At least 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 20 Taliban militants have been killed during a clash in Greshk district of southern Helmand province, officials said Tuesday. A police official in Greshk, who wished to go unnamed,…
On average, 67 people were killed and injured daily in Afghanistan in the past 12 months, with one-fourth of the casualties happening in October and July this year. Pajhwok reports shows 13,997 people were killed and 10,489…
One Afghan security man was killed and another wounded after the two traded fire with NATO troops in southern Kandahar province on Saturday. A Romanian soldier was also wounded in the exchange of fire that occurred at around…
At least 29 Taliban fighters have been killed and 20 others injured in latest airstrikes and clashes in various districts of southern Helmand province amid reports the rebels were making advancement. Nearly a dozen militants were killed and…
Five policemen and 15 Taliban militants have been killed in central Uruzgan province, while two civilians were stabbed to death in eastern Nengarhar province, officials said on Wednesday. Uruzgan police Chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Sediqi told Pajhwok Afghan…
Five children of the same family were killed after being caught up in an electrical current in capital Kabul, an official said on Sunday. The incident took place at about 2am today in Salim Karwan neighborhood in the…
Twelve policemen and 21 Taliban insurgents have been killed during separate incidents of violence in southern Kandahar province, local officials said Sunday. Police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News that dozens of militants attacked security check-posts on…
At least 13 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and eight others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Thursday. The governor’s spokesman, Samim Khpalwak, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL militants have been claimed killed and wounded during a series of clashes with security forces in three provinces over the past 24 hours. Four commanders were among 14 Taliban militants killed during “Operation Selab-5” in the provincial capital and…
At least 30 insurgents have been killed in airstrikes by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in Shah Walikot district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Provincial police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least 10 Taliban militants have been killed and nine others wounded during a clash with Afghan forces in Durqad district of northern Takhar province, an official said Sunday. Lt. Gen. Sher Aziz Kamawal, police in the northern…
As many as 1,400 people were killed and wounded in 139 attacks in Afghanistan last month, showing a 14 percent increase over previous month’s casualties. Pajhwok Afghan News reports show there was no letup in violence this winter,…
Local officials on Sunday said Pakistani security forces and the Taliban suffered casualties in an armed clash in the Gurbaz district of southeastern Khost province. A Gurbaz-based official, wishing anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Pakistani…
An avalanche in the Mayami district of southeastern Badakhshan province has claimed 10 people’s lives and injured 12 others, officials said on Saturday. The avalanche hit 25 residences in Ghami Bala area on Friday night, the Afghanistan National…
Half a dozen Daesh or Islamic State (IS) fighters were killed and four others wounded during an overnight operation in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said Wednesday. Provincial police spokesman, Lt. Col. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan…
A fresh bout of violence has left at least 10 Taliban militants and five police dead and another five militants wounded in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday. Col. Asadullah Shajae, the provincial deputy police…
At least 150 Taliban militants have been killed and 41 others wounded during two weeks of operations in five districts of southern Ghazni, an official said Wednesday. Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, told a press conference…
Seven passengers were killed and nine others wounded in a tractor and van collision on Kabul-Gardez highway on Sunday in central Logar province, an official said. Saleem Salih, The governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News a Super Custom…
One civilian was killed and three others were wounded in a suicide bombing in southern Zabul province on Saturday, local officials said. Deputy police chiefGhulam Jilani Farahi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the explosion took place in Qalat,…
At least two children have been killed and three others wounded in a roadside bombing in southern Kandahar province, officials said Saturday. Governor’s spokesman , Samim Khpalwak told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in…
Five Afghan local police (ALP) personnel and four Taliban militants were killed during a clash in northern Faryab province on Wednesday, an official said. Maj. Nizamuddin Qaisari, the Qaisari district police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash…
The group attack on the American University of Afghanistan killed and wounded 58 people, mostly students, taking the casualty toll to 1,137 in 23 attacks in Kabul this year. A three-member suicide squad stormed the American University in…
Two civilians were killed and three others, including a woman and two children, were wounded in two separate blasts in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. The governor’s spokesman, Attuallah Ghogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Six members of a family, including two children, were killed in a roadside bombing in southern Ghazni province, while four others lost their lives in a similar incident in western Farah, officials said on Monday. Ghazni police…
