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At least nine people were killed and 15 others were wounded in three separate blasts in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of Balkh province, a local official said. Mohammad Asif Waziri, a spokesman for the provincial department of security, said that Read More …
A blast took place near a mosque in PD 4 of capital Kabul on Wednesday evening, security officials confirmed. The department of Kabul security put the number of casualties at two wounded, but Emergency Hospital tweeted they have received 22 Read More …
Tahreek-e-Azadi Afghanistan (Afghanistan Freedom Movement) claimed responsibility for an attack on the 209th AlFath Taliban Corps convoy in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province. An explosion occurred this morning, Thursday, May 19, in Mazar-e-Sharif Sharif’s 5th district, and it is believed that the Read More …
A United Nations vehicle has been hit by a bomb in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, a local Taliban official says. The provincial director of information and culture department, Najibullah Hanif, told the DPA news agency that the incident took place Read More …
On the morning of April 1, seven children were playing in the lush wheat fields of Afghanistan’s Marjah district, in the southern Helmand province, by tossing around a metal object. Moments later, it exploded. The blast claimed five of their Read More …
Security forces arrested two people in connection with the smuggling of ammunition and explosives from Chaharkant district of Balkh province. Some of the detainees were found with some explosives, 20 hand grenades, 20 grenade launchers and a handgun. The detainees Read More …
The first blast ripped through a school in Kabul, the Afghan capital, killing high school students. Days later, explosions destroyed two mosques and a minibus in the north of the country. The following week, three more explosions targeted Shiite and Read More …
Parwan police arrested the perpetrators of the destruction of power transmission pylons in South Salang. The two were arrested today during a reconnaissance operation in Salang district of Parwan province. Improvised explosive devices that the perpetrators were planning to use Read More …
A blast targeted a mosque on Friday afternoon in PD 6 in the city of Kabul, causing at least 10 deaths and many wounded, security officials confirmed. The blast took place in the Darul-Aman area of Kabul and follows a Read More …
As you drive along Afghanistan’s motorways, you have to deal with the culvert crater problem. In this mountainous country, prone to seasonal flash floods, most roads are undercut with drainage channels at 50-metre intervals. For much of the past two Read More …
The death toll from two blasts in Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday evening has risen to 11, and the number of injured to 17. Mohammad Asif Waziri, spokesman for the Balkh Police Command, said that the first blast occurred in the 3rd Read More …
Today, due to displacement, economic collapse, and a disintegration of social services including health and education, most Afghans are living in increasingly precarious conditions. Up to 23 million Afghans are facing acute hunger – more than half of the country’s Read More …
After the United States and coalition partners invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003, it was not long before improvised explosive devices – sometimes called roadside bombs or simply IEDs – began to take a toll. Less sophisticated at first, and Read More …
Dozens of worshipers were killed and wounded in a blast on Thursday that targeted a mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province. The Si-Dukan Mosque was hit by a blast while it was being visited by crowds of worshipers. Read More …
At least six people including students have been killed and 11 others wounded after two blasts targeted a boys’ school in the Afghan capital’s Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood, a Kabul police spokesman has said. Khalid Zadran told AFP news agency on Tuesday Read More …
Last week Pakistani army conducted “retaliatory” strikes allegedly against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) a militant group inside Afghanistan in Khost and Kunar provinces. While Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the attack, Shabir Ahmed Osmani, director of information said at least Read More …
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) has changed form several times over the years. With its origins in the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, ISIL was forged from an alliance between Read More …
The Russian military may soon experience a violent and tech laden insurgency the likes of which it has never endured — in Afghanistan, in Chechnya, or in Syria — and against which it may not prevail. The Ukrainian military did Read More …
Statistics from the Afghan Directorate for Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) show that “120 civilians are killed and injured each month” as a result of landmine explosions. Officials gathered in Kabul today (Wednesday) to mark the International Day of Mine Awareness Read More …
The success of Ukrainian forces in deploying improvised explosive devices (IEDs) similar to those seen in the Middle East follows extensive military programmes run by British and American troops to bolster Kyiv’s military capabilities Ukrainian troops are claimed to be Read More …