Twenty-four commando forces have been killed and scores of others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants in Ab Kamari district of northern Badghis province, a public representative said on Tuesday. Wali Shah Naibzadah, a senator from Badghis…
The Taliban have claimed inflicting heavy casualties on security forces in central Maidan Wardak province but local officials say they were unaware of the development. The Taliban claimed killing 23 security personnel and capturing four security check-posts in…
A child was killed and a civilian among five uprising members were wounded in a bomb blast in Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, officials said. The early morning explosion occurred outside a sufi shrine in…
A mother and her eight months old daughter were killed and three others injured on Monday when the roof of a house collapsed in Jalalabad, an official said. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Taliban have kidnapped the population registration head for the Chahar Bolak district of northern Balkh province, an official said on Monday. Police spokesman Adil Shah Adil told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in the Alamkhel village of…
Seventy percent area in the Nazyan district of eastern Nangarhar province has been cleared of the Daesh rebels during joint military operation, a statement from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Sunday. “Daesh insurgents would be…
Spymaster Mohammad Masoum Stanikzai said on Monday the killer of Kandahar police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq had been appointed as the governor’s security guard with fake National ID card and personal guarantee. Gen. Raziq and provincial National…
Thirty-three Taliban militants have been killed and 16 others wounded during clearing operations by joint security forces in the Khak-i-Safaid district of western Farah province, an official said on Monday. Muhibullah Muhib, the governor spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Five people including three civilians have been killed in separate incidents in western Farah and northern Parwan provinces, officials said on Wednesday. In Farah, three civilians, including two women ambush in the Kansak village. Local Police Commander…
KABUL militants in Sarobi district of capital Kabul, an official said on Wednesday. Hashmatullah Stanekzai, the spokesman for 101 Asmai Police Zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News insurgents stormed security check-posts in Naghlo locality of the district late on Tuesday night.…
Five public order policemen and six Taliban militants have been killed during a clash in Balabuluk district of western Farah province, an official said on Tuesday. Nasir Mehri, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants…
The man who killed 10 individuals, most of them members of the same family, in Kabul has recently been released from prison, police said on Saturday. Col. Ghulam Sakhi, the 15th police district chief in Kabul, told Pajhwok…
The Afghan Consulate General in Istanbul has said it has tasked a committee with analyzing Sunday’s night incident in which a group of people attacked an Afghan migrant. The incident in Istanbul’s Fatih district on May 15 took…
At least two Taliban militants have been killed and two others wounded in a clash with security forces in the Rabat locality of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Tuesday. Amir Shah Nayab, the provincial police chief,…
Four civilians were killed and seven others wounded as a result of a roadside bombing in the Khak-i-Jabbar district of Kabul on Friday, an official said. The incident took place at around 1pm when a vehicle-- coming from…
Six security officials of central Maidan Wardak province were found demonstrating negligence in the tragic Jalrez incident. Mohammad Yousuf Pashtoon, the president’s advisor and member of the investigative team, told reporters that Jalrez massacre was not an incident…
Hundreds of residents on Sunday held candlelight vigil for victims of blast that rocked Shah Shaheed locality of capital Kabul. A suicide bomber smashed his explosive-laden vehicle into the building of National Directorate of Security (NDS) office close…
The Afghanistan Ulema Council (AUC), condemning suicide the bombing in the Shah Shaheed locality of Kabul, said on Sunday the carnage was inhuman and against the teachings of any religion. In statement, the AUC said the bombing was…
