KABUL: A primary court of the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) has sentenced a foreign citizen to 20 years in jail on the charge of smuggling alcoholic beverages, an official said on Sunday. Ahmad Khalik Mowahid, a spokesman for CJTF,…
KABUL: Six insurgents were killed and some weapons and drugs seized during joint operations in different provinces over the past 24 hours, defence and interior ministries said on Saturday. Another four suspected militants were detained during operations conducted by Afghan…
HERAT: Three people were killed and a fourth wounded during a dispute over the distribution of orchard trees and water in the western Herat province, officials said on Thursday. The clash erupted on Wednesday night in the Zerkoh area of…
FARYAB: A senior district council official was killed along with four of his security guards in a roadside bombing in the Qaisar district of western Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday. Muhammad Sadd Hamid, the Qaisar district chief, told…
FARAH: Fifteen rebels were detained in western Farah province and two policemen were killed in southern Helmand, officials said on Tuesday. The suspects were arrested with 20 Kalashnikovs, a mortar shell, an artillery shell, two walkie-talkies and explosives by intelligence…
ISLAMABAD: Seven people were killed and 22 others wounded when a blast ripped through a public gathering organised by the ruling Awami National Party (ANP) in the northwestern city of Nowshera on Monday. The bomb attached to a motorbike exploded…
FARAH: A Taliban commander, who escaped from jail, was among five militants rearrested by a joint Afghan-international security force during an operation in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province, an official said on Monday. The operation was conducted…
LOGAR: Unidentified gunmen abducted the son of a Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of Parliament, member in central Logar province, officials said on Saturday. Khalid, the son of Haji Ali Mohammad, was kidnapped on Friday evening in the Padkhwab-i-Shana area…
KANDAHAR: More than a dozen militants and nine drug smugglers were arrested in different parts of southern Kandahar province over the past week, an official said on Thursday. The arrests came during police operations in Kandahar City, the provincial capital,…
KABUL, the alliance said on Wednesday. The deaths were announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that neither revealed the soldiers' nationalities nor the exact location of the incident. Mostly American and British troops are deployed to southern Afghanistan.…
HELMAND: The Taliban killed four people on charges of cooperating with the government in southern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday. The incident took place in the Shah Pusthi area of Washer district late on Monday, Daud Ahmadi, the governor’s…
HERAT: Two people, including a policeman, were shot dead and as many civilians injured by unidentified motorcyclists in the Shindand district of western Herat province, an official said on Monday. The incident happened in the Azizabad area late on Sunday…
HELMAND: Truckers accuse Afghan National Army (ANA)’s civilian employees with the 215th Maiwand Military Corps of seeking bribes from them. But an ANA official rejects the allegation as untrue. The 215th Maiwand Military Corps officials are stationed in the Washer…
BALKH: A former Jihadi commander was shot dead along with his brother by his foes in northern Balkh province on Saturday, police and residents said. Commander Mohammad Zahir was killed because of old enmity in the Sholgara district in the…
GHAZNI: Three members of a family were injured in an airstrike by foreign troops in the Deh Yak district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday. The incident took place in the Alikhel village on Wednesday evening, the…
KUNDUZ: Two people were killed and a woman injured during an airstrike by foreign troops in the Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province, an official said on Wednesday. International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopters hit the Aqtash area, killing two…
BALKH: A child was killed and six others were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in northern Balkh province, an official said on Tuesday. The overnight blast took place in the Baba Yagar area of the provincial capital, killing…
BADAKHSHAN: Avalanches killed four people and injured eight others in the rugged northeastern province of Badakhshan, an official said on Sunday. The first avalanche, triggered by days of snowfall, hit the Khonilar village of Raghistan district, killing three people, while…
FARAH: A 20-member rebel group has joined the peace process in western Farah province, an official said on Thursday. Led by Mullah Nooruddin, the fighters had been active in Bakwah, Bala Baluk and Gulistan districts, said Mohammad Ayubi, the provincial…
ISLAMABAD: Thirty-eight Taliban border, officials said on Wednesday. Pakistani aircraft pounded militant hideouts in the Saif Valley, Darang village and Shikan area of Kurram, killing 20 militants, including their commander Maulvi Moinuddin, a security official said on condition of anonymity.…
HERAT: Five people, suspected of involvement in kidnappings and militancy, were arrested with suicide vests in western Herat province on Tuesday, an official said. Security forces nabbed two militants and recovered a motorbike, two suicide jackets and explosives from then…
KABUL: Four militants and an Afghan soldier were killed in a series of operations in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, the interior ministry said on Monday. At least 28 insurgents and four policemen were wounded…
BADGHIS: Three Taliban insurgents and a local police commander were killed in separate incidents, officials said on Sunday. Another three fighters and four policemen were injured during a joint operation by Afghan National Army and local police in the Panirak…
BAMYAN: Amid contradictory claims, a young girl was found dead in her sister’s house in central Bamyan province, police said on Saturday. The 16-year-old, identified as Shakila, was found shot dead in the Zargaran village on the outskirts of Bamyan…
