Seven Taliban militants have been killed and 10 others wounded in an ongoing operation in southern Uruzgan province, the provincial police chief said on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farooq Sangari told a press conference here that one security…
Expressing deep love for their homeland, security personnel marked the ‘national soldier day’ on Monday and urged the government to address their problems. The day named “national day of renewing support for security forces” coincided with the 9th…
Expressing deep love for their homeland, security personnel marked the ‘national soldier day’ on Monday and urged the government to address their problems. The day named “national day of renewing support for security forces” coincided with the 9th…
Six security personnel, including three policemen, have surrendered to the Taliban in the Khwaja Sabzposh district of northwestern Faryab province, a well-placed source revealed on Tuesday. An official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News. “Led…
Afghan forces and Taliban militants clashed overnight in the capital of southern Helmand province, with each side claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rassoul Zazai, spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, told…
KABUL has been a victim of war over foreign interests and due to its strategic location, asking the security forces to change their tactics. National Directorate of Security (NDS, lower house of parliament, on the current security situation. Defence MinisterLt.…
Seven females were among 317 officers graduated on Thursday from the Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim Defence University’s officers academy in Kabul. Their graduation ceremony was attended by Defence Minister Abdullah Habibi, other Ministry of Defence officials and ambassadors…
At least 33 villages in Almar and Qaisar districts of western Faryab province were cleared of insurgents and 70 public uprising members rescued after being besieged for 10 days during a newly-launched operation by security forces, the governor…
Military officials say a general campaign to recruit the youth in five northern provinces to swell the ranks of Afghan National Army and police has been launched. Sarwar Hussaini, 707 Pamir zone police spokesman, told a press conference…
Dozens of tribal elders on Thursday attended a gathering announcing their support for the Afghan security forces, as elsewhere 100 policemen completed training in southern Zabul province, officials said. The elders from Shegal and Shultan districts of Kunar…
Security officials in northern Faryab province on Thursday said around 800 security personnel who were surrounded by Taliban insurgents in Ghormach district had been rescued. Col. Mohammad Reza Rezaee, the 209th Shaheen Corps first division spokesman, told Pajhwok…
KABUL activists on Tuesday lashed out at President Ashraf Ghani for what they called “symbolic appreciation” of some security officials, saying soldiers fighting against the enemy on the frontline were not appreciated. Last week, President Ghani travelled to northern Kunduz…
A security meeting on Tuesday observed that northern Jawzjan province was struggling with shortage of military gear and personnel. The meeting between a delegation of the Interior Ministry and local officials took place in Shiberghan, the provincial capital.…
Security officials on Tuesday claimed insurgents suffered heavy casualties during a series of operations and clashes in various parts of the country. Last night, three militants were killed in a NATO drone strike in the Shegal district of…
At least 67 Taliban insurgents and six others Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed and injured in anti-militants offensive in the Kohistanat district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Sunday. The operation codenamed Shamshir –Do (Sword-2)…
