Afghanistan: Civilian casualties down, but hundreds still killed, despite US-Taliban deal
New York/IBNS: In the first quarter of 2020, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan fell by nearly a third from the same period a year earlier, representing the lowest first quarter figure since 2012, according to a UN report released on Monday.
Afghanistan: Terrorists destroy transmission tower in Kabul, electric supply hit
Kabul/IBNS: Electric supply to the Afghanistan capital was disrupted after suspected terrorists destroyed a transmission tower in Kabul, media reports said.
Afghan police arrest suspect in connection with shooting: gov't
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: One suspect had been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed seven member of a family and injured two others in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, the Afghan Interior Ministry said Sunday.
Unknown gunmen kill seven members of a family in Afghanistan
Kabul/IBNS: At least seven people, who were members of the same family, were shot dead by unknown gunmen in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, media reports said.
Afghan forces clear 5 villages from militants in northern Faryab
Maimana, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI: The Afghan government forces following cleanup operations launched Friday in Qaisar district of the northern Faryab province have driven the militants out of five villages and restored law and order there, provincial police office said in a statement released here Saturday.
Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists fire mortars, 1 civilian killed
Kabul/IBNS: Suspected Taliban terrorists fired mortars in North-eastern Kapisa province which left at least one civilian killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Local police commander killed in suspected Taliban attack
Kabul/IBNS: In a suspected attack by Taliban terrorists, a local police commander and two others were killed in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis on Sunday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Security forces kill six Taliban terrorists
Kabul/IBNS: The Afghanistan security forces have killed six Taliban militants and wounded two others in the country's South-eastern Paktiya province, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan security forces kill shadow governor of Taliban
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan security forces have killed the shadow governor of the Taliban group in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Kabul/IBNS: The Afghanistan government has rejected Pakistan's request to extradite its citizen and terrorist Aslam Farooqi who was a mastermind of the attack on a gurudwara in Kabul city recently killing at least 25 Sikhs.
COVID-19 positive cases reach 555 in Afghanistan
Kabul/Xinhua: A total of 34 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours bringing the number of the patients infected with the disease to 555, a spokesman of Public Health Ministry Wahid Majroh said Saturday.
Explosion in Afghanistan's Kandahar Leaves 3 Civilians Killed, 2 Injured - Police Source
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: A bomb blast in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan's central province of Kandahar has left three civilians killed and two others injured, a source at the local police department told Sputnik on Friday.
Militants kill 5 banker employees in Afghanistan's western province: official
Herat/Xinhua/UNI: Taliban militants killed five employees of Da Afghanistan Bank, the country's Central Bank, in western province of Herat on Thursday, a local official said Friday.
Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban terrorists kill civilians
Kabul/IBNS: Suspected Taliban terrorists have killed eight civilians in Afghanistan's Balkh province, media reports said on Wednesday.
Two Taliban killed, 4 injured in clash with army in southern Afghanistan – Police
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: A clash between the forces of the Afghan government and the Taliban movement in the southernmost Helmand province of Afghanistan has resulted in two radical insurgents being killed and four others injured, with no reported casualties on the army's part, the local police headquarters said in a statement on Monday.