Provinces

AT-KABUL: At least 60 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 38 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …

AT-KABUL: The chief of Nawa district of southern Helmand province has been shot dead in an ambush of the Taliban militants, said an official source on Monday. The incident took place in Moqor district of Ghazni province. However, Nang Safai, spokesman for Ghazni governor, said that incident has taken place …

AT-KABUL: At least seven people injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a vehicle of border police in southern Kandahar province, said a local official on Monday. Samim Khpalwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said that the suicide blast killed seven people, including two policemen and five …

AT-KABUL: Work on the second lane of Torkham-Jalalabad road was resumed on Monday after a long-time delay. A ceremony was held in Jalalabad city of eastern Nangarhar province to resume work on construction of second lane of the road. The ceremony was attended by a large number of people including …

AT-KABUL: Heavy fighting is underway between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters and the Taliban in Naziyan and Dur Baba districts of eastern Nangarhar province, said the Ministry of Defense (MoD). The MoD in a statement issued on Saturday said that three Taliban commanders have been killed …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants have took control of a police training center in Dand-i-Ghori district of southern Baghlan, said official on Saturday. Member of Baghlan provincial council, Firozuddin Aimaq, told newsmen that militants have surrounded the area for the past three days and captured the police training center …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday seized ammunition cache in Logar Province. In a media statement issued here, the country’s premier intelligence agency said that two suicide vests, two rocket-propelled grenades, two PK guns, two mortars, three machine guns and bullets in large quantity were seized by …

KABUL: Seven security officials, 120 rebels have been killed and 30 more wounded in severe clashes in the Charsada and Pasaband districts of western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday. Governor Syed Anwar Rahmati said Taliban were planning to control the two strategic districts in order to have access …

KABUL: Taliban gunmen have kidnapped dozens of passengers in Sayed Karam district of southeastern Paktia province on Saturday morning, local officials and residents said. The residents said gunmen have taken passengers with them in Badam Kanda locality of the district around 6:00am. Mohammad-ur-Rahman Qaderi, provincial council secretary, said hundreds of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A group of terrorists was busted when they were busy in making bombs during in western Herat province, said a statement by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday. The statement said the terrorists were held on the spot when they were busy in making bombs …