One person was killed and seven others including an influential figure, wounded in a bomb blast in the capital of northern Kunduz province on Tuesday, an official said. The magnetic bomb attached to a private Corolla car…
Two civilians were killed and 12 others injured in a bomb blast in Maimana, the capital of northwestern Faryab province, on Wednesday, an official said. The bomb attached to a bicycle went off in front of the Azizi…
Two people were injured and as many shops gutted in a fire that erupted in the Taimani area of the capital Kabul on Wednesday, an eyewitness said. The fire that took place 7:50am was linked to the carelessness…
Hilal Ahmad Momand a victim of war who lost his father Lalpurwal a former Lawyer in the attack on Attorney office of Mazar province, talks about the incident and misery of life after he lost his father.
Ten people were killed and another 20 were wounded, mostly civilians, on Monday afternoon when a suicide bomber struck the entrance to a public order police compound in Kabul, the deputy interior minister said. Lt. Gen. Ayub Salangi…
Father of Abdullah and Masoud two killed young boys in Shah Shaheed suicide attack talks about the incident which happened close to their home and killed his two young boys.
A journalist and cultural advisor to the governor has been gunned down in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Zubair Khaksar, working for the government-run Nangarhar Radio and Television network, was shot dead in Surkhrod…
Kabul on Saturday rejected the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan’s Reconstruction (SIGAR) report that the Taliban ruled 30 percent of the country’s territory. SIGAR’s chief John F. Sopko said the Afghan government controlled 70 percent while the Taliban…
More than a dozen civilians were killed and another 14 wounded on Sunday when a suicide attacker blew himself up in the middle of a meeting at the home of a public representative in Jalalabad, the capital of…
A suicide attacker detonated his explosives-laden car before reaching his target in Lashkargah city, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Wednesday, an official said. Helmand’s deputy police chief Col. Khan Almas told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion…
Thousands of fans on Monday thronged the Hamid Karzai International Airport to extend a hero’s welcome to the national cricket team arriving from the UAE after winning two series against Zimbabwe. Mohammad Shahzad, breaking several records, smacked a…
A powerful suicide bombing heard near the Hamid Karzai International Air Port in capital Kabul on Monday.
Eight members of a family have been found dead in their home under mysterious circumstances in the Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. The incident took place last night in Mira Qala area…
Gunbattles around the Spanish embassy in a heavily fortified neighbourhood of Kabul ended with the killing of at least 11 people on Saturday morning, officials said. The clashes began on Saturday evening when the Taliban stormed a foreign…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday approved the creation of three new district units after arriving in northern Kunduz province and ordered the sacking of some National Directorate of Security (NDS) officials over the fall of Kunduz City…
An attack on the Arghandab district centre in southern Kandahar province ended with the killing of five assailants and a soldier on Thursday morning.
Residents of Andar district of southern Ghazni province on Monday accused Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel of what they said mercilessly killing a civilian. The residents, who arrived in Ghazni City, the provincial capital, gathered in front…
Two officials of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) were killed and six others wounded in a bomb blast in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Monday. Provincial police spokesman Col. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal told…
Haji Zahir Qadeer, lawmaker from eastern Nangarhar province, has rejected reports that he wants to raise his private militias to battle the insurgency. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday night in Jalalabad, the provincial capital, Qadeer said he was…
Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) says it will not reopen its trauma centre in northern Kunduz province until the United States and the Afghan government guarantee its security. An October 3 airstrike by the US forces killed at least…
Security forces have repulsed a Taliban attack on Maimana, the capital of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Monday. Local security officials said the insurgents stormed the first, ninth and eighth police districts from four sides late…
Hundreds of people on Thursday took to the streets in central capital Kabul, demanding removal and punishment for officials whose negligence led to the fall of Kunduz City. The demonstrators chanted slogans against the Taliban and officials within…
