Five Taliban militants killed during clashes in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province: Police
Kabul/Sputnik: Five Taliban insurgents have been killed and eight others suffered injuries during armed clashes with security forces in the Afghan province of Kandahar, a local police spokesman told Sputnik on Sunday.
Protect ordinary Afghans ahead of peace talks, urges UN Mission chief
New York/IBNS: Ahead of hoped-for peace talks between Afghan Government and Taliban negotiators, UN peacekeepers in Afghanistan have urged parties to “redouble” their efforts to keep civilians safe.
Double blasts kill 2, wound 8 in Afghanistan's northern Mazar-i-Sharif city
Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan/ Xinhua: Two people were killed and eight others injured as two blasts rocked Mazar-i-Sharif city in the capital of the northern Balkh province on Wednesday, provincial police spokesman Adil Shah Adil said Thursday.
At least 5 Taliban members killed in blast in southeastern Afghan Paktia province - Police
Kabul/Sputnik: At least five members of the Taliban group have been killed in a blast in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Paktia, the local police said on Sunday.
US sanctions against international court staff a ‘direct attack’ on judicial independence
New York/IBNS: The decision by the United States to authorize sanctions targeting staff at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is “a direct attack to the institution’s judicial independence”, UN human rights experts said on Thursday.
Coronavirus casts ‘huge shadow’ over Afghan life as multi-dimensional crisis continues
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health emergency, but a multi-dimensional crisis for Afghanistan, dealing its people a painful blow just as Kabul and the Taliban prepare for peace talks in Qatar, the top UN official in the country says.
About 6,500 Pakistan nationals operating as terrorists in Afghanistan, claims UN report
Brussels: A UN Security Council report has claimed that about 6,500 Pakistani's are operating as terrorist ranks in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Six policemen dead in Taliban attack in Balkh of Afghanistan
Kabul/UNI: At least six policemen were killed and one wounded in a suspected Taliban attack in the northern Balkh province on Monday night, local officials said on Tuesday.
Militant attack leaves 9 security personnel dead in northern Afghanistan
Kabul/UNI: Nine members of the Afghan security forces were killed and three injured when militant's attacked the police headquarter's of northern Kunduz province.