US Embassy in Kabul reaffirms commitment to mine clearance assistance to Afghanistan

The Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Kabul assures that $ 20 million in annual mine clearance assistance to Afghanistan will continue. Ross Wilson said in a series of tweets yesterday evening (15 April) on the occasion of World Read More …

Afghanistan: IED explosion kills one security force member in Kabul province

At least five security force members were killed and wounded in an explosion in the Qarabagh district of Kabul province, Police reported. Ferdaws Faramarz, a spokesman for Kabul Police HQ said the incident happened at around 7:00 am on Monday Read More …

Risks of Explosive devices – On International Mine Awareness Day

According to the latest data from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), an international network in which AAR Japan participates, the number of confirmed deaths and injuries due to landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in 2019 rose Read More …

Afghanistan: 1 killed, three injured in Kabul ‘roadside’ bomb blast

One ANA soldier was killed and three others were injured when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Paghman district of Kabul city on Sunday. The blast happened at around 8:40 am when an Afghan National Army vehicle was struck Read More …

Afghanistan: 1 person killed, another injured in Balkh explosion

A civilians was killed and a policeman was injured in a roadside bomb blast in Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday. Balkh police told media, the blast targeted a vehicle in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif at around 8:30 am in the morning. The Read More …

Afghanistan’s First Female Deminers Report!

For the first time in the thirty years of mine action in Afghanistan, as part of an initiative of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), in June 2018 a mixed-gender demining team was deployed by the Danish Demining Group Read More …

Afghanistan: Blasts in Khost, Laghman kills 3, wounds eight

A bomb explosion in Khost province killed at least eight people including five NDS force members. The explosion happened at around 1 pm in Khost province on Sunday, according to local police. Police stated that at least eight people were Read More …

Afghan National Police discovered and defused IEDs in Kabul, Kapisa and Logar provinces

The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse three IEDs in Kabul, Kapisa & Logar provinces. The terrorists had planted the bombs to target the innocent civilians. The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point Read More …

Germany Extends Military Presence in Afghanistan into 2022

Germany’s Parliament extended the presence of German troops in Afghanistan for another 10 months, media reports say. Germany has up to 1,300 soldiers in Afghanistan under NATO’s Resolute Support’s train, advice and assist mission to Afghan forces who will stay Read More …

Afghanistan: Four Security Force Members Killed in Badghis Blast

Four security force members were killed and one more was wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Badghis province on Wednesday evening, the provincial governor Hasamuddin Shams said. The incident happened in Aab Kamari district of the province when a Read More …

Afghanistan: ‘Taliban’ Truck Bomb Damages Bridge in Kandahar

The “Taliban” detonated a car “full of explosives” on a bridge in Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province on Wednesday afternoon, damaging parts of the bridge, said Kandahar police, who added that nobody was injured. The bridge attacked in the Read More …

Afghanistan: Daesh Claims Responsibility for Several Recent Attacks

Daesh-run online media have reported many attacks in Afghanistan and said the group claims responsibility for killing “over 30 military men and civilians” in the country. One of the media outlets covered incidents from March 11 to March 17, in Read More …

Afghanistan: 4 Civilians Killed as Blast Targets Govt Employees Bus in Kabul; Blast in Nangarhar injured a national security official

Four civilians were killed and 14 more were wounded after a bus carrying government employees was targeted by a blast in Kabul on Thursday morning, police said. The incident happened at around 7:20 am local time in Sar-e-Kotal area in Read More …

Afghansitan: ANA destroyed 36 IEDs placed by Taliban on public roads in Helmand province

36 IEDs which were placed by Taliban on public roads in Gireshk district of Helmand province, were discovered and defused by ANA. Lives of tens of civilians were saved as a result. 36 IEDs which were placed by Taliban on Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 suicide bombers killed, solider wounded in Wardak province explosions

At least two suicide bombers were killed and one soldier wounded in two car bomb blasts in Afghanistan’s eastern Wardak province early on Friday, an Interior Ministry official confirmed. The militants tried to assault a special forces’ operating base by Read More …

Afghanistan: Car bomb explosion in Herat caused damage to shops in Obe district

Herat Governor Sayed Wahid Qatali said the Taliban had detonated a car bomb in the center of Obe district. According to him, this incident did not cause any casualties, but it has caused damage to the residents of the place Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 ANA Soldiers Wounded in Jalalabad Blast

At least two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were wounded in a blast in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Wednesday morning, sources said. The incident occurred around 9 am local time in PD8 of Jalalabad city when the vehicle Read More …