KABUL (PAN): NATO officials on Monday said signing the proposed security agreement between Afghanistan and the US was a mutual contact between the two countries and the alliance would welcome and support it. Christopher Chambers, NATO senior civilian representative spokesman,…
KABUL): Eleven militants and two Afghan Local Policemen (ALP) members were killed in separate clashes and a roadside bombing, officials said on Monday. Eight insurgents and two local policemen were killed during an overnight clash that was triggered by a…
KABUL) Four rockets were fired into the heavily-fortified Afghan capital Kabul early on Tuesday morning, killing one civilian and injuring three others riding in a station wagon, police said. Gen. Mohammad Zahir, chief of criminal investigation for Kabul police, said…
BALKH: A 24-years-old man’s body was found in a school in northern Balkh province, an official said on Thursday. The body was recovered on Thursday morning from the Nawbahar School in the Balkh district, Sherjan Durrani, the police spokesman, told…
HELMAND: A Taliban intelligence agent operating in the Kajaki district was among four suspects arrested in southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. A National Directorate of Security (NDS Abdul Hameed, the Taliban spy, and three other militants were…
BADAKHSHAN: Four border policemen were killed and a fifth injured during a clash with Taliban insurgents in the Wardoj district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday. The rebels attacked a police post in the Tirgaran village late…
BAMYAN: A huge amount of cash was stolen from two moneychangers in central Bamyan province, police and locals said on Monday. The thefts happened late on Sunday night in Bamyan City, moneychanger Ateequllah told Pajhwok Afghan News. He said: “This…
FARAH: A former district intelligence officer, who was released from jail 10 days ago, was found dead in the capital of western Farah province, officials said on Sunday. Mohammad Arif was beheaded by unidentified men on Saturday night and his…
GHAZNI: Security forces discovered the dead bodies of two children, their faces badly disfigured with acid, in the southern province of Ghazni, officials said on Saturday. Deputy Governor Mohammad Ali Ahmadzai said the Afghan National Army (ANA) found the bodies…
HERAT: Two security officials were killed and a third injured as result of a roadside bombing in western Herat province on Sunday. The explosion took place in the Shindand district, where a police vehicle struck the bomb, police spokesman, Col.…
BADGHIS: Kidnappers released three kidnapped engineers with the statistics department in northwestern Badghis province, 10 days after they were abducted from the Maqur district, an official said on Saturday. The engineers and their driver went missing in the Babi area…
ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber armed with explosives-laden belt killed a senior police officer and wounded his four colleagues in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday. The brazen attack was executed at about 9 am when the bomber detonated his…
BAGHLAN: A female teacher was brutally knifed to death by her brother in the northern province of Baghlan, official said on Wednesday. Sima, a teacher at the Nawi Baghlan-i-Markazi Girls High School, was killed by her brother on Tuesday night…
HERAT/KUNDUZ: Five rebels were arrested in western Herat province, while 20 artillery shells and explosives seized in northern Kunduz province, officials said on Tuesday. Three people along with as many AK-47 assault rifles and a rocket launcher were apprehended…
LAGHMAN: An Afghan Provincial Reconstruction) employee was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Monday. The shooting happened in Ali Shang on the outskirts of Mehtarlam late on Sunday night, Col. Mohammad Daud Barakzai,…
BAGHLAN: Two men carrying weapons and drugs were arrested in separate operations in northern Baghlan province, where previously 40 smugglers with more than 500 kilograms of drugs were held in the outgoing solar year, an official said on Sunday. Police…
BADGHIS: A school in Ishaqzai area was completely destroyed after unidentified gunmen torched the building on Friday night, said an official. Abdul Ghani Baber, deputy governor, said the blaze damaged all equipment and books inside the school, and police had…
BADAKHSHAN: Three suspected insurgents were arrested with explosives and suicide jackets during an operation by foreign troops in Faizabad, the capital of northern Badakhshan province, officials said on Thursday. The operation was conducted on the house of Abdul Ghafor in…
NANGARHAR: Police impounded 225 unregistered vehicles and seized 50 unlicenced arms in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, officials said. Over the past 24 hours, 11 individuals had been detained for carrying 50 different kinds of weapons, including AK-47s and…
BADGHIS: Ten Taliban fighters were killed and another 13 wounded during an operation by Afghan National Army (ANA) troops in the Bala Murghab district of northwestern Badghis province on Tuesday, police said. The operation in the Sakhri area was still…
KABUL: Four insurgents and as many Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and five rebels arrested during operations in different provinces over the past 24 hours, defence and interior ministries said on Monday. The operations were conducted by Afghan…
