Afghanistan: Explosion close to educational centre in Kabul leaves 18 people killed
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: An explosion occurred close to an educational center in Pul-e-Khoshk area of Dasht-e-Barchi in the west of Kabul on Saturday evening which left 18 people killed, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Female police officer shot dead in Kandahar
Oct 25, 2020, at 09:26 pm
Kabul/Kandahar: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a woman police officer in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Spy agency claims to have killed high ranking Al-Qaeda leader
Oct 25, 2020, at 08:52 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan's spy agency National Directorate of Security (NDS) has claimed to have killed a key Al-Qaeda commander Abu Muhsen Al Masri in the turbulent Ghazni province.
Twin blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 9 civilians, injures 2 servicemen
Oct 24, 2020, at 11:24 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: At least nine civilians were killed and two police officers were injured as a result of a twin blast in the Afghan province of Ghazni, media reported on Saturday, citing police.
Twelve Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan's east - Governor's Office
Oct 23, 2020, at 11:47 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Twelve Taliban insurgents, including six Pakistani nationals, were killed and seven other were injured in a retaliatory airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, the provincial governor's office said on Friday.
Afghanistan lawmaker says Pakistan will not be able to escape FATF grey list
Oct 23, 2020, at 01:42 am
Kabul: A member of the Afghanistan Parliament has claimed that despite high diplomacy and other steps, Pakistan will still remain in the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) grey list.
15 killed in stampede near Pakistan consulate in eastern Afghanistan
Oct 21, 2020, at 08:21 pm
Kabul/UNI: At least 15 people were killed when a stampede broke out at Pakistan's consulate in Jalalabad city where thousands of Afghans had gathered on Tuesday to apply for visas, officials in the eastern city of Jalalabad said on Wednesday.
5 civilians killed in improvised bomb explosions in Afghanistan
Oct 20, 2020, at 10:53 pm
Maidan Shar/Xinhua: Five Afghan civilians were killed and nine others wounded after two improvised bombs tore apart two vehicles in eastern Wardak province on Tuesday, a provincial government spokesman confirmed.
Afghanistan: Nimruz blast leaves five security personnel dead
Oct 20, 2020, at 10:11 pm
Kabul: At least five security forces men were killed and two others were hurt as the vehicle in which they were travelling hit through a roadside mine in Kang district of Nimruz province, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Car bomb blast in Ghor leaves 12 civilians killed
Oct 18, 2020, at 11:45 pm
Kabul: A car bomb blast occured close to police HQ in Afghanistan's Ghor city on Sunday which left at least 12 people killed, media reports said.
Donald Trump advisor reaffirms 2,500 troops plan in Afghanistan by early 2021
Oct 17, 2020, at 02:44 pm
Washington/Xinhua: US President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien on Friday reaffirmed that US troops in Afghanistan would be reduced to 2,500 level by early 2021.
Afghanistan: Blast hits Mehtarlam town leaves 2 killed
Oct 14, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Kabul: A magnetic bomb explosion on a police vehicle in Mehtarlam region of Afghanistan left two people killed, media reports said on Wednesday.
Thousands displaced by fighting in southern Afghanistan
Oct 14, 2020, at 10:21 pm
New York: Thousands of people have been displaced and critical health services interrupted, after fighting erupted on 11 October in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the UN humanitarian office has reported.
Afghanistan: 10 Taliban fighters killed in their own roadside bomb
Oct 13, 2020, at 09:23 pm
Kandahar, Afghanistan/Xinhua: Ten Taliban militants were killed as their vehicle ran over a mine planted by the group in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Monday, Kandahar police spokesman Jamal Barikzai said Tuesday.
Blast targeting police patrol team kills 1, wounds 5 in southern Afghanistan
Oct 13, 2020, at 09:07 pm
Kandahar/Xinhua: At least one police constable was killed and five others including four civilians were injured as a blast targeted a police patrol team in Kandahar city, the capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, provincial police spokesman Jamal Barikzai said.
Afghan forces carry out attack on Taliban in Helmand Province: Local authorities
Oct 12, 2020, at 02:56 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The Afghan Air Force has successfully carried out an attack on a group of Taliban insurgents in the southern Helmand Province, capturing the Taliban’s local deputy governor, the Helmand Governor’s press office said in a statement.
Afghan forces kill 5 Taliban militants in northern Faryab Province
Oct 12, 2020, at 01:57 am
Kabul/Sputnik: Afghan military repelled an overnight Taliban attack on security posts in the northern Faryab province and killed five militants during the clash, Karim Yorash, a spokesman for the provincial police, told Sputnik on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Two Pakistani Taliban terrorists killed in drone strike
Oct 11, 2020, at 10:30 pm
Kabul: A drone strike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has left two Pakistani Taliban insurgents killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Civilian bus collides with roadside mine, 2 killed
Oct 10, 2020, at 09:36 pm
Kabul: At least two people were killed as a Mercedes-Benz O404 passenger bus collided with a roadside mine in Afghanistan's Zawul district on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistani army chief, US special envoy discuss Afghan peace process
Oct 09, 2020, at 01:59 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with visiting U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in Rawalpindi on Thursday and discussed the Afghan peace process, the Pakistani army said.
Afghan police arrest 5 drug smugglers, destroy 2 heroin labs
Oct 07, 2020, at 02:37 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: The police have arrested five drug smugglers and destroyed two heroin labs in separate operations in Afghanistan, said a statement released by the Ministry of Interior Affairs on Tuesday.
UN condemns deadly suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan
Oct 06, 2020, at 11:34 pm
New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s suicide attack on a government building in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, and underlined that the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
Afghan President Ghani starts official visit to Kuwait, Qatar - Presidential Palace
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:46 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is heading a high-ranking government delegation that has departed for an official visit to Kuwait, as well as Qatar, the presidential palace said in a statement.
Afghanistan: Taliban attack leaves four civilians killed
Oct 04, 2020, at 11:12 pm
Kabul: An attack carried out by Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan's Kapsia region has left four civilians killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 2 government employees shot dead in Kabul
Oct 04, 2020, at 10:24 pm
Kabul: At least two government employees were shot dead in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday, media reports said.
Refugee campfire: Greek authorities keeping a close eye on Pakistani-Afghanistan migrants
Oct 04, 2020, at 08:29 pm
Athens: The Greece government is monitoring the activities of migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan after the burning of a refugee camp at Moria on Lesbos island by migrants from these two countries, media reports said.
Car bomb explosion occurs in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province
Oct 04, 2020, at 02:01 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: A car bomb has exploded at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province, a military spokesman said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: 11 civilians killed in bomb blast
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:45 pm
Kabul: At least eleven civilians were killed and four others injured when an improvised bomb struck a vehicle in Afghanistan's central Daykundi province on Tuesday, the provincial police chief confirmed.
Pakistan opens border crossings with Afghanistan in NW province for pedestrians
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:40 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistan has announced to open the border crossings with Afghanistan in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province for pedestrian movement from Tuesday, which were closed due to COVID-19 in March, a government notification and officials said.
Soldiers recruited to Afghan army amid increased violence
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:41 am
Kabul/Xinhua: A total of 959 newly graduated soldiers on Sunday joined the Afghan National Army (ANA), boosting the force amid an increase in the Taliban-led unrest, an army source said.