More than 70 insurgents, including 14 Daesh gunmen, have been killed and 34 others wounded in security operations across the country during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense said on Friday. A MoD statement said the…
Nearly 100 militants have been killed in various provinces during security operations over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense said on Friday. A MoD statement said 99 rebels were killed, 38 wounded and 15 suspects detained…
A hundred militants have been eliminated in security operations across the country over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) claimed on Sunday. The fighters were killed in Faryab, Kandahar, Ghazni, Nangarhar, Helmand, Maidan Wardak and…
Security officials on Tuesday announced killing 118 militants and wounding 77 others during a month of a clearing operation in eastern Nangarhar province. The operation was conducted in Khogyani, Haska Mena, Momand Dara and Ghanikhel districts, said Brig.…
Seven passengers were kidnapped by militants on the Farah-Herat highway in western Farah province on Saturday, an official said. Esmatullah, a passenger and eyewitness, said the Taliban stopped a passenger vehicle and took hostage seven people in…
More than 40 insurgents have been killed during security operations over the past 24 hours in various parts of the country, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Friday. The ground offensives, backed by artillery and air support,…
A dozen militants have been killed and six others wounded during security operations in various parts of the country in past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense said on Friday. A statement from the ministry said the operations…
At least 43 militants have suffered casualties during an ongoing operation in Jalriz district of central Madian Wardak province, officials said Thursday. Governor’s spokesman, Abdur Rahman Mangal, told Pajhwok Afghan News an operation codenamed, Khalid-96 was underway in…
A notorious commander was among nine Taliban militants killed during ongoing security operations in two districts of central Logar province, an official said on Tuesday. The governor’s spokesman, Salim Saleh, told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces had…
At least five militants have been killed or wounded during air operation in northern Sar-I-Pul province, officials said. Acting provincial police chief, Col. Ghulam Sakhi Nikpi told Pajhwok Afghan News foreign forces targeted militants in two areas of…
Nearly 60 militants have been killed and 34 others wounded during the past 14 hours in 13 provinces of the country, the Ministry of Defense said on Friday. In a statement, the ministry said the operations were carried…
At least 45 Taliban insurgents have been killed during an Afghan forces operation in central Uruzgan province, the provincial police chief said on Wednesday. Brig Gen. Rahmatullah Siddiqi told a press conference here the clearing operation codenamed “Khanjer-7”…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday said security forces killed 12 militants and injured another 13 during the past 24 hours. A MoD statement said joint military operations were carried out in Nangarhar, Kapsia, Paktia, Paktika, Ghazni,…
A dozen militants have been killed in various parts of the country during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said 21 clearing and planned operation and 28 airstrikes…
At least 140 militants have been killed and more than 50 wounded during joint and special offensives in eastern Nangarhar province last month. During the period, 132 individuals were also held in connection with different crimes, said Lt.…
Overnight clashes and a bomb blast left 20 insurgents and two security men dead in southern Helmand and southeastern Paktika provinces, officials said Monday. Seven insurgents were killed and four others wounded during a clash with Afghan Local…
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said the end of militants and terrorist groups was inevitable, but his government would keep the door to reconciliation open. The president said this while presiding over a meeting with top officials from…
Militants have laid siege to the centers of three districts -- Aqcha, Mardyan and Khaniqa--- in northern Jawzjan province, the governor said on Wednesday. Governor Lutfullah Azizi told reporters here that the three districts would fall to militants…
About 150 militants were either killed or wounded during operations over the past 24 hours in various parts of the country, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Friday. The operations, conducted in 13 provinces, included 18 clearing…
As many as 24 Daesh and two Taliban militants have been killed during clashes and operations in eastern Nangarhar province, the provincial government said on Friday. A statement from the media office of Nangarhar said clashes broke out…
Security forces, claiming to have inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban militants, on Thursday announced clearing 17 villages of the Shah Joy district of southern Zabul province of the rebels. The villages were cleared in the district during a…
