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Advanced weapons and technology left behind by US and Nato troops during their withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 have been used by militants in Pakistan to attack police and soldiers, security officials have said. The Tahrik-e-Taliban in Pakistan and Baloch Read More …
At least five children were killed in a blast caused by an unexploded bomb on Friday afternoon in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan. The explosion occurred on Friday at around 3:30 pm as kids were playing in the village Read More …
The terrorist allegedly responsible for planning the August 2021 bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans was himself killed by Taliban fighters “in recent weeks,” U.S. officials tell ABC News. Read More …
Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has claimed that the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) still uses Afghanistan soil against Pakistan, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Defense Minister said while interviewing with Voice of America, a US broadcaster: “Islamabad has good relations Read More …
Two children were killed when the unexploded device from the past war exploded in the eastern province of Ghazni, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, local sources said. On Monday afternoon, a group of children found the explosive device in the eastern province Read More …
The Intelligence Department has announced the arrest of one of the perpetrators involved in several deadly attacks in the Balkh province of Afghanistan, including the assassination of Mohammad Dawood Muzamal, governor of Balkh, on Sunday. The department aired the “confessions” Read More …
A child was killed and three others injured when an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) exploded in Southern Zabul province, according to local sources. The explosion caused by an IED of past wars resulted in the death of one child and Read More …
At least two people were killed and 12 injured in a blast near Afghanistan’s ministry of foreign affairs, according to a hospital run by an Italian NGO in capital Kabul. “We received some patients,” said Stefano Sozza of Italian NGO Read More …
A man was arrested in Kabul’s capital city of Afghanistan with six magnetic Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), according to the Ministry of National Defense on Monday. The Ministry said that the apprehended capture was made possible based on the intelligence Read More …
The ISIL (ISIS) armed group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. The blast targeting media workers was Read More …
The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province has been killed inside his office in a suicide attack that was later claimed by the ISIL armed group. The killing of Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, the provincial governor, on Thursday marked one of Read More …
KABUL: At least six terrorists, including commanders, were killed and 15 others wounded Thursday in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack targeting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan’s Khost province. According to sources, the killed militants were identified as Abdul Read More …
By the time the bombs went off inside the Kabul Longan Hotel on the afternoon of Dec. 12, 2022, the armed insurgents had already filmed their last words. Cradling pistols and posing beside a lounge chair heaped with ammunition, grenades, Read More …
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Afghanistan has one of the highest levels of explosive ordnance contamination globally. The statement tweeted on Monday saying that in 2023, some $18.3 million is needed for Read More …
The Taliban administration in Afghanistan claimed that two important Islamic State commanders were killed by its security personnel recently during a counter terrorism operation in Kabul. According to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, one of the terrorists killed was Qari Fateh, Read More …
According to local media on Thursday, an explosion was reported in Taloqan, the centre of Takhar province in Afghanistan. A bomb attached to a vehicle in the Sar Chowk area of Taloqan city reportedly caused the explosion. Read more… Source: Read More …
Two civilians were injured as a blast rocked Police District 2 of Afghan capital Kabul city on Saturday, Kabul’s police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. “Two civilians were injured after a sticky bomb struck a vehicle in Police District 2 today Read More …
Unexploded ordnance and mines in war-torn areas of Helmand threaten the lives of residents of the province who are calling on the government to clear the areas affected by the landmines. Abdul Bari, who lives in helmand’s sarkar area, said Read More …
Pakistan has expressed concern over the uptick in militancy along its border with Afghanistan. In an interview with the leading American magazine, Newsweek, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Munir Akram warned that unless the economic situation improves Read More …
A bomb blast took place near the entrance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul earlier today, according to local sources. Kabul Police Spokesperson, Khalid Zadran, in a tweet said that the explosion happened in front of the Ministry Read More …