveled against it and urged the Afghan government to share any information on the incident and discuss the issue with Pakistan officials before…

13 people, including 8 militants, killed in Jalalabad airport attack

JALALABAD (PAN): Afghan security forces gunned down eight militants before they approached their intended target in the eastern Nangarhar province, a ministry official said on Sunday.  A Ministry of Interior statement said the armed insurgents, backed by two suicide bombers,…

2 killed in suicide attack in Kabul (Video)

KABUL (PAN) Two people were killed and two others injured in a suicide attack in Kabul early Wednesday morning, police said. The explosion happened approximately at 8:20 a.m. when a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a foreign…

Attack on joint base injures 11 soldiers (Video)

GARDEZ (PAN): Eleven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a US-Afghan military base in southeastern Paktia province on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said. The blast took place at around 7:15am when…

20 police injured in protest over anti-Islam movie (Video)

KABUL (PAN): Twenty policemen were injured after hundreds of angry protestors pelted stones at them during a violent rally on Monday against an anti-Islam film released in the US, an official said. The movie, produced by American-Israeli real estate investor…

Hundreds rally against cross-border shelling (Video)

ASADABAD (PAN): Residents and political workers in Kunar province on Monday staged a demonstration to condemn periodic attacks from Pakistan into eastern Afghan provinces. Over the past few months, a dozen people have been killed and more than 40 others…

4 dead in Kabul suicide blast (Video)

KABUL (PAN): Four people were killed and three others wounded in a suicide blast near the Italian embassy in the Shash Darak locality of Kabul on Saturday, an official said. Offices of Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA), Afghan Films,…

2 ISAF soldiers die in IED blast

KABUL on Thursday, the alliance said. The deaths were announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that neither revealed the victims’ nationalities nor the exact location of the incident. But mostly, US, British and Canadian troops are stationed…

Women, policemen among 11 killed

KABUL were among 11 people killed in a string of security-related incidents in different parts of the country, officials said on Saturday. The militants killed the local police force members after keeping them in captivity for three days in the…

16 rebels killed in a single day

KABUL): Sixteen militants have been killed during separate operations and clashes in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, officials and the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday. A dozen insurgents were killed in the operations by…

Police officers among 3 killed in violence

KANDAHAR CITY/CHARIKAR): A district police chief was in the southern province of Kandahar, while a local police commander was killed in central Parwan province shot dead on Saturday, officials said. Motorcyclists opened fire on the vehicle of the district police…

ISAF loses 2 more soldiers in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL on Saturday, the alliance said. One service-member succumbed to a non-battle-related injury while the other died in an insurgent attack in the Taliban’s eastern heartland. The deaths were announced in brief statements from the NATO-led force that did not…

Guerrillas kill 3 on charge of spying for govt

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Armed militants have killed three civilians on charges of spying for the government in southern Kandahar province, a senior police officer said on Saturday. The civilians, killed in the Boja village of Shah Wali Kot district, had…

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