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Afghanistan security forces repel mass attacks in several regions

Aug 04, 2021, at 06:03 am

Kabul:  Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) recently pushed back mass attacks by Taliban in several Afghanistan regions like Herat, Helmand, Takhar, and Kandahar as violence in the war-torn country continues ever since foreign forces started leaving the country.

Afghanistan: Taliban takes control of six dry ports, national revenue decreases

Aug 04, 2021, at 05:57 am

Kabul: Officials in the Ministry of Finance said on Saturday that the Taliban has taken control over six dry ports of Afghanistan and it has led to a decrease in revenue in the last two months, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban forces ask people in southern Ghazni province to grow beard, avoid using smartphones

Aug 04, 2021, at 05:40 am

Kabul: The Taliban forces have started dominating over people in the regions they are capturing in Afghanistan.

People demonstrate in Toronto, Paris over Pakistan-Iran's interference in Afghanistan

Aug 04, 2021, at 05:31 am

Toronto/Paris: Hundreds of Afghanistan people demonstrated in Canada and France against Pakistan’s and Iran’s interferences in the war-torn Afghanistan where Taliban has unleashed atrocities and killings to capture power, media reports said.

Afghanistan: EU special envoy sees no fundamental change in Taliban

Aug 04, 2021, at 04:31 am

Kabul:  The EU special envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson has said he could not see any  fundamental change in the Taliban when it comes to their action regarding establishing peace in the war-torn nation.

Taliban is committing violation of human rights in Afghanistan: Minister

Aug 04, 2021, at 04:11 am

Kabul: Justice Minister Fazel Ahmad Manawi has sent out a strong message to Taliban and said the group is guilty of war crimes for torturing and killing war hostages.

Taliban claims to have killed Paktika deputy police chief, cops reject

Aug 04, 2021, at 03:41 am

Kabul: The Taliban group has claimed to have killed the deputy police chief of southeastern Paktika province in Kabul city of Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan: Balkh youth complain of human rights violations taking place in conflict areas

Aug 04, 2021, at 03:27 am

Balkh: A number of youth and civil society activists in northern Balkh province on Sunday said human rights have been violated in the region as the Taliban capture areas.

Russia enhances contingent in exercise to take place close to Afghanistan border

Aug 04, 2021, at 01:11 am

Russia has enhanced the number of its military contingent in the  joint trilateral exercises which is scheduled to be held in  Tajikistan this month, just kilometres away from the war-ravaged Afghanistan, media reports said.

Afghanistan, NATO discuss further cooperation after foreign troop withdrawal: Foreign Ministry

Aug 03, 2021, at 11:52 pm

Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar has met with NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative for Afghanistan Stefano Pontecorvo to discuss further cooperation after the international troops withdrawal, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists destroy 11 Salam telecom towers in Paktia

Aug 03, 2021, at 11:39 pm

Kabul:   Taliban terrorists have destroyed eleven towers of the state-run Salam telecommunication network in Paktia region of war-torn Afghanstan recently, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban brutally tortures 12-year-old boy as his father is a security official

Aug 03, 2021, at 11:27 pm

Kabul: Taliban terrorists have beaten up a 12-year-old boy in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province, media reports said on Tuesday.

United Nations calls for ceasefire as 40 Afghan civilians killed in one day's fighting in Lashkagah

Aug 03, 2021, at 10:30 pm

Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday said that 40 civilians were killed and 118 injured over the past day only as the Taliban (a terrorist group, banned in Russia) and the Afghan government fight for the control of the city of Lashkagah.

Afghanistan: Security forces kill 375 Taliban terrorists

Aug 03, 2021, at 10:03 pm

Kabul: The Afghanistan security forces killed 375 Taliban terrorists and wounded 193 others while conducting operations in several regions of the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Locals in Herat march against Taliban, VP Amrullah Saleh welcomes

Aug 03, 2021, at 09:39 pm

Herat: Announcing their support for Afghanistan government forces, locals united   against Taliban and marched the streets of the western city of Herat on Monday night.

Afghanistan updates - Clashes continue in Herat city, Injil district

Aug 03, 2021, at 07:25 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Clashes continued in Herat city as well as the adjoining Injil district of Afghanistan as the conflict between Taliban and the Afghan security forces intensified.

US announces programme to offer refuge to Afghans who aided Americans

Aug 03, 2021, at 03:03 pm

Washington: The US government on Monday announced a new programme to give  certain Afghan nationals and their eligible family members.a chance to resettle in America as refugees.

At least 20 dead, 90 injured over four days of fighting in Afghanistan’s Herat region: Reports

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:01 pm

Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: At least 20 people, including civilians, have died and another 90 were injured during the last four days of ongoing fighting with the Taliban (a terror group, banned in Russia) in the Afghan city of Herat and its outskirts, the Tolo News TV channel reports.

Pakistan cannot bear burden of hosting more Afghan refugees, says Pakistan NSA

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:51 am

Washington/Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that Pakistan cannot bear the burden of hosting more Afghan refugees and that arrangements should be made to keep displaced Afghans inside their country instead of pushing them into Pakistan.

Political solution to Afghan issue cannot happen without US, says Pakistan NSA Yusuf

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:49 am

Washington/Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf, who was in Washington to hold talks with his US counterpart Jake Sullivan, has said that he sensed a receptivity on the US side to work together with Pakistan on the Afghan issue and added that a political solution “cannot happen without US involvement”.

Proxy war in Afghanistan: Demonstration held outside Sweden's Pakistan embassy

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:28 am

Stockholm: Protesting against Pakistan's involvement in a proxy war in Afghanistan, a demonstration was held outside the country's embassy in Sweden on Friday, media reports said.

US military may strike if terrorist camps are found within Afghanistan

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:15 am

Islamabad: The US has said its military would conduct strikes in Afghanistan if  terrorist camps were found in the country.

Afghanistan: Rights groups blame Taliban for recent civilian deaths in Kandahar

Aug 02, 2021, at 04:09 am

Kandahar: Several human rights organizations have blamed Taliban terrorists for the  death of dozens of civilians in Kandahar's Spin-Boldak district.

Terrorist groups are getting help from Pakistan Army, claims international news portal

Aug 02, 2021, at 03:42 am

Islamabad: A popular international news portal has claimed that the Pakistan Army continues to provide a safe zone for Al-Qaeda and the Taliban because of which these organisations are getting stronger and have captured almost 90% of the border.

Afghan forces strike Taliban hideout, several insurgents killed

Aug 01, 2021, at 10:53 pm

A Taliban hideout was destroyed by an airstrike by Afghan air force, a video released by the Afghanistan government on Twitter showed.

Afghanistan: Kandahar airport closed temporarily after rocket strikes

Aug 01, 2021, at 09:45 pm

Kandahar/IBNS: At least three rockets struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan overnight, AFP reported, as Taliban intensified offensive to capture more areas and counter military action by Afghan forces to contain and eliminate the armed group.

Pakistan Army chief says peace in Afghanistan is his country's earnest desire

Aug 01, 2021, at 01:23 pm

Islamabad: Talking to a 15-member Afghan media delegation in Rawalpindi on Friday, Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that peace in Afghanistan is his country’s earnest desire and ‘spoilers’ will not be allowed to derail the process.

Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani meets political and jihadi leaders

Aug 01, 2021, at 01:16 pm

Kabul: President Ashraf Ghani convened on Saturday a meeting of prominent political and jihadi leaders of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan security forces engage in tough battle with Taliban

Aug 01, 2021, at 01:02 pm

Kabul: Local Afghan news outlets reported on Saturday about intense clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban in Herat city.

Afghanistan Twin mishaps in Qarghayi district leaves 20 people dead

Jul 31, 2021, at 09:25 pm

Kabul: Two traffic accidents in Qarghayi district of Afghanistan in the past 12 hours left at least 20 people dead, media reports said.