Security brief

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

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.

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

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

BALKH: A child was killed and six others were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in northern Balkh province, an official said on Tuesday.   

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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