KABUL insurgents were killed and two security personnel injured during an ongoing clash that erupted last night in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province, the governor said on Tuesday. Jawzjan Governor Mualvi Lotfullah Azizi said the government forces came under…
Local officials in southern Helmand province on Monday called for immediately sending reinforcements to Nawa district amid heavy clashes about half a kilometer away from the district headquarters. Nawa district chief Agha Mohammad Takra told Pajhwok Afghan News…
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…
The Kunduz-Takhar highway has been closed in the Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province as clashes between security forces and Taliban insurgents continued in the district on Friday. The Khanabad district administrative head, Hayatullah Amiri, told Pajhwok…
The police chief for Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province was injured during a clash with Taliban insurgents who lost a dozen fighters to the overnight battle, an official said on Wednesday. Another 15 insurgents were wounded…
Provincial council members and residents on Sunday expressed concern over the deteriorating security in northern Kunduz province, saying clashes between Taliban and Afghan forces had once again reached the provincial capital’s entry gates. Kunduz provincial council head, Amruddin…
At least 11 Taliban fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in Qarabagh and Deh Yak districts of southern Ghazni province, officials said on Wednesday Taliban stormed Afghan forces’ checkpoints in Deh Yak district of…
Seven militants and one policeman were killed during a clash in southeastern Paktia province, police said on Monday. Deputy police chief Col. Nisar Ahmad Abdulrahimzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants ambushed a security forces convoy in…
Clashes between security forces and Taliban militants have been ongoing near the provincial capital of northern Kunduz province, soldiers on the frontline said on Wednesday. The frontline soldiers and police claimed they were yet to get any assistance…
Two dozen militants have been killed in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, officials said on Wednesday. On the other hand, the Taliban claimed inflicting casualties on the security forces in a string of clashes. Cap. Ahmad…
Taliban militants continued their attacks on the Doab district of eastern Nuristan province for a fifth day on Wednesday, the governor said. Hafiz Abdul Qayum told Pajhwok more than 450 militants from several districts of Laghman and Nuristan…
At least 21 militants have been killed during clashes with security forces in northern Sar-i-Pul province, the governor said on Wednesday. Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents launched attacks security posts near the provincial capital,…
Key Taliban Tash Mohammad has been killed, six others including four Uzbek rebels wounded and several villages have been cleared of militants during security force operation in Qosh Tapa district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on…
KABUL militants and one policeman have been killed during separate incidents of violence in central Kabul and northern Farah provinces, officials said on Sunday. The eight rebels were killed in a ground and air operation by security forces in Qarabagh…
At least 41 Taliban militants and 16 security forces suffered causalities in clashes during the past 24 hours in Sancharak district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, the governor said on Sunday. Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told Pajhwok Afghan News Taliban…
Afghan security forces, fighting against militants in southern Helmand province, complain they are not compensated and even their simple problems are assigned to the backyard. These security forces have been fighting against the insurgents in Babaji and Chah…
The Qala-i-Zal district of northern Kunduz province has been recaptured from Taliban, as heavy clashes continue in Aqtapa area, local security officials said on Thursday. Police chief, Brig. Gen. Qasim Jangalbagh, told Pajhwok Afghan News district centre…
Two security forces and 18 militants have been killed in separate clashes in parts of the country in past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Friday. Forteen rebels had been killed in Giro and Andar…
At least a dozen people, including two women, were killed and another 18 people were wounded after clashes erupted between gunmen loyal to Jamiat-i-Isami and Junbish-i-Isami parties in the Almar district of northwestern Faryab province, officials said on…
Twenty-one Taliban fighters and five policemen have been killed during two separate clashes in western Farah province, an official said on Thursday. Two Public Order Police officials were killed and another three wound during a Taliban attack…
At least nine Taliban and seven policemen have been killed during an ongoing clash in central Uruzgan province, officials said on Sunday. The clash erupted between the militants and police on Saturday night in Charchino district, the town’s…
Thousands of families have been displaced as a result of ongoing clashes between security forces and insurgents in Dehrawud district of central Uruzgan province. Both the warring sides have suffered casualties during two months of the clashes. “Security…
Local security officials on Saturday said intense fighting between the Taliban and Afghan forces was ongoing in the Dand-i-Shahabuddin area of northern Baghlan province. Deputy police chief for the province, Col. Abdur Rashid Bashir, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 22 militants have killed during clearing operations in 10 provinces of the country, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Friday. The joint anti-rebels offensives had been conducted in different parts…
