AT least three International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) soldiers were killed and several others wounded on Tuesday when their convoy was attacked by a suicide attacker in the capital Kabul, officials said. An Afghan security official, whishing not…
Police in northern Kunduz province claimed on Saturday that a leading alleged Al-Qaeda terrorist, Qari Bilal, has been arrested several times but managed to free himself from prison with the connivance of Peace Council. Police said Bilal had…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead 10 labourers and injured five others in the Pusht-i-Koh district of western Farah province on Saturday, an official said. The victims were on motorbikes when they came under attack in Pul-i-Pushta area at…
Security officials on Saturday said that the Doab district of eastern Nuristan province has been completely brought under government’s control as a result of a joint operation that left 28 insurgents dead. 201st Selab Military Corps spokesman Col.…
Six heavily armed insurgents were killed after they stormed the National Directorate of Security (NDS) headquarters in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, an assault that left 59 residents and security officials injured, officials said. The…
Security forces cleared of militants all villages in the Khanabad district of northwestern Kunduz province over the past 24 hours, killing 21 militants, police said on Thursday. Rebel hideouts were destroyed during the offensive involving Afghan security…
The police chief for Chahar Dara district of northern Kunduz province was injured along with his two guards in a suicide bombing early Wednesday morning, an official said. Col. Ghulam Muhayuddin was targeted by the bomber in…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Wednesday said 42 people were killed and 67 others wounded in Tuesday’s suicide bombing in the Orgun district of southeastern Paktika province. The blast took place at around 11:00 on Tuesday in…
Nearly 90 people were killed and more than 40 others wounded in a powerful explosion in the Orgun district of southeastern Paktika province on Tuesday, officials said. Malim Raza Kharotai, the district's administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least 400 tankers reportedly transporting oil for security forces caught fire overnight in Paghman district outside the capital Kabul, an official said on Saturday. The Taliban said they launched a rocket attack on the tankers parked at…
Heavily armed militants are retreating as a result of a counter-offensive by Afghan security forces in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Friday. Brig. Gen. Baqizoy, the provincial police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Three armed insurgents were killed and two drivers during an attack on a truck terminal of foreign troops in the Torkham border town of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, officials said. Public Order Police Commander Col. Mohammad Hassan…
Three civilians, including a young woman, were killed and nearly a dozen others wounded on Wednesday when a powerful blast rocked the capital of northern Faryab province, officials said. The blast took place on the Ludin Road, about…
Three Turkish engineers were killed and a fourth injured when a motorcycle bomb exploded near their passing vehicle in the Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, an official said. A bystander child was also injured in…
FARYAB (PAN): Police beat women while aid distribution process disordered in Faryab province.
Two people were killed and nine others wounded on Monday when a bus of the Defence Ministry came under suicide bomb attack in the heavily-fortified central capital Kabul. The bomber ploughed his explosives-rigged motorbike into the vehicle in…
Five suicide bombers were killed after they stormed the Indian consulate in western Herat province on Friday morning, officials said.The group of bombers started firing at the diplomatic mission at 4.00am when it entered a residential building…
Six civilians were killed and 38 others wounded in a car bombing in the Daman district of southern Kandahar province on Sunday, an official said. Acting spokesman for the governor, Dawa Khan Minapal, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
4 campaigners of a candidate killed in Paktia from Pajhwok Afghan News. GARDIZ (Pajhwok): Four campaigners of a provincial candidate were killed in a roadside bombing in southeastern Paktia province on Monday, an official said. One of the victims was…
Attackers killed after 5-hour battle: Salangi from Pajhwok Afghan News. KABUL (Pajhwok): The attack on Independent Election Commission (IEC) headquarters in Kabul ended on Saturday evening with the killing of five assailants, the deputy interior minister said. Gen. Ayub Salangi…
Ten people, including five gunmen, were killed on Tuesday when a regional office of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in Kabul came under attack. Two policemen, as many civilians and a provincial council runner were among the fatalities,…
A bomb exploded at a Persian new year function in the Khakrez district of southern Kandahar province on Friday, killing a senior government officer and a policeman. Brig. Gen. Abdul Razzaq told Pajhwok Afghan News seven people were…
Eighteen people were killed and 22 others wounded during coordinated bomb attacks and shooting by the Taliban in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday morning, officials said.
At least two policemen and as many election workers were killed and several others wounded on Monday when a motorcycle bomb went off in western Herat province, officials said. The explosion occurred in Rubat Sangi district around noon,…
