Local officials on Sunday said a joint Afghan National Army (ANA) and police forces base in Terinkot, the capital of Uruzgan province has fallen to Taliban militants. A local official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan…
One of the two main perpetrators behind the insider’s attack in which Kandahar police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq was killed has fled to Pakistan, an official said on Sunday. Haji Agha Lalai Dastagiri, advisor to the Kandahar…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Friday said three people have been detained in connection to Kandahar attack. A day earlier, Kandahar police chief, Gen. Abdul Raziq, provincial National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief and Gen. Abdul Momin…
Eight members of a family including women and children have been killed and three others wounded when a mortar shell hit a house in Warmami district of southern Paktika province, officials said Monday. Paktika police chief, Brig. Gen.…
Local officials said many people were killed or wounded in a suicide attack on protestors in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday. The governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the bombing took place in the Daki area…
KABUL where hundreds had gathered to offer Eidul Adha prayers, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday. MoI spokesman Najibullah Danish told reporters that there were three attackers firing rockets and mortars from an inn called Mahi towards different areas…
The National Security Council (NSC) on Thursday condemned Wednesday’s suicide attack on a private tuition center in capital Kabul, saying the incident would be comprehensively investigated. The suicide bomber walked into the educational center in Dasht-i-Barchi area of…
KABUL. The Islamic State or Daesh has claimed responsibility for the latest in a series of such attacks against the Shiite community. The attacker walked into the private tuition center in Dash-i-Barchi locality of Kabul on Wednesday afternoon and detonated…
Taliban militants have launched a coordinated attack on the center of Chenarto district of central Uruzgan province, causing casualties on both sides, officials said Saturday. Provincial police chief, Col. Mohammad Maruf Ahmadzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban…
At least 34 people were killed and another 94 injured when a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque on Friday in the capital of southeastern Paktia province. The attack took place at about 1:30pm at the mosque in…
Eighteeen government and NGOs workers were among those killed and wounded in Tuesday’s gun and bomb attack on the Refugee and Repatriation Department in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Pajhwok Afghan News has learnt. According to…
Fifteen people were killed and another as many wounded after gunmen stormed the refugee department in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday. The attack involving three assailants began at about 12pm when one of the attackers…
At least four Afghan Local Police (ALP) members have been killed by their colleagues in southern Zabul province, an official said Saturday. Amir Jan Alokozay, chief of Arghandab district of the province, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
Intelligence forces allegedly killed six civilians and arrested three suspects during a nighttime raid in the Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province, the governor’s spokesman said Friday. Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News that two fuel stations, 18…
Eleven people were killed and 10 others wounded after two armed men stormed an education department’s office in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, an official said. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Two people were killed and five others wounded as unknown gunmen stormed the education department’s urban office in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, an official said. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A rocket fired by insurgents wounded two people including a policeman in Asadabad, the capital city of eastern Kunar province, on Thursday, an official said. The mortar shell landed near a river close to the city, provincial police…
At least 14 border police personnel have been killed and six others have gone missing following a Taliban attack in northern Takhar province, officials said on Thursday. Saifuddin Mushtaq, Chah Aab district’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Four attackers were killed after they stormed the Education Department in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Monday morning. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the limits of…
It was being investigated how two armored vehicles carrying terrorists were able to reach near the Ministry of Interior’s gate on Wednesday, the interior minister said on Friday. Talking to Radio Azadi, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak alleged…
Six policemen and three suicide bombers were killed on Wednesday morning when the militants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in front of a police building in central Logar province. Police spokesman Shahpur Ahmadzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
A coordinated Taliban attack on the Khwaja Sabzposh district of northwestern Faryab province has been beaten back by security forces, officials said on Monday. Abdullah Masoomi, the district administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a large number…
KABUL have condemned a deadly bomb attack on a cricket stadium in Jalalabad. “Attacks targeting civilians are grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and can never be justified,” he said in a statement on Saturday. The United…
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has denounced the deadly triple bombing of a sports stadium in eastern Nangarhar province, At least 8 civilians were killed and 45 others wounded in Friday night’s attack in the provincial capital, Jalalabad, bordering Pakistan.…
