16 militants arrested in S. Afghan province: police
Feb 10, 2020, at 05:54 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Sixteen Taliban militants have been arrested in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province as fighting rages in the country, local police said Monday.
Afghanistan: Premature bomb explosion leaves five Taliban terrorists killed
Feb 09, 2020, at 03:39 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A premature bomb explosion in north Afghanistan left at least five Taliban terrorists killed, media reports said.
Protest in Kabul against detention of PTM leader Manzoor Pashtun offsets Pakistan's anti-India event
Feb 06, 2020, at 04:18 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Dampening the so-called Kashmir Solidarity event planned by the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul, a large protest broke out in the Afghanistan capital on Thursday against the detention of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashtun in Peshawar.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill female cop
Feb 05, 2020, at 04:44 pm
Kandahar/IBNS: Unkown gunmen shot dead a policewoman in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: 59 Taliban militants surrender
Feb 04, 2020, at 05:40 pm
Herat/Xinhua: Fifty-nine Taliban militants have surrendered to government security forces in three western Afghan provinces, the command of special forces said on Tuesday.
Thirteen killed in N Afghanistan clashes, including pro-gov't local leader
Feb 04, 2020, at 05:38 pm
Sheberghan, Afghanistan/Xinhua: Thirteen were killed during an ambush in northern Jawzjan province overnight, including a pro-government local leader, one of his men and 11 Taliban militants, a provincial government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Taliban terrorists set girl's school on fire in Afghanistan
Feb 04, 2020, at 09:17 am
Kabul/IBNS: A girl's school was set on fire by suspected Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, media reports said on Tuesday.
Air raids kill 7 militants in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan
Feb 02, 2020, at 08:42 pm
Pul -e- khumri, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI: Seven militants have been confirmed dead after fighting aircraft pounded a Taliban hideout in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the northern Baghlan province in Afghanistan, said an army statement released here Sunday.
11 militants killed in Southern Afghanistan: gov't
Feb 01, 2020, at 05:54 pm
Tirin Kot, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI: Eleven Taliban militants were killed during an operation conducted by Afghan National Army commando forces in southern Uruzgan province during Friday night, Afghan Defence Ministry said Saturday.
Afghanistan: Civilians continue to pay the price of conflict, says Amnesty International
Feb 01, 2020, at 09:03 am
Kabul: In 2019, Afghan civilians continued to pay the price of the ongoing conflict as justice proved elusive for the victims, Amnesty International said as the human rights organization released its annual report on events in the Asia-Pacific region.
Afghan air raids kill 2 Taliban commander in western Herat province
Jan 30, 2020, at 10:19 am
Herat, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI: Two Taliban commanders have been confirmed killed as fighting planes struck a Taliban hideout in Zawal district of Afghanistan's western Herat province, provincial governor's spokesman Jilani Farhad said Wednesday.
Afghan National Army releases 62 officers from Taliban prison in country's North: Official
Jan 29, 2020, at 03:49 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: The Afghan National Army (ANA) forces have broken into a Taliban prison in the country's northwestern Badghis province to release its officers, Badghis Governor Abdul Ghafoor Malikzai told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Ten militants killed
Jan 27, 2020, at 04:56 pm
JalalabadA, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI: Security forces have killed 10 armed insurgents and recaptured 17 villages in Shirzad district of the eastern Nangarhar province, said an army statement here Monday.
Six Taliban militants killed in airstrike in Afghanistan's Balkh province: reports
Jan 26, 2020, at 08:13 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Six Taliban fighters have been killed on the spot during an airstrike in the village of Buka in Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh, the MenaFN news outlet reported, citing a spokesman for the provincial military.
Afghanistan: IED blast in Kabul leaves one killed
Jan 26, 2020, at 05:03 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least one person was killed as an IED blast rocked Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 20 hurt as unknown people throw grenade on wedding ceremony
Jan 26, 2020, at 04:50 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Unknown people threw a grenade at a wedding ceremony in Afghanistan's Khost province which left at least 20 people wounded, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghan forces kill 7 Taliban militants in Ghazni province
Jan 25, 2020, at 06:22 pm
Ghazni, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI: Afghan forces have killed at least seven Taliban militants in a fierce conflict in the country's eastern Ghazni province, an army statement said Saturday.
Four people injured in southern Afghanistan in rocket attack on helicopter: Military
Jan 25, 2020, at 06:04 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Four servicemen have been injured as a rocket hit a military helicopter in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
Teen gangraped in Afghanistan's Bamyan province
Jan 25, 2020, at 03:51 pm
Bamyan/IBNS: A group of unidentified men gangraped a 15-year-old girl in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, media reports said on Saturday.
Taliban militants surrender in Afghan province
Jan 22, 2020, at 05:38 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Forty Taliban militants have surrendered to Afghan National Army in the country's western province of Ghor amid military pressure in the mountainous region, Afghan Ministry of Defense confirmed on Wednesday.
Kabul: Afghan government official’s family members killed
Jan 20, 2020, at 10:15 am
Kabul/IBNS: Unknown men killed four members of a family of an Afghanistan government official in Kabul city, media reports said on Monday.
Airstrike kills 4 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's south: Military
Jan 17, 2020, at 08:32 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The Afghan air force launched a strike overnight on a Taliban hideout in the southern province of Kandahar that killed four fighters, the military said.
Civilian toll devastating in Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch
Jan 15, 2020, at 04:33 pm
Kabul/New York/IBNS: Attacks by all parties to Afghanistan’s armed conflict in 2019 took a devastating toll on civilians, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday in its World Report 2020.
Afghanistan: Explosions rock Mazar-e-Sharif, 2 killed
Jan 14, 2020, at 03:54 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Back-to-back explosions rocked Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif city which left at least two people killed, media reports said.
Seven prisoners escape prison in Afghanistan
Jan 13, 2020, at 03:40 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least seven prisoners broke a jail in Afghanistan's Paktya area and fled away on Sunday evening, media reports said.
Afghanistan: IED blast leaves three cops killed
Jan 12, 2020, at 07:15 pm
Kabul/IBNS: An IED blast in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday left at least three policemen killed, media reports said.
Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan air strike
Jan 12, 2020, at 07:02 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A key Taliban commander, who was a citizen of Pakistan, was killed during an airstrike in Kunduz province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.
Eighteen Afghan militants killed in northern Takhar province
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Afghanistan/Xinhua: Afghan forces, during a cleanup operation, have killed at least 18 Taliban militants in the country's northern province of Takhar, Pamir Army Corps 217 said in a statement released here Saturday. The operation, backed by military planes, was conducted for the last two days in the troubled Darqad district of the province, resulting in the death of at least 18 Taliban fighters and injury of 11 others, the statement said.
Sixteen militants killed in Afghan provinces within a day: gov't
Jan 08, 2020, at 03:57 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Sixteen Taliban militants were killed and six others wounded in five provinces since early Tuesday, the country's defense ministry confirmed on Wednesday.
Armed men kill American University of Afghanistan student in Kabul
Jan 06, 2020, at 10:09 am
Kabul/IBNS: Unknown men killed a third-year student of the American University of Afghanistan (AUOA) in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said on Monday.