A coffin seller in Kabul says his income has risen as result of growing demand for funerary boxes for victims of suicide attacks and explosions in the city, but he never feels happy. Abdul Shakoor, 60, inherited the…
At least 15 Taliban insurgents have been killed and eight others wounded during a clash in the Garmser district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan New the…
Two children were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IEC) blast in eastern Kunar province while a policeman lost his life in a clash in southern Kanadahar province, officials said on Saturday. Kunar police chief, Brig. Gen.…
Two civilians have been killed and five people, including security personnel, wounded during a clash in the Zazai Aryub district of southeastern Paktia province, officials said on Saturday. Zazai Aryub police chief, Mamoor Hassan, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL militants have suffered casualties during air and ground operations in different areas of eastern Nangarhar province, officials claimed on Sunday. The governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the operations were conducted in Khogyani, Ghanikhel and Kot districts…
At least six policemen have been killed and nearly a dozen others wounded during a clash with militants in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Capt. Mohammad Ismail Khpalwak, the district police…
At least four policemen have been killed and 10 others wounded during a clash in southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday. Police suffered the casualties on Saturday night when the insurgents stormed a number of check-posts…
Five policemen have been killed and three others wounded in separate incidents in western Farah and eastern Laghman provinces, officials said on Thursday. Two border policemen were killed and three others injured in a roadside bombing on…
At least 150 militants including Taliban and Islamic State fighters have been killed and wounded during a series of operations in various districts of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Nasim Sangin, the 201…
KANDAHAR CITY (Pahjwok): Five insurgents were killed and nine others wounded during a clash with security forces in the Shah Wali Kot district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Sunday. In Maiwand district of the province, five civilians…
Officials on Saturday said nearly 1,000 people, a majority of them militants, have been killed and wounded in violence related incidents during the past one year in the mountainous eastern province of Kunar. The dead included 250 militants,…
More than 700 civilians have suffered casualties in the past one year in southern Helmand province, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said on Thursday. AIHRC official Mohammad Bilal Siddiqui told a press conference here insecurity had…
A strong earthquake rattled parts of Afghanistan, injuring a dozen of people in Nangarhar and damaging 280 houses in Badakhshan, officials said on Saturday. The 6.3 magnitude quake, with its epicenter in the Ishkashim district of northeastern Badakhshan…
KABUL announced on Thursday. Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said the four days of clashes in Kunduz City had resulted in the death of 40 people and injuries to another 340. A day earlier, Public Health Minister told a…
At least 138 militants have been killed and wounded during fierce fighting in the Musa Kala district of southern Helmand province, the spokesman of the 215th Maiwand Military Corps said. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rasool Zazai told Pajhwok…
At least 14 militants were killed and nine others wounded in southern Kandahar and central Maidan provinces in different security incidents, officials said on Saturday. Samim Khpalwak, the spokesman for Kandahar province, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
At least 15 insurgents, five policemen and a civilian have been killed in Poshtrod district of western Farah province, an official said on Sunday. Ghausuddin, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News hundreds of Taliban fighters stormed local…
Six insurgents were killed and 10 others wounded in different security incidents in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Saturday. One rebel was killed and another wounded during a clash with security forces in the…
Seven civilians, including women and children, were killed and three others wounded as a result of roadside bombing in Narai district of eastern Kunar province on Sunday. Abdul Ghani Musamim, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
A post commander was among three policemen killed in an overnight roadside bombing in southern Helmand province, where four insurgents had been arrested, officials said on Wednesday. The roadside bomb struck a police vehicle patrolling in the Baba…
An Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander and a member were killed and four others wounded as a result of infighting in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Tuesday. Kandahar governor’s spokesman Samim Khpalwak told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
At least 34 militants and six Afghan security personnel have been killed and score wounded on both sides in direct clashes and blasts in different parts of the country, officials said on Wednesday. Col. Nauman Hatif, spokesman for…
Five civilians and six militants have been killed in separate security incidents in southern Helmand and Paktika provinces, officials said Thursday. Helmand governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News four civilians were killed when the car they…
Three policemen were killed and two others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in the Obe district of western Herat province on Tuesday, an official said. The incident occurred in Sadri area at 10:00am when the remote…
