At least 28 people were killed and injured in Afghanistan last week, while UNSC extended UNAMA's mission in Afghanistan for another year, saying the organization is working to gain international status for Kabul. Last week’s major developments: UN…
Five people were killed and a sixth injured in separate clashes over land dispute in Uruzgan and Laghman provinces, officials said on Saturday. The first incident took place in KhasUruzgan district of Uruzgan province in which…
Nearly 500 Russian soldiers have been killed and 1,597 others wounded in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence in Moscow says. The military casualties came following Russia’s invasion of the former Soviet republic on February 24. The war in…
Nineteen people were killed and injured in Afghanistan last week, US President Joe Biden’s executive order on Afghanistan’s assets drew strong reactions and the UN hoped that it would collect $4.4 billion in aid for Afghanistan during a meeting in March.
Last week there was a conference on Afghanistan in Geneva and Britain and China had positive messages for the Afghan caretaker government, but casualties in the country was higher than previous week as 12 people were killed and…
Four people were swept away and seven of a family were injured in a roof collapse incident as flash floods played havoc in southern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday. The roof collapse incident took place in Garamsir…
Ten thousand people contracted Coronavirus and of them 650 people died of the infection nationwide during the past five months, the acting public health minister said on Saturday. Acting Public Health Minister Dr Abdul Bari Omar told reporters…
One civilian was killed and six others injured in a bomb blast that rocked the Dashti Barchi area of central capital Kabul late on Wednesday, the Ministry of Interior said. A resident of the area, Daud, told Pajhwok…
Four Afghans were killed and six others injured when Iranian forces opened fire on a vehicle carrying the victims in the neighboring country, sources said on Tuesday. Habib-ur-RehmanIbrahimi, a freelance journalist and writer from Saidabad district of MaidanWardak…
The United Nations Secretary-General says 62 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide last year. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in a series of tweets today said the number of journalists killed has risen in recent years, with…
Casualty figure in Afghanistan fell to its lowest level or nine people in the past week, when some countries stressed aid to Afghanistan at a summit in Moscow and the Afghan government said it was ready for any…
Last week, 39 civilians suffered casualties in Afghanistan, including the 13 people killed in US airstrikes. The rest of casualties resulted from celebratory gunfire incidents. Major events of last week Last US troops leave Afghanistan With completion of…
At least 28 civilians were killed and wounded in the ongoing fight in southern Kandahar province in the last 24 hours, officials said Saturday. Charkhak area in the third police district, Sarpuza in the seventh police district…
The governor of eastern Nuristan province has said that aid distribution process to flood affected people in Kamdish district of the province has been launched. Last week, flash floods in Mirdish area of Kamdish district killed and injured…
A security official on Monday said 17 Afghan soldiers suffered casualties while three Taliban militants killed during a clash in Charikar, capital of central Parwan province. Parwan police chief, on the other hand, rejected Afghan forces’ casualties and…
A security official claimed that 14 Taliban insurgents have been killed and two security forces wounded during a battle in northwestern Jawzjan province, but the Taliban rejected the claim. Paighumber Qul Khuram, National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief…
At least three civilians including a woman and a child were killed and five others wounded when a mortar shell hit a house in Dand Ghori area on the outskirts of Pul-i-Khumri, capital of northern Baghlan province on…
Last week, 366 civilians were killed and wounded in violent incidents despite a three-day Eid-ul-Fitr ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Sixteen percent of civilian casualties happened during the ceasefire. Afghan government and Taliban observed three…
The Civilian Protection Working Group (CPWG) on Monday expressed concern over the surge in violence across the country, particularly in western Herat province where 22 civilians killed and 115 others wounded in 50 days. Malang Borani, head…
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Tuesday said that 519 civilians suffered casualties during the holy month of Ramadan. A statement from AIHRC received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that the commission had recorded 130 security…
One person was killed and three others wounded during an armed clash between gunmen loyal to a senator and the provincial police chief of southern Helmand province, a source said on Thursday. A security source wishing anonymity told…
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) chapter in southern Kandahar province says most or 33 percent of all civilian casualties caused by the ongoing war happened in the southern region of the country. Sultan Mohammad Aail,…
At least 14 security forces have been killed in a Taliban attack in northern Baghlan province. A government official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants conducted a coordinated attack on a security…
At least 10 border forces have been killed and four others wounded in a Taliban attack in Imam Sahib district of northeastern Kunduz province, officials said Monday. Khalil Qarizada, a member of Kunduz provincial council, told Pajhwok…
