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First Vice President Amrullah Saleh’s convoy was targeted early Wednesday morning in the Taimani area of PD 4 in Kabul city, Saleh’s office confirmed. Tariq Arian, Interior Ministry spokesman, confirmed 10 were killed and 16 were wounded in the Kabul Read More …
At least one civilian was killed and another was wounded in a roadside mine blast in the southern province of Kandahar on Monday morning, a local police official confirmed. The incident occurred in Zharai district when a motorcycle struck a Read More …
At least three security force members were killed and five were wounded after gunmen stormed a public protection forces unit compound in Gardez city, capital of Paktia province, local police said on Tuesday. The police said that the attack started Read More …
At least one person was killed, and another was wounded in a blast in Kabul on Saturday night, Kabul police confirmed. The incident happened around 7:40 pm local time in Qala-e-Mir Abbas in PD9 of Kabul city as security forces Read More …
Thirteen civilians, including six children, were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Friday, an official said. “The victims – six children, two women and five men – were admitted to the Spin Boldak Read More …
Afghan Special Forces in an operation nabbed a group of nine people, including a woman, who plotted attacks on Muharram rituals in Police District 5 of the Kabul city Wednesday night, Ministry of Interior said in a statement. The operation Read More …
Three magnetic bombs exploded in three different locations around Kabul city on Saturday early morning causing casualties, officials confirmed. Initial explosion took place in Sarak-e-Naw area of Chehlsotoon at around 6:30, a magnetic mine was placed in a private Toyota Read More …
The incident happened in PD5 of Kabul city after a magnetic mine placed on Mr Amin’s vehicle exploded. His driver was also wounded, the statement said. This was one of two separate magnetic mine blasts in Kabul city on Wednesday Read More …
At least two security force personnel affiliated with the National Directorate of Security (NDS) were killed, and 11 people–including civilians–were wounded in a roadside mine blast in northern Baghlan province, a security source said. The incident happened around10:00am local time Read More …
A group of Taliban sustained casualties as they were busy manufacturing an improvised explosive device, roadside bomb, in a mosque in North of Afghanistan. The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the incident took place in a mosque in Read More …
A blast was reported Sunday in PD12, in the Salim Karwan area in Arzan Qemat, a neighborhood in the eastern part of Kabul city, police said. According to Kabul police, two people were wounded when the mine went off. The Read More …
KABUL Afghanistan – Warfighters operating in combat zones are continuously confronted with adversarial improvised threat technologies designed to inflict harm and disrupt operations. Over time, these nontraditional attacks have taken a heavy toll on mission success rates and weighed down Read More …
At least four civilians were killed and six others were wounded in a roadside mine blast in Kandahar province on Thursday morning, Kandahar police said in a statement. The incident happened in Panjwai district of the province after a civilian Read More …
An explosion targeting police vehicles inside Farah city kills 4 police and injures 22 civilians in Farah city, an official said. “Explosives placed inside a vehicle targeted a police car around 18:30 in district 4 of Farah city on Wednesday, Read More …
An explosion in Kabul city left at least three people dead or wounded, hours after a similar blast left at least two people wounded. Sources in Kabul Police Headquarters confirmed that the explosion took place in the vicinity of Prozha-e Read More …
The Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties while preparing a car bomb for a deadly attack in south-eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement said the Taliban militants were placing explosives inside a vehicle which they Read More …
Two back to back explosions left at least ten civilians dead in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, the local officials confirmed. Jamal Naseri, a spokesperson for Kandahar Police, confirmed that the two explosions took place late on Sunday night in Read More …
A second explosion took place in Kabul city, less than 24 hours after a similar explosion killed or wounded at least 7 people. Ferdaws Faramurz, a spokesperson for Kabul Police Headquarters, confirmed that an explosion took place in the 9th Read More …
An explosion shook Kabul city soon after the Afghan leaders concluded a 3-day traditional grand council (Loya Jirga) deciding to release the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners. Kabul police confirmed an IED explosion in Company Bazaar of district 5 which happened Read More …
A roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants went off in western Nimroz province of Afghanistan, killing at least seven civilians, the local authorities said. Bahram Khel, the acting spokesperson for the provincial government, confirmed that the incident took place in Read More …