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1 dead in Paktika suicide attack

SHARAN (PAN): One civilian was killed and seven others were wounded in a suicide bombing in the Sarobi district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said. Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Dawlat Khan Zadran told Pajhwok Afghan News a shopkeeper…

Suicide blast rocks Khost City

KHOST CITY (PAN’s northwestern tribal region of Kurram, on Thursday. The bomber blew himself up in the Faiz Mohammad Khan Square of Khost City at about 10am, a security official told Pajhwok Afghan News. Rescuers rushed were at the site…

Would-be bomber shot dead in Kandahar

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN on Saturday, an official said. Border police positively identified the bomber and shot him dead at 12.15pm, the governor’s spokesman Javed Faisal told Pajhwok Afghan News.  Police fired at the militant after he ignored warnings to stop,…

Ex-district chief killed in suicide attack

SHARAN (PAN): Three civilians were killed and seven others, including two policemen, wounded in a suicide attack in the Janikhel district bazaar in southeastern Paktika province on Sunday, officials said. Former Janikhel district chief, Ihsanullah Sadat, who quit his job…

5 foreigners dead in Kalat suicide attack

KALAT (PAN): Five foreigners, including three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers were killed on Saturday in a suicide attack targeting the governor of southern Zabul province, officials said. The governor escaped unhurt in a suicide attack in this provincial…

8 bombers, 5 police killed in Jalalabad attack (video)

JALALABAD (PAN): More than a dozen people were killed on Tuesday when a group of suicide bombers stormed the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) headquarters in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. Eight suicide bombers and five police personnel were killed in…

Would-be suicide bomber detained

KABUL): A would-be suicide bomber was detained by security personnel before he could reach his target in the central province of Maidan Wardak, an official said on Tuesday. The 20-year-old, Fazal Karim, was detained late on Monday in the Milikhel…

Kunduz suicide attack: 8 suspects held (video)

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): As victims of a Wednesday's  suicide attack were laid to rest in northern Kunduz province, police on Thursday said eight suspects had been detained in connection with the blast that also killed family members of the Wolesi Jirga speaker.…

9 dead, 10 injured in Kabul suicide blast (video)

KABUL (PAN): A suicide bomber exploded his explosives-packed motorbike at the entrance of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the heavily fortified Kabul city on Saturday, killing at least nine people, including military officials and civilians, an official said. At…

5 police killed in Paktika attack

SHARAN (PAN): A group of suicide bombers attacked the Gayan district centre in southeastern Paktika province on Tuesday morning, killing five policemen, a senior official said. Following a car bombing, the assailants forced their way into the district headquarters, the…

Suicide attack foiled in Kandahar

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A suicide attack on the 205th Atal Military Corps headquarters was foiled in southern Helmand province on Saturday, an official said. The incident took place around 11am, Corps Commander Brig. Gen. Syed Waqif Shah told Pajhwok Afghan…

Would-be bomber shot dead in Kabul

KABUL (PAN): A would-be suicide bomber was shot dead before reaching his target in the heavily-fortified central capital of Kabul on Sunday morning, an official said. The shooting came hard on the heels of separate suicide car bomings that killed…

8 killed as 9-hour Kabul clash ends (Video)

KABUL (PAN): Three policemen and five attackers were killed and a dozen others wounded during a nine-hour clash that erupted as a group of suicide bombers stormed the Kabul traffic police headquarters on Monday morning, officials said. Five Taliban militants…

5 suicide bombers killed in Kabul attack (Video)

KABUL (PAN): Five suicide bombers were killed in a brazen attack and gunfire in front of the Afghan intelligence service, known as the National Directorate of Security (NDS), in Kabul on Wednesday afternoon. One of the Taliban bombers detonated his…

7 killed in suicide attack on NDS office

KABUL) agent were killed and 17 civilians wounded in a brazen attack and gunfire in front of the Afghan intelligence service office in Kabul on Wednesday afternoon. One of the Taliban bombers detonated his explosives-laden car in front of the…

1 killed, 15 injured in Pul-i-Charkhi blast (Video)

KABUL (PAN): One person was killed and 15 others were wounded on Monday when a bomb exploded near a foreign company in Pul-i-Charkhi area on the eastern outskirts of Kabul, officials said. The explosion occurred at 10:45am when an explosives-laden…

Senate blames Pakistan for attack on Afghan spy chief

KABUL’s Inter- Services Intelligence for the assassination plot. The intelligence chief was badly wounded in a suicide attack on Thursday afternoon at his guest house in the Taimany locality of Kabul, after a man posing as a Taliban messenger approached…

MPs accuse Pakistan of orchestrating Khalid assassination attempt

KABUL of orchestrating the failed assassination attempt on the Afghan intelligence chief Asadullah Khalid. Khalid was severely wounded on Thursday when a suicide bomber posing as a Taliban peace emissary blew himself up inside a National Directorate of Security guesthouse…

3 dead, 90 injured in Wardak suicide attack

MAIDAN SHAHAR (PAN): A massive suicide bombing jolted the capital of central Maidan Wardak province on Friday morning, killing at least three people and wounding many others, an official said. As usual, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in…

10 wedding guests dead in Helmand bombing

LASHKARGAH (PAN and children, were killed on Thursday morning when a pick-up truck carrying a wedding party struck a road-side bomb in the southern Helmand province, officials said. The wedding guests were riding in a pick-up truck when their vehicle hit…

3 police killed in Kandahar suicide blast

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN):  Three policemen were killed in a suicide attack on their check-post in southern Kandahar province on Thursday morning, officials said.  The incident happened at around 5am when a bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up in the…

Attack on joint base injures 11 soldiers (Video)

GARDEZ (PAN): Eleven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a US-Afghan military base in southeastern Paktia province on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said. The blast took place at around 7:15am when…

2 killed, 15 injured in Helmand attack

LASHKARGAH (PAN) office in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, Monday afternoon. The bomber crashed his explosives-laden van into the NDS building at 2pm, the deputy police chief, Col. Ghulam Rabbani, told Pajhwok Afghan News. He gave no further…

Foreigners among 12 dead in Kabul attack

KABUL (PAN): At least a dozen people, including eight foreign employees of an air cargo company, were killed and 11 Afghans injured in a suicide attack near the Kabul International Airport on Tuesday morning, police said. The Ministry of Interior…

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