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A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives close to a security check post in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan. According to local officials, the incident took place earlier today in Sayedabad district of Wardak province. Mohibullah Sharifzai, Read More …
A suicide truck bomber targeted a police district headquarters in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, killing three officers, a local official said. Three other police officers, including a district police chief, were killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Read More …
The Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) thwarted militants plot to carry out suicide attacks in Kabul city. According to a statement released by NDS, the Special Forces conducted a complex operation in Kabul city and arrested Read More …
At least three policemen were killed and three others were wounded in a roadside mine blast in the Kohistan district of Herat on the Herat-Islam Qala highway on Saturday, local officials said. The incident happened around 100 km away from Read More …
he NATO called on the Taliban group to decrease violence as the country is going towards an intra-Afghan peace dialogue. Stefano Pontecorvo, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan in a video message published on his twitter account has said Read More …
The Kabul Police foiled militants bid to detonate a remote-controlled bomb in the city, the Kabul Police Headquarters said. According to a statement released by Kabul Police, the militants had planted a remote-controlled bomb on a roadside in Shewaki area Read More …
An explosion ripped through a vehicle of the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces in Kabul city earlier today, the security sources said. According to the officials in Kabul Police Headquarters, a magnetic bomb planted in a police vehicle went off Read More …
An Afghan civilian was killed after an IED explosion occurred in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of the northern province of Balkh, according to the police officials in the city. Ten others, including five civilians and five security force members, were wounded Read More …
At least six civilians, including women and children, were killed in a roadside mine blast in southern Helmand province on Sunday afternoon, local officials said on Monday. The incident took place in Washir district after a civilian vehicle struck a Read More …
Russia has denied reports that it offered Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan. Citing US officials, The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reported that a Russian military intelligence unit offered the alleged bounties Read More …
Two employees of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) were killed in an IED explosion that targeted their vehicle in Kabul this morning, the commission confirmed. One of the victims was a woman who was serving as a legal Read More …
Sayed Mukhtar 13, an Afghan teenager who was trained by the Taliban for a suicide attack, has surrendered to the Afghan security forces in Kunduz province, the Ministry of Interior said on Thursday. The teenager claimed that he spent five Read More …
Six civilians were killed on Wednesday in a roadside mine blast in Jawzjan province, local official said. Marouf Azar, spokesman for Jawzjan governor, said the incident occurred in Farok Qala village of Muradyan district when a rickshaw was hit by Read More …
At least three members of the Afghan National Army were killed in a car bomb attack by the Taliban in the western province of Badghis on Sunday evening, an army commander said on Monday. The incident happened in Bala Murghab Read More …
Three police officers were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Sunday, local police said. “Three Afghan National Police (ANP) members were killed and three others wounded in an improvised bomb explosion Read More …
An investigation into the 2018 death of an Army EOD tech in Helmand province, Afghanistan, found that his unit faced equipping and funding issues prior to deployment, but the company command team went to great lengths to resolve those problems before arriving downrange. Read More …
An explosion in Kabul city killed a prominent Afghan writer’s wife and daughter while leaving several others others wounded including the writer himself, the security official said. Officials in Kabul Police Headquarters said the explosion in Paghman area of Kabul Read More …
An explosion inflicted casualties on ordinary civilians in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesperson for the provincial government, said the explosion took place at around 8:30 am local time close to Read More …
A deadly blast on a mosque in Kabul during the Friday prayers killed 4 including a prominent religious cleric, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said. According to the Ministry, the explosives were placed inside the mosque that killed Azizullah Mofleh, Read More …
An explosion killed a civilian and wounded three others in Kabul earlier today, the security officials said. Officials in Kabul Police Headquarters confirmed that a roadside bomb went off in Qarabagh district earlier today, killing one civilian and wounding three Read More …