Security brief

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

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

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

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

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.  

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

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

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

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,

NANGARHAR: Police impounded 225 unregistered vehicles and seized 50 unlicenced arms in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, officials said.    Over the past 24 hours,

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

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