The Taliban insurgents have launched a coordinated attack on the Greshk district of southern Helmand province, a security official said on Thursday. The official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants initiated the assault…
A woman and a child were killed and another woman was wounded when two rockets landed in Niazbig area of the capital Kabul on Wednesday, an official said. Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the 101 Police Asmayee Zone, told…
A rocket struck India’s diplomatic compound in Kabul on Tuesday when a key meeting on peace was underway in the capital, police said. No one was injured by the rocket, which struck a tennis court at the Indian…
KABUL’s Resolute Support (RS) mission Commander Gen. John Nicholson visited the site of Wednesday’s bombing in Kabul to survey the damage and support emergency responders. Terrorists detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the Zambaq Square, outside of the Green…
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday condemned the deadly attack in the capital, ordering relevant officials to use all available resources for the treatment of those injured. At least 80 people were killed and 340 others wounded in a…
At least 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and as many others wounded in a Taliban attack in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Tuesday. Samim Khpalwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News,…
All assailants, who attacked a Kabul Bank branch in the capital of southeastern Paktika province on Saturday, were killed, bringing the assault to an end, police said. Two policemen and one civilian were killed and another 30 civilians were…
The 209th Shaheen Military Corps commander was among 10 officials introduced to the judicial organs for investigation about a deadly attack on the corps base in northern Balkh province, an official said Thursday. As many as 135 soldiers…
Religious scholars and tribal elders in northeastern Jawzjan province on Thursday condemned a deadly Taliban attack on the Afghan National Army (ANA base in the northern city of Mazae-i-Sharif. As many as 135 soldiers were killed and 60…
A delegation tasked to resolve the dispute between Jamiat and Junbish parties came under armed attack in Pashton Kot district of northwestern Faryab province but no casualties reported, officials said Sunday. Pashton Kot district chief said a delegation…
At least 30 people, including doctors and patients, were killed and 50 more wounded after gunmen dressed as medics stormed a military hospital in Kabul on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. Maj. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, a…
Investigations into a deadly suicide attack on the governor’s guesthouse in southern Kandahar province are almost complete, but the outcome is still shrouded in mystery. Officials said the probe into the brazen assault that took place about…
Local officials on Monday said security forces repulsed three attacks from militants to capture lapis lazuli mine in Karan wa Manjan district of northeastern Badakhshan province. Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Ghafori, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday strongly condemned a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah city that took place early this morning. A statement from the Presidential Palace to Pajhwok Afghan News quoted President Ghani as calling terrorism a…
The administrative chief for the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province survived a roadside bombing that left eight people wounded on Monday. Ghalib Mujahid, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News they came under roadside bombattack outside the…
Young social activist and a Ministry of Finance employee, Mirwais Omarkhel, was shot and injured by unknown gunmen in capital Kabul last night. Dr. Aimal Sherzad, a close friend of Omarkhel, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident occurred…
KABUL-fired mortar strike on the civil hospital in the capital of central Madian Wardak province on Wednesday. The Taliban militants fired mortars into Maidan Shahr city targeting security posts on the Kabul-Kandahar and Maidan Shahr-Bamyan highways this morning. A provincial…
Nearly 60 cadets were killed and 122 wounded on Monday night when terrorists stormed a police training college in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. Military and Frontier Corps personnel launched a clearing operation after the attack on the college…
Unidentified gunmen attacked a wedding ceremony, killing two people and wounding a third in central Parwan province, a resident said on Tuesday. The gunmen attacked the ceremony in Abdi Bai area of Charikarlast night. A brother of the…
At least 35 people including civilians and security forces were wounded after Taliban insurgents stormed the capital of northern Kunduz province on Monday, capturing several posts, but the Ministry of Defence said security forces were in control…
Two Taliban gunmen were killed and another three wounded after they attacked the house of a former uprising group leader in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Tuesday. The rebels attacked the house of Akhter Mohammad,…
Some students of private universities in Kabul on Saturday demanded the government increase security for educational institutes and also asked militants not to target such facilities. The demand from privately-run higher education in Darul Aman area of Kabul.…
Kabul, India and others strongly condemned attack on Afghan-American University that killed and wounded dozens of people , mostly students. Sixteen people were killed and another 55, were wounded in Wednesday complex attack in PD7 Kabul city, officials said. UNAMA condemns …
KABUL (AUAF) as an assault on development and progress. A statement from the Presidential Palace quoted Ghani as saying: “Terrorist groups want to prevent the development of the country by attacking civilians, educational institutes, residential areas, bridges, power pylons and…
