The families of soldiers and Taliban fighters killed during the previous conflict have come for help to Pul-i-Alam, capital of central Logar province, and complain about poverty and say no one cared about them. They say that thousands…
President Ghani on Thursday lauded the sacrifices of some frontline officers and soldiers in telephonic conversations, the Presidential Palace said.
TALOQAN (Pajwhok): Four Afghan soldiers and a company commander have been killed and six others wounded in a Taliban attack on a security post in Darqad district of northern Takhar province, local officials said Sunday. A security official in Takhar…
KABUL earlier this week. Brandon Jay Kreischer of Ohio and Michael Isaiah Nance of Chicago died on Monday from combat-related wounds. CNN quoted Kandahar police as saying that an Afghan soldier had opened fire on the service members. Taliban spokesman…
At least three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and three Taliban insurgents have been killed in a Taliban attack in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Saturday. Governor Abdul Qadir Ashna told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban…
Local officials on Wednesday said five Afghan soldiers were killed by Taliban militants in Qaisar district of northwestern Faryab province. On the other hand, seven Taliban insurgents including a commander of the group were killed during an airstrike…
KABUL from Fort Knox in Kentucky at the end of the current month, a TV channel reported on Wednesday. The engineer soldiers will conduct route clearance operations in Afghanistan -- a mission characterised as dangerous. The soldiers, however, said they…
Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and a fourth wounded, and a Humvee vehicle seized by Taliban militants in the capital of northern Baghlan province, officials said Saturday. Maj. Mohammad Hanif Rezayee, spokesman to the…
KABUL, the Defence Ministry in Tbilisi says. In the second month of their tour of duty, the servicemen were involved in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission, a statement from the ministry said. Indentified as Papuna Khorava, Omar Beridze and Nugzar…
KABUL following a car bomb attack on a Danish convoy last week. To be stationed in Kabul next year, the soldiers will assist the 97 Danish soldiers already in Afghanistan protecting advisers traveling to and from the Afghan military academy,…
KABUL in line with President Donald Trump's new strategy, media reports said on Tuesday. Defense Secretary James Mattis told a news conference at the Pentagon he had signed the order to send more troops to the war-torn country at the…
At least 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed and as many others wounded in a Taliban attack in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Tuesday. Samim Khpalwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News,…
