Five policemen were injured on Saturday when a suicide bomber on foot targeted a police convoy in the bazaar of Greshk district of southern Helmand province, an official said. The blast took place at around 2:30pm when the…
A suicide attacker detonated his explosives at a police checkpoint in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, killing one policeman and injuring another. The bombing took place in Soor Baghal area of the district…
A former governor on Monday escaped unhurt in a suicide attack on his residence near the Russian Embassy in central capital Kabul, Interior Ministry officials said, as a gun-battle that followed the blast on Darul Aman road continued.…
Sixteen people were killed and another 44 wounded in Sunday’s bomb explosion that ripped through a huge crowd watching a volleyball match in southeastern Paktika province, residents and officials said on Monday. Eyewitnesses said the blast took place…
KABUL (UNAMA) and Resolute Support mission, on Sunday categorically condemned the suicide attack in capital Kabul the other day, which left several persons dead and wounded. At least 14 people were killed, including three non-military contractors of the Resolute Support…
At least one person was killed and 23 other wounded when a suicide bomber targeted the Afghan Local Police (ALP) vehicle on Thursday in the Mohammad Agha district in central Lugar province, an official said. Capt. Matiullah Sadiq…
Three persons, including two heavily armed suicide bombers wearing Afghan Local Police (ALP) uniform, have been killed and 11 policemen wounded late Sunday in the night-long gunbattle when militants entered a police building in the capital of southern…
Security officials detained a group of militants in eastern Laghman province, thwarting a looming terror bid, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Sunday. In a statement, the NDS said that Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National…
The governor office in the southeastern Khost province on Saturday demanded the central government to send a high-powered body to thoroughly investigate the latest suicide attack in the province. The death toll into the attack on Thursday…
A car suicide attack wounded two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Sayedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province on Tuesday, the governor's spokesman said. Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in…
A would-be suicide bomber surrendered to border police in the Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, an official said. The bomber had been tasked with conducting a suicide attack at the Behsud or Kama bridge, border…
KABUL second after Iraq on the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) list. The report said Iraq was the country hit hardest by terrorism, with 2,492 attacks that killed more than 6,300 people. It was followed by Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Nigeria…
The suicide attack that killed the Afghan Local Police chief for central Logar province inside the police headquarters on Monday was carried out by a rogue ALP member, officials said. ALP Logar chief Sabz Ali was among seven…
Three police trainers were killed and a fourth wounded on Monday when a suicide bomber on a bike attacked their pick-up vehicle in eastern Nangarhar province near the Pakistani border, an official said. The trainers were travelling in…
A would-be suicide bomber was blown up by his own explosives before reaching his target in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, an official said. The incident took place around 7am when a motorcycle suicide bomber planned to target…
At least seven people, including six prosecutors, were killed on Monday when a group of suicide attackers stormed the court of appeal in northern Kunduz province, exchanging gunfire with security forces for hours. Initially, eyewitness told Pajhwok…
One person was killed in a suicide attack in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province while five Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel and 17 militants lost their lives in separate security incidents, an official said on Sunday. One…
Nine people were killed in a suicide car bombing targetting a security convoy in southern Helmand province on Saturday, an official said. A convoy of the Afghan National Army and Public Order Police came under attack in Greshk…
A woman was killed and seven other people sustained injuries on Monday morning when a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a health clinic in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. The incident took place in…
At least four Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel were killed and eight others wounded in a fresh suicide attack in the capital Kabul on Thursday morning, an official said. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said three ANA officials…
Five policemen were killed in a suicide bomb attack in southern Kandahar province, where the militants hanged a civilian, on Wednesday, an official said. The car bomber attacked a Public Order Police convoy in the Lashkargah Square…
At least seven security personnel were killed and more than 20 others wounded in two separate suicide attacks in Kabul on Wednesday, a day after the signing of a security pact with the United States. Brig. Gen. Humayun…
At least 16 people, including eight attackers, were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a coordinated attack on the Zurmat district headquarters in southern Paktia province on Monday, an official said. Police spokesman Azimullah told Pajhwok…
Taliban insurgents detonated two powerful truck bombs outside the National Directorate of Security (NDS) office and a police station in southern Ghazni province on Thursday, killing 14 security personnel, including civilians, and 19 attackers while injuring 154…
