Afghanistan: Security officials nab vehicle loaded with explosives
Sep 27, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan security officials have seized a vehicle loaded with “Sodium Nitrite” in capital city Kabul, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghan forces repel Taliban attack in northeastern province, 5 killed in fighting
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:06 pm
Faizabad/Xinhua: The Afghan security forces have repulsed Taliban militants' attack on Duaba Yaftal Bala, a suburban of Faizabad, capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani said on Saturday.
Gov't forces kill 3 foreign militants in eastern Afghanistan
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Asadabad/Xinhua: Afghan forces in crackdown against armed insurgents have killed three militants affiliated with the hardliner Lashkar-e-Tyeba group in the eastern Kunar province, provincial government spokesman Abdul Ghani Musamim said Saturday.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill district NDS chief
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:24 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed the head of NDS for Kohband district in Afghanistan's Kapsia province, media reports said on Saturday.
Sep 23, 2020, at 11:40 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's Milli Gato Saatonko Group, a national interests preservation body, has sent a letter to US politician Stephen F. Lynch and claimed that Taliban used 'Pakistan as a launching ground to attack the US, NATO and Afghan security forces'.
Afghan army defuses 4,776 improvised bombs, landmines in six months
Sep 23, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: The Afghan National Army (ANA) has during the past six months discovered and defused 4,776 improvised bombs and landmines planted by militants, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
Taliban key commander among 4 killed in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province
Sep 22, 2020, at 10:57 pm
Faizabad/Xinhua: Four militants including a Taliban key commander Mawlawi Ataullah have been confirmed dead as clash flared up in Raghistan district of Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province, provincial government spokesman Nik Mohammad Nazari said Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Twin blasts rock Kabul, 1 killed
Sep 21, 2020, at 10:37 pm
Kabul: At least one person was killed and three others were hurt as twin blasts rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Security officials discover ammunition depot in Kabul
Sep 21, 2020, at 04:23 am
The Afghan police have discovered an ammunition depot, loaded with magnetic mines, in the country's capital city Kabul, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Balkh suicide attacks leaves 1 killed
Sep 19, 2020, at 10:42 pm
Kabul: At least one person died eight others were hurt as a car bombing targeted an Afghan NDS convoy in Balkh province of Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Unknown gunmen kill Deputy Head of Paktia Provincial Council
Sep 19, 2020, at 10:20 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed the deputy head of Paktia Provincial Council in Gardez city of Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said.
US Embassy in Afghanistan warns of extremists' attacks on women
Sep 18, 2020, at 11:11 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The US Embassy in Afghanistan has issued a security alert for its citizens, warning about an increased risk of attacks on women by the extremist organizations.
Afghanistan: IED blast in Kalafgan leaves2 dead
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:10 pm
Kabul: An IED blast rocked Afghanistan's Kalafgan district on Tuesday which left two people killed and 12 others injured, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill university professor
Sep 15, 2020, at 09:27 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen shot dead a university professor in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday, media reports said.
'China-Pakistan may contradict in their stand on Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan'
Sep 15, 2020, at 06:22 pm
Kabul: There seems to be a clear contrasting belief between China and Pakistan on whether the Taliban should come to power in Afghanistan, an opinion piece published in a top Kabul-based news agency claimed.
Former senator, 5 guards killed in Taliban ambush in W. Afghanistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 02:07 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Taliban militants killed a former Afghan senator and five of his guards in the country's western Badghis province on Monday, the acting provincial governor confirmed.
Afghan government team seeks to end ongoing war, violence via talks with Taliban: Kabul
Sep 14, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The Afghan government's team intends to put an end to the longstanding war and violence in the country and ensure lasting peace via the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban in the Qatari capital of Doha, Afghan presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Monday.
Taliban ceasefire negotiations will take time: Afghanistan’s Abdullah warns government
Sep 13, 2020, at 10:52 pm
Doha/Sputnik: The ongoing peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in the Qatari capital of Doha will be lengthy, as a decades-long war cannot be concluded in a matter of days, Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, said at a press conference on Sunday.
Taliban spokesman says ceasefire in Afghanistan to happen when gov’t adopts Islamic system
Sep 12, 2020, at 11:51 pm
Doha/Sputnik: A lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan will be reached once the governmental system in the country becomes Islamic, Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban's political office, said on the sidelines of the ongoing peace talks in Doha on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Blast rocks wedding ceremony in Khost, four killed
Sep 12, 2020, at 02:23 pm
Kabul: A motorcycle, which was embedded with explosive devices, rushed through a wedding ceremony in Khost province of Afghanistan and left at least four people killed.
Motorbike bombing at wedding party kills 4, wounds 8 in E Afghanistan
Sep 11, 2020, at 06:38 pm
Khost, Afghanistan/Xinhua: Four people were killed and eight others injured as a motorbike bomb struck a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Thursday, provincial police spokesman Haider Adel said Friday.
UN denounces Kabul attack targeting Afghan Vice President
Sep 11, 2020, at 06:30 pm
New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned Wednesday's attack in the Afghan capital Kabul, targeting the official convoy of the country's First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh.
Taliban kills 16 afghan servicemen in Nangarhar province: Source
Sep 11, 2020, at 06:19 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The Taliban Islamist movement has attacked positions of the Afghan security forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, leaving 16 servicemen dead and some more injured, a local source told Sputnik on Friday.
Two Afghan police officers killed in Taliban attack in Helmand province
Sep 10, 2020, at 01:38 am
Kabul/Sputnik: At least two Afghan police officers were killed and two civilians were injured in a Taliban attack in the Nawa district of Helmand on Wednesday, a security source said.
Afghanistan: Roadside mine blast leaves one dead in Kandahar
Sep 07, 2020, at 09:51 pm
Kandahar: At least one person was killed as a roadside mine exploded in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Freed Taliban by government returns again to pursue 'jihad'
Sep 06, 2020, at 01:52 pm
Kabul: In a startling revelation, Taliban prisoners released by the Afghan government as part of a deal brokered by the United States aimed at ending almost 20 years of war are returning to the battlefield as commanders and fighters.
Kabul: Senior police officer gunned down in Afghan capital
Sep 05, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Unidentified armed men shot and killed a key airport police officer on Friday in the latest targeted attack in Afghanistan, reported local media on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Near-record violence risks derailing imminent talks between Government and Taliban
Sep 04, 2020, at 09:54 pm
New York: The UN’s top official in Afghanistan has warned that with the formal launch of direct peace negotiations imminent, near-record violence in the country is creating an atmosphere of mistrust that risks derailing long-sought talks between the Government and the Taliban.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill religious scholar in Paktia
Sep 04, 2020, at 02:42 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed religious scholar and Quran memorizer Mawlawi Mohajer in Afghanistan's Paktia province on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan: 3 security officials killed in Taliban attack in Paktia
Sep 01, 2020, at 02:39 pm
Paktia: At least three security officials were killed as Taliban militants attacked a public protection forces unit compound in Gardez city of Afghanistan's Paktia province on Tuesday, media reports said.