Two tanks have been torched during a firefight between the security forces and Taliban in northern Balkh province, police said on Friday. Both sides suffered casualties during the overnight clash in Dawlatabad district, police spokesman Adil Shah Adil…
Two Taliban militants have been killed and a third wounded during a clash with Afghan forces in Moqor district of southern Ghazni province, a statement from 01 Unit said Thursday. The statement said that Taliban militants launched…
Violating the just started weeklong temporary truce, Taliban militants waged attacks on Afghan forces at two separate locations in southern Kandahar province, officials said Sunday. Local officials said the first attack from Taliban came around 9:30am on…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead nine drug addicts and injured a tenth in Kabul, an official said on Sunday. Police spokesman Firdos Faramarz, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Koh-i-Qargharea in limits of the 6th…
At least four policemen and two civilians have been killed and two other policemen wounded in a car suicide bombing in Greshk district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Sunday. Greshk police chief, Lt. Col. Mohammad Ismail…
An Islamic scholar was shot dead by Taliban militants in western Herat province on Monday, officials said. Jailani Farhad, governor’s spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban killed an Islamic scholar in a mosque in Kahsan district…
Eight Taliban militants, including two Pakistani nationals, have been killed in security operations in the Garmser district of the southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Bahir Ahmadi, the Kandahar governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News intelligence…
A US military convoy came under suicide attack in central Logar province on Tuesday but information about casualties was not immediately available. The incident happened on the the Kabul-Paktia highway at around 11am when a car bomb…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday condemned an armed attack on a political analyst, Hassan Haqyar, and asked security organs to capture those behind the plot after the arrest of the attacker and bring them…
The governor of central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday survived a car bombing but three traffic officers were killed in the capital of the province, officials said. Mohibullah Sharifzai, governor’s spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that governor, Muzafaruddin…
Local officials on Wednesday claimed two civilians were killed and seven others injured in a Taliban province. Abdulhai Khatibi, Ghor governor’s spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban attacked the people of the village on Tuesday night.…
Four people, including two civilians, and three Taliban attackers were killed during a bomb and gun attack on an electronic national identity card center in this capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday. A dozen more people…
At least 16 people were killed and 119 others wounded when an explosion targeted Green Village Camp in capital Kabul on Monday night, officials said. The target of the attack which took place around 10pm Monday night was…
KABUL’s attack on the capital of northern Kunduz province as against the group’s talking subject in Qatar. A statement from the Presidential Palace received by Pajhwok Afghan News said, “Unfortunately the Taliban damaged some residential, civilian and non-military areas in…
The Ministry of Interior said on Monday that the brazen attack near Gulbahar township in Kabul came to an end with the killing of all five attackers involved. Six people were killed and 84 others wounded in the…
KABUL-claimed car bombing that wounded dozens of people and killed three persons in Kabul. The rush-hour explosion followed a gun battle between a number of attackers and special police forces in Puli Mahmood Khan neighbourhood. The blast sent a plume…
Gunmen stormed a security check-post guarding ancient monuments in northern Baghlan province, killing one policeman and injuring another two on Sunday. Information and Culture Department head Zakria Nasari told Pajhwok Afghan News that unknown gunmen attacked the Shamrqa…
Ethiopia's army chief was shot dead by his bodyguard just hours after an attempted coup in Amhara state left the regional president and another top adviser dead, a spokeswoman for the prime minister said on Sunday. The spokeswoman…
A suicide bomber on foot targeted a police vehicle in this capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, killing at least nine people, including two children, officials said. The attacker set off his explosives as an Afghan…
At least nine members of an upraising group have been killed in a Taliban attack on their posts in Garziwan district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said Wednesday. Mullah Faizullah, chief of Garziwan district, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Ten people, including five attackers, have been killed during attack on luxury hotel in Pakistan’s Gwardar Port City, according to media report on Sunday. The terrorists attempted to force their way into the plush Pearl Continental Hotel and…
KABUL’s attack in capital Kabul say they are disappointed about the ongoing peace efforts and will be forced to move their capital abroad if the situation continues. Taliban fighters launched a coordinated attack with a powerful car bombing outside the…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has condemned the suicide attack on a convoy of international forces near the Bagram base in Parwan province. “My heartfelt prayers to the families of the Americans killed near Bagram. I condemn…
KABUL, officials said. As usual, the Taliban claimed responsibility for Monday’s bombing targeting a convoy of international forces near the Bagram base in Parwan province. Col. David Butler, a spokesperson for US Forces Afghanistan, confirmed the attack. Three American soldiers…
