Local officials say that the police chief of fifth police district of Gardiz city, the capital of southeatern Paktia province has been killed during a clash with the Taliban. Provincial police spokesman, Hayatullah Nizami told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Local officials say that Afghan forces recaptured Khanabad district of northeastern Kunduz province from the Taliban and a clearing operation was currently underway in the area. A number of provincial council members of Kunduz and Taliban on…
Hundreds of residents and drivers on Monday blocked the road connecting Zazai Maidan district with provincial capital Khost City in southeastern Khost province, demanding security on the route/ The protesting said 10 people of the Zazai Maidan…
Local officials on Thursday said Taliban insurgents had captured the Almar district in northern Faryab province, with 30 security personnel missing, but the defense and interior ministries rejected the claims.
A district police chief has been killed and four policemen have wounded in a Taliban attack in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Thursday. A security official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News a…
A district police chief has been killed and four policemen have wounded in a Taliban attack in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Thursday. A security official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News a…
Local officials said Hajj Zarghom district of western Herat province was killed in an armed attack on Sunday. Governor’s spokesman, Jailani Farhad told Pajhwok Afghan News that Abdul Rahim Ahmadi, head of Hajj and Islamic Affairs of…
Heavy fighting underway between security forces and the Taliban in the Zari district of northern Balkh province since Monday night, officials acknowledged on Tuesday. The Taliban claimed overrunning the district but government refuted the Taliban’s claims. Afzal Hadid,…
KABUL militants. According to reports Khwaja Omari district was lost to the insurgents about a year back when the district chief, Ali Shamsdost and nine policemen were killed. The Ministry of Defense and Ghazni governor’s house said the district’s center…
Residents of Maruf district of southern Kandahar province say they have long been deprived of access to education and telecom services. They say the situation worsened after the Taliban attacked the district headquarters and the government then…
KABUL insurgents have been killed as a result of clash in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Tuesday. Hyatullah Hayat, district’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the militants stormed the district at 11pm on Monday night. He…
The administrative chief for Kahsan district of western Herat province was killed along with two other people in an explosion inside his office on Saturday, an official said. Govenror’s spokesman, Jailani Farhad, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
The Taliban militants have seized all roads leading to the Azra district in central Logar province over the past three days in order to capture the district headquarters, an official said on Monday. The Azra district administrative, Hamidullah…
Taliban militants have launched a coordinated attack on the center of Chenarto district of central Uruzgan province, causing casualties on both sides, officials said Saturday. Provincial police chief, Col. Mohammad Maruf Ahmadzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban…
Eight security personnel were killed as the Taliban once again captured the Kohistan district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Tahir Rahmani, the provincial council chief, said Kohistan fell into the hands of Taliban…
Six policemen have been killed in a Taliban attack in Nawa district of southern Helmand province, officials said Thursday. The district police chief, Capt. Amanullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants stormed a police post in Chahar…
The police chief for the Aab-i-Kamari district has been killed along with a bodyguard as a result of a clash in northern Badghis province, an official said on Monday. An official of the police headquarters, Abdul Hamid, told…
KABUL, including the group’s shadow administrative chief for the Chak district of central Maidan Wardak province, have been killed in a foreign forces airstrike, an official said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Naqibullah Amini told Pajhwok Afghan News Mualvi Abdul Razeq…
The Tala wa Barfak district of northern Baghlan province has been overrun by the Taliban, who also captured the Khawaja Ghar town of Takhar province, residents and officials said on Thursday. A former jihadi commander from Tala wa…
