Security brief

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

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

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,

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

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

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)

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

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,

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

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

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

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,