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A major roadside landmine blast in Farah, western Afghanistan, bordering Iran, killed at least 34 people on Wednesday morning, an official confirmed. A passenger bus coming from the neighboring Herat province hit a roadside improvised explosive device around 8.00 a.m. Read More …
The UN mission in Afghanistan has announced that the conflict in Afghanistan killed or wounded 3,812 civilians in the first half of 2019. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in its latest report that the conflict killed 1,366 Read More …
A deadly explosion killed or wounded at least 26 civilians including many children in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar. The local security officials said an Improvised Explosive Device went off in Spin Boladak earlier today. The officials further added that Read More …
The Afghan Special Forces destroyed a house-borne improvised explosive device during an operation in southern Kandahar province. The military officials said Monday that the Special Forces destroyed a house bomb in Maiwand district. The officials further added that the Special Read More …
The Afghan forces thwarted a deadly plot by anti-government armed militants to target the university students in northern Baghlan province. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the security forces discovered and defused an improvised explosive which the Read More …
Three consecutive blasts in Kabul city left 11 people dead and 45others wounded, the Ministry of Public Health said. Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said the explosions killed 11 civilians and wounded 45 others. Furthermore, Rahimi Read More …
A massive car bombing in the southeast of Afghanistan targeting a local security officer killed at least four people, an official and local media confirmed on Sunday after a spate of terrorist attacks across the country in the last one Read More …
A premature Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion killed three mine planters of Taliban in south-eastern Paktiya province. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the explosion took place on a highway in Afzal Khel area of Ahmadabad district. Read More …
An IED blast inches away from the main entrance of Kabul University in the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed eight people and injured more than 30, officials confirmed. The IED, placed in a car parked next to the southern Read More …
Around 200 dogs train at a time at the Mine Detection Centre (MDC) in the Afghan capital, starting when they are just pups. They are put through their paces around obstacle courses and are taught to correctly identify target smells Read More …
The death toll as a result of a roadside bombing in southern Kandahar province has climbed to 13 people with 30 more wounded. The 205th Atal Corps in a statement said an improvised explosive device planted by Taliban went off Read More …
The Afghan Special Forces destroyed large caches of weapons and Improvised Explosive Devices during an operation in Ghazni. The military sources said Tuesday that the Special Forces conducted the operation in Deh Yak district. The sources further added that the Read More …
A roadside bomb explosion killed or wounded at least 43 civilians in Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Tadin Khan Achakzai said an Improvised Explosive Device went off in an area between Khakrez and Kandahar districts. Gen. Tadin Read More …
The Afghan forces thwarted militants bid to detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the security forces discovered the car bomb during an operation in Mohmandara district. Read More …
A premature Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion killed or wounded at least 7 Pakistani militants in Kunar province of Afghanistan. The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said an Improvised Explosive Device went off prematurely in Khas Kunar district of Read More …
A car bomb explosion in south-eastern Ghazni province claimed the lives of at least 12 people and wounded at least 96 others. The local officials confirmed that a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb close to an intelligence compound in Read More …
The security forces killed 7 Taliban militants and destroyed explosives depots of the group in Paktika and Logar. The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement said the Afghan Air Force conducted airstrikes targeting two explosives depots of Taliban in Logar Read More …
The Afghan Special Forces killed 5 Taliban militants during separate operations conducted in Farah province. The informed military officials said Tuesday that the Special Forces killed 5 Taliban militants in Pusht-E Rod and Bala Baluk districts of Farah. Furthermore, the Read More …
The Taliban detonated a powerful car bomb in an area of Afghanistan‘s capital housing military and government buildings, killing at least 16 people, the country’s interior ministry told Al Jazeera. The bomb went off during the morning rush hour in Kabul when the Read More …
American forces in Afghanistan tied to the 82nd US Airborne Division will become the first infantry Army battalion to employ pocket-sized drones on their impending deployment to the war-torn country. Soldiers with the Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat team were issued Black Read More …