Afghanistan: The deadly threat to children as mine action faces funding shortfalls

As recently as June 24, 2025, two children were killed and two injured after one of them struck an unexploded device with an axe in Dar-e-Noor, Nagahar province. 6.4 million Afghans live at risk of unexploded ordnance (UXO), with children Read More …

Afghanistan: Explosion near mosque kills 1, wounds 7 in Badghis province

Explosion went off while dozens of worshippers had gathered inside the mosque for Friday prayers An explosion on the doorsteps of a mosque in northern Afghanistan killed one worshipper and wounded seven others on Friday, a Taliban official said. Baz Read More …

Afghanistan: Roadside bomb kills 11 people in Badgis

At least 11 civilians have been killed in northern Afghanistan when their vehicle set off a land mine, local government officials said on Sunday, accusing the Taliban of planting the roadside bomb. Husamudim Shams, the governor of the northern province Read More …

Afghan Air Forces targeted and eliminated a Taliban’s car bomb in Kandahar; ANA destroyed 37 IEDs across Afghanistan

Afghan Air Forces targeted and eliminated a Taliban’s car bomb in Panjwai district of Kandahar province, today. By the elimination of the car bomb a major terrorist attack was prevented and the lives of dozens innocent #civilians were saved. Afghan Read More …

Afghanistan: Four Security Force Members Killed in Badghis Blast

Four security force members were killed and one more was wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Badghis province on Wednesday evening, the provincial governor Hasamuddin Shams said. The incident happened in Aab Kamari district of the province when a Read More …

Afghanistan: ANA Safely Detonates VBIED in Kandahar, Defused Dozens of IEDs in Helmand, Badghis and Urzgan provinces

Afghan National Army prevented a car bomb attack in Arghandab district of Kandahar province today. A car full of explosives were destroyed in an airstrik in the district. It had been prepared for attack on ANDSF positions. #ANA prevented a Read More …

Former senator, 5 guards killed in Taliban ambush in W. Afghanistan

Taliban militants killed a former Afghan senator and five of his guards in the country’s western Badghis province on Monday, the acting provincial governor confirmed. The incident happened when a vehicle carrying Rangeen Mushkwani, a former member of Meshrano Jirga Read More …

29 Taliban militants killed, wounded in separate incidents in Badghis province

At least 29 Taliban militants were killed or wounded in separate incidents in the North-western Badghis province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. According to a statement released by MoD, the security forces conducted an operation against the Read More …

Explosives-laden Humvee goes off prematurely in Badghis, killing 4 Taliban militants

A Humvee Armored Personnel Carrier packed with explosives went off prematurely in Badghis province of Afghanistan, killing at least 4 Taliban militants. The Special Operations Corps in a statement said the Taliban militants were looking to use the explosives-laden Humvee Read More …