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At least two people were wounded in a bomb attack in Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Interior confirmed. A hand grenade was hurled from the Kabul Zoo towards Taliban security forces stationed in Dehmazang Square in Read More …
A large explosion tore through a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, causing heavy casualties, a spokesman of the Taliban government’s interior ministry said. Qari Saeed Khosti said authorities were collecting details of the Read More …
A bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying a Taliban police chief in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing him and wounding 11 others, officials said. The blast happened in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province, targeting the Taliban police chief for Read More …
A deadly explosion in Khan Abad port of northern Kunduz province inflicted casualties to at least 80 worshipers on Friday, October 8, BBC reported. The explosion has occurred in a mosque where hundreds of people had gathered to perform Friday Read More …
The ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed 13 US service members outside Kabul airport in August had just been released from prison by the Taliban before the attack, according to a new report. Abdul Rehman Al-Loghri was among those let out Read More …
Afghan media quoted Taliban officials as saying that an explosion in Nangarhar province and an armed attack in Laghman province wounded Taliban members and Afghan civilians. This explosion happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday near Qala-e-Akhund in Kameh District Read More …
One person has been confirmed dead and 17 others were injured as an explosive device went off in a religious school in Khost city, capital of eastern Khost province on Wednesday, a provincial official said Thursday. He said that a Read More …
The Taliban fighters reportedly conducted operations in Kabul’s northern suburb-Police District 17, Khair Khana- eliminating a safe haven of the ISIS Khorasan branch. Local residents have confirmed the shooting of light and heavy weapons in the area and have also Read More …
A bomb was detonated at the entrance of a mosque in Kabul city on Sunday afternoon leaving at least two people dead. The Interior Ministry spokesman Saeed Khosti has confirmed two people were killed and four others were wounded in Read More …
Recent Taliban seizures of equipment previously supplied to Afghan security forces by the United States and NATO likely constitutes one of the most significant large-scale diversions of military equipment in recent history. This Frontline Perspective is the first in a Read More …
The eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan has seen a spate of attacks against the Taliban this week by the group IS Khorasan (ISIS-K), an affiliate of ISIS. ISIS-K claimed three attacks in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. Through Read More …
Witnesses say an explosion targeted a Taliban vehicle in the provincial city of Jalalabad, the second such deadly blast in as many days in a Daesh stronghold. The Taliban and Daesh extremists are enemies, and fought each other even before Read More …
Three consecutive explosions targeting rangers of the Taliban killed 2 and wounded 19 more among them women and children in Police District 5 of Jalalabad city of eastern Nangarhar province. Health officials of the provincial hospital in Jalalabad city said Read More …
The work of a drone unit, reported in detail here for the first time, shows how the Taliban were able to win the war against the U.S.-backed forces in Afghanistan As the U.S. began its final drawdown of troops from Read More …
Back in 2018, when the world was a different place, “A” made what would become a life-defining decision. From her home in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, soon after graduating from university, she signed up for a team which was breaking gender Read More …
When a Hellfire missile was launched on Aug. 29 at a target in a Kabul neighborhood — a parked car suspected of containing explosives for use in a suicide attack — U.S. military officials said they were confident the driver Read More …
The Taliban has displayed suicide vests and bombs during a weapons parade, while bizarre footage showed its fighters doing combat displays as the group celebrates its conquest of Afghanistan. The chilling weapon parade, broadcast on Afghanistan state television, saw devices Read More …
The largest landmine clearing charity in Afghanistan has struck an agreement with the Taliban to resume its work clearing unexploded munitions. The Halo Trust, which has its headquarters in Scotland, evacuated all its foreign staff last month. It said at Read More …
Several rockets have been fired at Kabul’s international airport, a day before the deadline for the US troops to pull out of Afghanistan ends. The White House, which confirmed the attack, said that evacuation operations at the airport were not Read More …
A U.S. airstrike Sunday targeted a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate before they could target the ongoing American military evacuation at Kabul’s international airport, officials said. There were few initial details about the incident, as Read More …