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Kabul-based analyst Kanishka Nawabi explores the factors behind suicide attacks, and why they will continue Suicide bombing has become routine in Afghanistan, but it wasn’t always so. The reasons why suicide bombing began in Afghanistan, and why it is likely Read More …
At least 13 civilians were killed and further 37 others are wounded in separate roadside IED explosions in Zabul and Parwan provinces. Ministry of Interior Affairs said Monday that 11 civilians were killed and 28 others are wounded in a Read More …
At least three blasts happened near Sayed-ul-Shuhada High School in west of Kabul on Saturday afternoon, the Ministry of Interior confirmed. According to the Ministry of Interior, at least 30 people were killed and 52 more were wounded in the Read More …
Households and businesses in Afghanistan’s capital have been hit by blackouts after electricity pylons in the north of the city were blown up early on Friday morning, the main power utility, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), said. DABS said the Read More …
At least four civilians were wounded in a blast in the northern province of Kunduz on Thursday morning, a member of the provincial council, Rabbani Rabbani said. The incident happened about 10:20 am local time in Mokhaberat square in PD4 Read More …
One person was killed and further three others are injured in an explosion that hit a bus carrying employees of the public health directorate for Panjshir province in the Kalakan district of Kabul city. Police said that the injured were Read More …
The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse three IEDs in Parwan, Ghazni & Logar provinces. The terrorists had planted the bombs to target the innocent civilians. The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point Read More …
Security officials in Parwan said, that one person was killed and 24 others were wounded in an explosion while security force members were offering prayers at a mosque inside Bagram base. Abdul Wase Rahimi, security chief for Parwan police HQ Read More …
More than 100 units of unexploded ordnances (UXO) were found by villagers in two districts and handed over to the Battambang provincial authorities for further action. Police More than 100 units of unexploded ordnances (UXO) were found by villagers in Read More …
The deadly truck bomb attack that targeted a guest house in Logar province on Friday evening was widely condemned as a crime against humanity and a terrorist attack against the people of Afghanistan. The Presidential Palace said the “terrorist attack” Read More …
An explosion in Nangarhar targeted the country’s power distributor company’s ‘Da Afghanistan Breshna Shekrat’ (DABS) employees, sources told media. Four employees of DABS were injured when their vehicle when an IED blast targeted a vehicle. According to reports the incident Read More …
Waris Achikzai, a commander of Kandahar’s police special forces, was killed in a blast in Maiwand district on Sunday night, a source said. The incident occurred in Maiwand district after a vehicle was struck by a roadside mine, the source Read More …
Huge cache of ammunition & explosives seized during a joint search operation of the GCPSU & Afghan Commandos in Ab Bazak village, Mohammad Agha district of Logar province. A Taliban bomb making factory was also destroyed & 16 roadside bombs, Read More …
Afghan Air Forces targeted and eliminated a Taliban’s car bomb in Panjwai district of Kandahar province, today. By the elimination of the car bomb a major terrorist attack was prevented and the lives of dozens innocent #civilians were saved. Afghan Read More …
A powerful blast rocked Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday night. A security source told TOLOnews that the blast occurred as a result of a suicide bombing that targeted a convoy of the Afghan intelligence agency—the National Directorate of Security (NDS)–at Read More …
The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover and defuse 13 IEDs in Jabul Saraj district of Parwan & Zaranj City of Nimruz. The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & Read More …
Three policemen were killed a explosive-laden vehicle targeted an outpost in western province of Herat. The incident happened in the Bazarakarea of Zinda Jan district on Friday evening, and was followed by Taliban attacks on the district from three positions. Read More …
The Taliban attacked a local army base in the southern province of Zabul on Wednesday night and clashes are still ongoing, local sources confirmed on Thursday. The attack took place in the Holand area of Shahjoy district when first the Read More …
President Joe Biden will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, several U.S. officials said. Biden will lay out his vision for the Read More …
The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse five IEDs in Khost, Maidan Wardak & Logar provinces. The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse five IEDs in Read More …