Twelve Afghan security personnel killed in Taliban Attack in Jawzjan

Kabul/UNI:  At least 12 members of its security forces were killed in a violent confrontation with the Taliban, Afghan government confirmed on Wednesday.

Suspected 'Taliban' militants kill four members of family in Afghanistan  

Kabul/IBNS: Suspected Taliban terrorists killed four members of a family, including a tribal elder, in  Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.

Car bomb explosion in Paktia kills five civilians

Paktia/IBNS: At least five civilians were killed as a car bomb exploded in front of the gate of a Defense Ministry facility in Gardiz city of Afghanistan's Paktia province on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.

Arrested Kabul gurdwara attacker Ahangar has links with Pakistan's Sialkot region

New Delhi/IBNS: The arrest of  chief recruiter of the Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir Aijaz Ahangar, the terrorist who was arrested 25 years after he vanished from Kashmir, has a strong link with Pakistan's Sialkot region, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Militants kill judge

Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI:  Taliban militants has killed a primary court judge in Afghanistan's western Herat province, a local official said Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Security forces arrest Pakistani family, seize explosives

Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan security forces recently arrested a Pakistani family in Ghazni province and seized a large cache of explosives belonging to Taliban, media reports said on Saturday.

Fighting leaves 13 militants dead in Afghanistan

Pul-e-Khumri, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 13 militants including a Taliban local commander have been confirmed dead and 10 others wounded in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the northern Baghlan province, police spokesman in the restive province Ahmad Jawed Basharat said Wednesday.

Air raids kill 7 militants in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan

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.

Sixteen militants killed in Afghan provinces within a day: gov't

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.

8 militants killed as offensive repulsed in N Afghanistan

Kunduz, Afghanistan, Jan 4/xinhua/UNI: At least eight fighters affiliated with the Taliban group were killed, when their attack on government forces' checkpoints was repelled in northern Afghanistan's province of Kunduz on Friday, Esmatullah Muradi, the provincial governor spokesman said.

Afghanistan: 14 soldiers killed in checkpoint attack

Shiberghan/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 14 Afghan security force members were killed after Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's northern province of Jawzjan on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said.

Ending war only ‘real hope’ for prosperous Afghanistan: UN mission chief

New York/IBNS: Only by ending the war in Afghanistan can there be “real hope” for a prosperous future for the country, the top UN official there said on Thursday.

Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban members abduct 27 peace activists

Kabul/IBNS: Suspected members of Taliban group have kidnapped peace activists in Afghanistan, media reports said on Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Explosion in Balkh province leaves 18 hurt

Balkh/IBNS: At least 18 people were injured in an explosion that rocked Afghanistan's Balkh province on Tuesday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Three cops killed in gunmen attack

Herat/IBNS: A gunmen attack incident in Afghanistan's Herat city on Sunday left at least three policemen killed, media reports said.