A suicide car bomber struck a police vehicle in the Ghanikhel district of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, killing two policemen, an official said. A third policeman and a civilian were injured when the attacker rammed his explosives-laden…
Five gunmen planning to attack the Independence Day ceremony were arrested by police in Kabul on Monday, the spy service said. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the gunmen were arrested with an explosives-laden Corolla car and…
A suicide bomber mounted an attack on a convoy of the NATO-led coalition forces in eastern Nangarhar province, leaving two children wounded, an official said Sunday. The incident took place late Saturday evening when the suicide bomber detonated…
Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were wounded in a suicide attack followed by gunfire in the Injil district of western Herat province on Monday, an official said. Herat police chief, Brig. Gen. Samiullah Qatra, told Pajhwok…
Three suspected suicide bombers were killed during a police raid in the Shar-i-Safa district of southern Zabul province on Monday, an official said. Following a tip-off, the attackers were traced on their way from Zabul to Kandahar, police…
A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives inside a central mosque in western Herat province but caused no casualties, an official said Saturday. Provincial Police Spokesman Abdul Raouf Ahmadi told Pajhwok Afghan News the suicide bomber took…
A suicide bomber was killed by his own explosives before he could reach his target in southern Zabul province on Sunday, an official said. Deputy police chief, Ghulam Jilani Farahi, said the incident took place at around 12:00…
Four suicide bombers and three policemen were killed as a result of a fierce battle in southern Kandahar province, officials said. A day earlier, security forces surrounded the house in Kandahar City, the provincial capital, where the…
Three Afghan Local Police (ALP) members were killed and two others wounded in a suicide attack in the Gilan district of southern Ghazni province on Thursday, the governor’s spokesman said. Shafiq Nang told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Sixteen Taliban fighters were killed on Tuesday when the suicide vest they were making exploded in the Gilan district of southern Ghazni province, security officials said. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) -- the Afghan spy…
Fifteen militants have been killed and another 15 injured during separate incidents that left one policeman dead in various provinces over the past 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. A would-be suicide bomber was arrested in the capital…
Two Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel were wounded in a suicide attack in the Pusht-i-Rod district of western Farah province on Monday, an official said. The car bomber targeted a convoy of Rural Development Department officials in…
The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the spy service, on Saturday claimed foiling a string of possible suicide and terror attacks in southern Helmand province. In a statement, the NDS said its agents had seized an explosives-laden vehicle…
A bomb blast left three students dead and as many injured in the Marjah district of southern Helmand province, official said Tuesday. Dr. Shafiq Solhamal, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion occurred in a parked…
A female suicide bomber was shot dead by police before she could detonate her explosives in southeastern Khost province, the Ministry of Interior said on Thursday. The ministry said in a statement the incident took place in…
Four security personnel were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack in the Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province, officials said. Elsewhere in the province, 21 insurgents including four regional Taliban commanders were killed during airstrikes and…
Four people were killed and 22 others injured during a Taliban suicide attack on a Ministry of Defence bus in the central capital Kabul on Sunday morning, officials said. The bombing took place in the Market area of…
At least 22 people were killed and 38 others wounded on Sunday when a remotely controlled bomb ripped through a convoy comprising security forces and private vehicles in Pakistan’s northwestern town of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials…
JALALABAD (PAN): Three intelligence operatives were injured in a suicide attack in the Torkham border town of eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday morning, an official said. The bomber was on foot and detonated his explosive vest in front of the…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): At least 25 civilians and four American troops sustained injuries when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of foreign forces in a bazaar in southern Kandahar province on Thursday, officials said. The convoy of American troops was…
ASADABAD (PAN): Police on Sunday claimed arresting a person, who allegedly abetted and incited youngsters and mentored them for carrying out suicide attacks, in eastern Kunar province. Kunar police chief, Col. Abdul Habib Syedkheli, said the border police detained the…
KABUL, the Afghan spy service said on Thursday. Without giving details, a National Directorate of Security (NDS Ahmad Jan, an organiser of bloody suicide attacks in the capital. According to the source, Jan had claimed responsibility for attacks on…
KABUL (PAN): At least 13 people were killed, 29 others wounded, 17 cars and 18 shops were ruined on Saturday afternoon when a powerful explosion rocked the Polytechnic area of Kabul, the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday. In a…
