KABUL) said on Monday. Without providing an exact date for the seizure, an NDS statement said the depot, containing light and heavy weapons and explosives, was found in Porak area. The spy service believed the Taliban wanted to use 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…
PUL-I-ALAM/FAIZABAD (PAN): Nearly a dozen insurgents, including a commander, have been killed and eight others detained in Badakhshan and Logar provinces, officials said on Monday. Three insurgents, including a commander, were killed and five others captured alive in the Charkh…
JALALABAD/SHARANA (PAN): Four militants, a police officer and one civilian have been killed during separate incidents in eastern Nangarhar and southern Paktika provinces, officials said on Sunday. The four militants were killed in Nangarhar on Saturday night, when they attacked…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Afghan troops killed nine insurgents, detained as many and injured three others during operations in southern Ghazni and central Maidan Wardak provinces, an official said on Monday. Five fighters were killed in the Moshki area of Ghazni’s…
HERAT CITY (PAN): A dozen people, mostly militants, have been killed and six others wounded in separate incidents of violence in different province, officials said on Sunday. One policeman was killed and three others were wounded late on Saturday when…
HERAT CITY (PAN): Eighty-five weapons were handed over to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Group (DIAG) in western Herat province, an official said on Thursday. Lt. Gen. Rahmatullah Safi, the provincial police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the weapons were…
KABUL (PAN): The Afghan National Army demonstrates the value of their new armoured vehicles supplied by the United States.
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…
Herat Jihadi commanders distribute weapons to units (Video) HEART (PAN): Led by Afghan Water and Energy minister Muhammad Ismail Khan, Jihadi Council commenced distributing weapons among its members in western Herat province, an official said on Wednesday. Spokesman of the…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): More than 114 weapons were turned in to Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme of the Ministry of Defence in southern Helmand province on Sunday, officials said. The weapons were seized from militants and an illegal private…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN); Afghan army and coalition soldiers found an improvised explosive device (IED) factory in southern Kandahar province, the US military said on Friday. Afghan army commandos and colaition’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) discovered the factory during an operation…
KABUL): Ministry of Interior officials on Tuesday said 57 private security firms had been dissolved and the remaining 46 would be disbanded until March 21. In August 2010, President Hamid Karzai ordered the disbandment of all private security companies in…
JALALABAD (PAN): Weapons, ammunitions and explosives were handed over to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Group (DIAG) programme in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. The arms included approximately nine tonnes of explosives, mortars, rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shells and…
KABUL province, in a meeting with President Hamid Karzai, voiced concern over the existence of illegal armed groups in their province, the Karzai office said on Saturday. The lawmakers urged the President to increase the number of police in the…
KABUL: A combined Afghan and coalition security force discovered three weapon caches during a routine patrol in Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Monday. Seized on Sunday, the caches consisted of…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Three militants, including a local commander, were killed during a joint operation by Afghan and foreign forces in southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday. At least three fighters were detained after they attacked police on a…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Weapons and landmines were seized during an operation by intelligence operatives in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. The operation in the Amir Kala village of Andar district led to the recovery of six weapons,…
CHARIKAR): Five tonnes of different ammunitions were delivered to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme in central Parwan province, an official said on Tuesday. The ammunitions had been collected from insurgents and illegal armed groups over the past…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): The Disarmament of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme has been on the wrong track in the north due to a lack of cooperation from gunmen, an official said on Wednesday. Thousands of illegal arms had been surrendered, but…
KABUL) officials have seized caches of weapons and ammunition across the country, officials said Monday. The caches were discovered in Parwan, Kapisa, Logar, Balkh, Jawzjan, Paktia, Kabul, Kunar, Kandahar and Farah provinces based on tips from locals, the NDS statement…
KABUL. The special election tribunal was created to probe into allegations of fraud during last year's parliamentary elections. The court found fraud in many provinces and suggested that 62 lawmakers should vacate their seats. Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi confirmed some…
PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Baghlan police handed over weapons and explosives seized in recent operations to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme, an official said on Wednesday. As many as 533 weapons and 2,000 bullets were handed over to DIAG,…
JALALABAD (PAN): Forty percent of police in the eastern province of Nuristan lack weapons and other equipment needed to fight militants, a senior official said on Monday. The issue was discussed with a joint delegation of the ministries of interior…
