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…
Reacting to US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s recent remarks that no American soldier was killed in almost a year in Afghanistan, the Presidential Palace on Sunday said the Taliban were now fighting against the Afghan government and…
At least seven rebels have been killed during a clash between Taliban and Daesh, or so-called Islamic State (IS), militants in the Qush Tepa district of northwestern Jawzjan province, an official said on Sunday. The firefight erupted after…
Local officials on Saturday said heavy casualties had been inflicted on militants in counterattacks in the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province, while the Taliban claimed capturing the town. Nangarhar police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan…
A firefight in in the capital of southern Kandahar province ended with the killing of two attackers and injuries to as many policemen, an official said. Two attackers entered the 17th police checkpoint around 7pm and engaged…
At least 28 Taliban, including six foreigners, have been killed during clashes in some villages of the Yamgan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Saturday. The insurgents suffered the losses during overnight clashes in Oshangan,…
At least 110 militants have been killed and several others wounded during ongoing clashes between Taliban and Islamic State (IS) -- also known as Daesh -- in southern Zabul province, local officials said on Monday. Gunbattles between supporters…
Hundreds of militants from western Ghor and northern Sar-i-Pul provinces attacked security forces in Faryab, ith dozens of assailants killed and and wounded in the ensuing firefight, an official claimed on Friday. Abdul Razzaq, the Grezwal district chief,…
