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13 dead, 80 injured in Wardak attacks

KABUL (PAN): The death toll from twin suicide attacks near a US-run military base in central Maiwan Wardak province has increased to 13, with 80 others sustaining injuries, officials said on Saturday. The dead included nine civilians and four police,…

4 French soldiers killed in Kapisa suicide attack

KABUL-clad bomber in central Kapisa province early Saturday morning, officials said. The bomber detonated his explosive vest at 11.30 am close to a convoy of French troops in Nejrab district, the town's administrative chief, Sultan Mohammad Safi, told Pajhwok Afghan News. FOur French…

21 killed, 50 injured in twin suicide blasts

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): At least 21 civilians were killed and 50 others wounded in two back-to-back suicide attacks in a bazaar on the Kandahar-Spin Boldak highway in the southern province on Wednesday, officials said. The first attack took place at…

Bomber dies in failed suicide attack in Nangarhar

JALALABAD (PAN): A suicide bomber on foot blew himself up before reaching his target ---- foreign troops --- who were busy defusing a roadside bomb in eastern Nangarhar province, where a tribal elder was gunned down on Friday, officials said.…

5 policemen killed in Kandahar suicide attack

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Nearly five policemen were killed and six others injured when a suicide attacker exploded his explosive-laden vehicle near the entrance of a police headquarters in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Thursday. The blast occurred about…

3 policemen dead in Khost suicide bombing

KHOST CITY (PAN): Three policemen were killed and as many children wounded in a suicide bombing in the Alisher district of southeastern Khost province on Saturday, officials said. The bomber struck in the Trizai bazaar at 1.30pm, the district chief,…

2 killed in Badakhshan suicide attack

FAIZABAD (PAN): A suicide bomber on foot blew himself up in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan on Thursday, killing two civilians, officials said. At least two people were killed and 17 others wounded in the explosion that rocked the…

ISAF soldiers among 9 dead in Faryab attack

MAIMANA (PAN):  A suicide bomber killed nine people, including three foreign soldiers and two Afghan policemen, in the capital of northwestern Faryab province on Wednesday, officials said. At least 22 people, 18 of them civilians, were wounded in the suicide…

6 injured in Helmand suicide bombing

LASHKARGAH (PAN): Six people were injured on Wednesday as a result of suicide bombing in the southern province of Helmand, officials said. The explosion occurred at around 10am when the bomber crashed his explosives-laden car into a convoy of the…

7 civilians killed in Kandahar bombing

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Seven civilians were killed and eight others injured in a car bombing in the southern province of Kandahar on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place near the entrance to the Kandahar airport at around 1pm, when…

5 dead, 16 injured in Kandahar attack (Video)

  KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Four children and a policeman were killed and 16 others, mostly civilians, injured when a suicide attacker rammed his explosives-packed motorbike into a police outpost in southern Kandahar province, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday.The…

2 bombers held with explosives-laden car

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Two suicide bombers were arrested with an explosives-laden car during an operation by Afghan National Army (ANA) troops in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Monday. The operation was conducted in the Shamir Qala area of…

13 dead in Quetta car bombing

KABUL's southwestern Balochistan province, an official said. Another 30 people were wounded -- six of them seriously -- in the overnight blast on the Arbab Karam Road. The powerful explosion that was heard several kilometres from the scene smashed windowpanes…

10 tribal elders killed in Takhar suicide attack

TALOQAN (PAN): Ten tribal figures were among 20 people killed in Sunday's suicide attack in Taloqan, the capital of northern Takhar province, officials said on Monday. The bombing, which also killed Matlab Baig, a member of the Wolesi Jirga from…

9 Pakistani troops killed in suicide bombing

ISLAMABAD (PAN on Saturday, an official said. The bomber crashed his explosives-laden car into a wall of the Frontier Corps fort on the Kohat-Miranshah highway in Bannu district. The assault touched off a gunbattle erupted, the Bannu police chief said.…

2 bombers die in failed Nimroz attack

ZARANJ (PAN): Two suicide bombers on a motorcycle blew themselves up in a failed attack in southwestern Nimroz province, police said on Monday. Police became suspicious of the two and started chasing them in the Dilaram district, police chief said.…

Bomber shot dead near ISAF base

QALA-I-NAW (PAN): A suicide bomber was shot dead before he could reach NATO-led troops at the airport of northwestern Badghis province on Tuesday, an official said. An explosion took place at 11:20am when the bomber was hit as he tried…

Bombers among 9 killed in Kandahar attack

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Four attackers and as many security guards were among nine people killed after a group of bombers stormed a UN office in the southern province of Kandahar on Monday, an official said. A group of suicide assailants, armed…

13 ISAF soldiers among 18 dead in Kabul attack

KABUL's heavily fortified capital Kabul on Saturday, officials said. The attacker detonated his explosives-laden vehicle near a convoy of foreign troops in front of the Afghan National Army (ANA) Recruitment Centre at around 11:30am, Kabul police criminal investigation department chief,…

4 killed, 10 injured in Kunduz attack (UPDATED)

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Four security guards were killed and 10 others, including civilians, injured when three suicide attackers stormed a private security company’s guesthouse at around 4 am on Tuesday in the northrern province of Kunduz, officials said. One of…

Senior officials escape unhurt in Uruzgan attacks

KABUL): The Ministry of Interior says that no government officials suffered casualties in last week’s suicide attacks in Uruzgan. Multiple suicide attackers stormed several government buildings, including the governor's house,the Highway battalion and the Radio and Television building on Thursday,…

Khpalwak’s killing draws condemnation (UPDATED)

KABUL) has condemned suicide attacks that killed and wounded more than 50 people in Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province. Multiple suicide bombers stormed several government buildings in the city, killing 19 people and wounding 37 others. The dead…

Bomber strikes military base in Wardak (UPDATED)

MAIDAN SHAHR (PAN): A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside a joint Afghan and international military centre in the Dasht-e-Tup area of Sayedabad district in the central province of Maidan Wardak, officials said on Wednesday. The driver attempted to…

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