Attackers storm hotel in Northwestern Afghanistan, 5 police officers injured: authorities
Kabul, Jul 13 (Sputnik/UNI) A group of attackers carrying explosives stormed a hotel in the northwestern Afghan province of Badghis on Saturday, Afghan authorities said, adding that five police officers had been injured.
Afghanistan: 40 hurt in Taliban mortar attack on Faryab market
Kabul, July 5 (IBNS): At least 40 people were hurt when the Taliban militants shelled a local market in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Afghanistan calls for regional cooperation to counter terrorism
Kabul, Jun 15 (Sputnik/UNI) Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday urged Asian leaders to step up cooperation to fight terrorism, in an address to a major regional conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
New York, June 11 (IBNS): The United Nations has urged all parties to the “ongoing intense conflict” across Afghanistan to meet their obligations to protect civilians from harm, denouncing a spate of attacks by militants which killed more than 100 civilians in Kabul alone during Ramadan.
Afghanistan: Security forces destroy Taliban headquarters in northern Kunduz province
Kabul, June 9 (IBNS): The Taliban headquarters in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province was destroyed during an operation conducted by the security forces on Sunday, media reports said.
Four police officers killed in Taliban attack in East Afghanistan
Gardez, May 27 (Xinhua/UNI) Up to four Afghan police officers were killed and four others wounded after Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in eastern province of Paktia overnight, local police said Monday.
Militants attacks repulsed, seven dead in Afghanistan clash
Taluqan, Afghanistan, May 23 (Xinhua/UNI) At least seven militants loyal to the Taliban group have been killed and three others wounded, following a fierce clash erupted in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar on Thursday, a local official said.
Afghanistan: Explosion rocks western Herat, 25 killed or hurt
Kabul, May 18 (IBNS): An explosion rocked Afghanistan's western Herat province on Saturday and left at least 25 civilians killed and injured, media reports said.
Afghanistan : Seven Taliban militants killed in southern province
Moscow, May 15 (Sputnik/UNI) At least seven Taliban militants were killed in a series of airstrikes in the Afghan southern province of Zabul and southeastern province of Ghazni over the past 24 hours, local media reported on Wednesday, citing military sources.
Afghanistan : Twelve people injured in Kabul blast, says Afghan ministry of public health
Kabul, May 8 (Sputnik/UNI) The Afghan Ministry of Public Health told Sputnik on Wednesday that at least 12 people were injured in the explosion in Kabul, which targeted the office of the Counterpart International in Afghanistan, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
3 police, 14 militants killed in clashes in S. Afghanistan
Kandhar, Afghanistan, May 4 (Xinhua) About three police officers and 14 militants were killed in checkpoint clashes in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar on Saturday, provincial police chief said.
At least 30 militants, 7 security forces killed in clash in Afghanistan
Pul-e-Khumri, May 3 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 30 militants have been killed as Taliban offensive to overrun Burka district in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province was repulsed on Friday, provincial government spokesman Mahmoud Haqmal said.
Afghanistan: 6 ISIS media activists arrested in Kabul city
Kabul, Apr 5 (IBNS): Security officials in Afghanistan have arrested a group of six media activists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from Kabul city, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Explosion hits Kandahar, four killed
Kandahar, Mar 17 (IBNS): At least four people were killed when an explosion hit Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Saturday evening, media reports said on Sunday.
Civilian deaths from Afghanistan conflict in 2018 touched record level: UNAMA
Kabul, Feb 24 (IBNS): More civilians were killed in the Afghan conflict last year than at any time since records have been kept, according to a United Nations report released today by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the UN Human Rights Office.