Afghanistan: Two Civilians Killed, Five Wounded in Nangarhar Blasts; Two People Killed And 18 Wounded In Explosion In Logar Province

At least two civilians were killed and five more were wounded in two separate blasts in the eastern province Nangarhar province on Thursday morning, local officials said. A vehicle was hit by a blast in Kama district of the province Read More …

Afghanistan: Kabul PD5 Police Chief Killed in IED Blast; One Person Killed And Another Arrested In Kabul In Connection With Planting IEDs

Mohammadzai Kochi, police chief of Kabul’s police district 5 (PD5) was killed in an explosion that targeted his vehicle in downtown Kabul on Wednesday morning, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh confirmed. The blast took place at around 8:55 am local Read More …

Afghanistan: Eight Taliban Bomb Makers Killed, IEDs Factory Destroyed in Kandahar

A Taliban’s IEDs factory was destroyed and eight Taliban bomb makers, including their commander, were killed during Afghan Commando Forces’ operation in southern Kandahar province, defense official said. Ministry of defense said that the operation conducted in Arghandab district on Read More …

Afghanistan: ANP and GCPSU discovered and defused 14 IEDs in Kandahar, Paktika, Herat, Takhar and Faryab provinces

Afghan National Police bomb disposal unit discovered & defused three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Jowzjan, Kandahar and Paktika provinces. ANP bomb disposal unit discovered & defused three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Jowzjan, Kandahar & Paktika provinces. pic.twitter.com/3xNBC5DfKG — Read More …

Afghanistan: Separate targeted attacks claim 4, wounds 2

At least two people were killed and four others wounded in two separate incidents on Tuesday morning in Kabul city. At least two people were wounded in a targeted magnetic IED blast in Kabul. The incident occurred at around 9:21 Read More …

UN: TTP oversaw reunion of terror groups in Afghanistan

Afghanistan continues to serve as a sanctuary for terror groups including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), according to a recent United Nations report. The twenty-seventh report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team states that the TTP was reported to Read More …

Tiny Drones Are the Biggest Threat in the Middle East Since IEDs, Top General Says

State and nonstate actors have figured out another cheap way to target U.S. troops, a four-star general warned this week. Small drones anyone can “go out and buy at Costco right now” pose the most concerning tactical development since the Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 Wounded And One Person Killed In Two Separate Explosions In Kabul

A magnetic IED blast targeted a vehicle carrying Abdul Hadi Rafiee, the deputy minister of agriculture for administration and finance, at a township in western Kabul on Monday morning. Police said the explosion caused no casualties, but a security source Read More …

Afghanistan: Policeman Killed, 7 others Wounded in Nangarhar Blasts, Two Children Wounded In A Roadside Blast In Baghlan Province

At lest one policeman was killed and seven others including three civilians were wounded in two separate blasts in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Sunday morning, local officials said. The first incident happened when a car bomb attack targeted Read More …

Afghanistan: ANA and ANP discovered explosives and IEDs in Helmand, Kandahar and Balkh provinces

Commando forces discovered and destroyed a cache of Taliban’s explosives and 2 of their strongholds in Nad-Ali district of Helmand province last night. 2 Taliban were killed and 1 other was arrested during the operations. A number of weapons and Read More …

Senior Afghan peace ministry official survives ‘IED explosion’

Khushnood Nabizada, Chief of Staff at State Ministry for Peace and the founder of Khaama Press News Agency, was targeted in an IED blast in PD10 Hangara Square of Kabul city on Monday morning. Nabizada told Khaama Press that the Read More …

Taliban PsyOps: Afghan Militants Weaponize Commercial Drones

The Taliban has used small commercial drone aircraft in recent years for reconnaissance and to make propaganda videos of attacks. But now, the militant group is deploying the remote-controlled devices as a new weapon against Afghan security forces. Using a Read More …

Afghanistan: Head of Lashkar-e-Islam and 3 Other Militants Reportedly Killed in Roadside Bomb Explosion in Nangarhar

Head of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam was killed along with three others, claim Afghanistan officials Mangal Bagh, the head of banned militant group Lashkar-e-Islam, has been killed in an explosion in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, a government official claimed on Read More …

Mission Success: DTRA Technical Integrators Return Home from Operation Resolute Support

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – After providing Allied and Afghan forces with a cloak of protection from adversarial asymmetric weapons since May 2017, technical integrators (TI) from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) closed up shop and returned to the National Capitol Read More …

Afghanistan: 3 killed, 13 wounded in bomb explosions in Afghanistan

Three people have been killed and 13 others wounded in two separate bomb explosions in Afghanistan, the latest in a string of bomb attacks in the militancy-hit country, authorities said Wednesday. In the capital city Kabul, two police officers were Read More …