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After Herat, several regions in Afghanistan witnesses anti-Taliban rallies

Aug 05, 2021, at 07:39 pm

Kabul: After Herat, citizens across Afghan provinces have begun to chant the slogan of “Allahu Akbar” in anti-Taliban rallies.

AAF conducts airstrikes close to Helmand, 54 Taliban terrorists killed

Aug 05, 2021, at 07:26 pm

Kabul: The Afghan Defence Ministry reported on Wednesday that 54 Taliban terrorists were killed during airstrikes carried out by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) on a Taliban gathering on the outskirts of Helmand provincial center on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Heavy clashes between security forces, Taliban taking place close to police HQ in Lashkargah city

Aug 05, 2021, at 07:18 pm

Kabul: Head of Helmand provincial council, Attaullah Afghan revealed that heavy clashes  are going on close to police headquarters in Lashkargah city on Wednesday.

Taliban terrorists force Kunar families to serve them food: Reports

Aug 05, 2021, at 07:10 pm

Kabul: Taliban atrocities continue in different parts of Afghanistan as the terrorists are now forcing people in Ghaziabad and Narai districts of eastern Kunar province to provide them food, media reports said.

Afghanistan security forces thwart Taliban terrorists attempt to damage India-built Salma Dam

Aug 04, 2021, at 10:42 pm

Herat: Afghanistan security forces on Tuesday night thwarted Taliban terrorists' attempt to attack India-built  Salma Dam in Herat province, country's government confirmed on Wednesday.

Civilians protest against Taliban and Pakistan in Kabul

Aug 04, 2021, at 05:42 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Amid the clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces, civilians resorted to protest against Taliban and Pakistan here.

Afghanistan: UN mission demands end to fighting as Taliban advance

Aug 04, 2021, at 05:25 pm

New York: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday called for an immediate end to fighting in urban areas, as the Taliban continues a ground assault in the south of the country.

Antony Blinken, Ashraf Ghani condemn Taliban violence in Afghanistan

Aug 04, 2021, at 02:46 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday spoke with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani when both the leaders condemned the recent attacks by Taliban in the war-ravaged nation.

Watchdog says Afghanistan witnessed 80 pct increase in civilian casualties

Aug 04, 2021, at 06:08 am

Kabul: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission recently released its report where it said 1,677 civilians were killed and 3,644 more were wounded in the first six months of this year, media reports said.

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: 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.

Afghanistan: Airstrikes kill 15 Taliban militants in northern Samangan province

Aug 02, 2021, at 11:17 pm

Aybak/UNI/Xinhua: A total of 15 militants were confirmed dead as fighting planes struck Taliban hideouts and positions in parts of Hazrat-e-Sultan district of northern Samangan province on Sunday, army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad Hanif Rezai said Monday.

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.

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.