Tag: Afghanistan
Conflict: More than 108,000 people displaced in Afghanistan – UN
More than 108,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan since the beginning of the year due to conflict and natural…
12 police killed in fight with Taliban in Afghanistan
At least 12 police personnel, including two senior officers, were killed in fresh clashes with Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan’s…
Iran denies helping Taliban in Afghanistan
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday denied allegations that it helps a Taliban push in an Afghan province bordering Iran, local…
Taliban launch fresh attacks on Western Afghanistan city
Hundreds of Taliban fighters again attacked parts of the provincial capital of Farah in Western Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday.
UN welcomes Afghanistan’s “reinvigorated efforts” in fighting corruption
The UN on Wednesday welcomed what it said is a “reinvigorated efforts” in fighting corruption in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan describes attack on journalists as “a crime against press, humanity”
Afghan government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday described the attack on journalists as a crime against the freedom of…
Bomb Blast: 3 Taliban including key commander killed in Afghanistan
Three Taliban militants including a key commander lost their lives in a bomb blast that rocked a Taliban centre in…
3 brothers beheaded by ISIS in Afghanistan
Militants from Islamic State have beheaded three brothers, all working in the medical profession, in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar,…
Taliban attacks: District governor among 20 killed in Afghanistan
At least 20 people including a district governor and security forces have been killed in two separate attacks by Taliban…
Islamic State affiliated militants stone man to death for adultery
A group of militants having links to the Islamic State terrorist organisation has stoned a man to death, found guilty…
Mass grave of Islamic State hostages discovered in Eastern Afghanistan
Officials on Wednesday discovered bodies of at least 10 people, who are supposed to have been hostages of the Islamic…
95 killed in Afghanistan’s suicide bombing
A suicide bombing has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul,…
Regional Security: China to lead talks with Afghanistan, Pakistan
China’s upcoming trilateral dialogue with Pakistan and Afghanistan is expected to focus on regional security and development, experts said on…
U.S defence chief in Pakistan for ‘common ground’ to fight terrorism
U.S. Defence Secretary, Jim Mattis, arrived in Islamabad on Monday to ask Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership to do more…
Afghanistan: U.S. should recognise failure of strategy – Karzai
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said the U.S. should recognise the failure of its strategy on Afghanistan, and stop focusing…
80 killed in blast near foreign embassies in Afghanistan
A huge explosion hit near the German Embassy in Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing at least 80 people and injuring…
UN: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan down slightly
Civilian casualties as a result of the continued conflict in Afghanistan decreased slightly in the first quarter of 2017, a…
Shame: US ‘mother of all bombs’ kills only 36 in Afghanistan
The much touted mother of all bombs weighing 20,000 pounds with a price tag of $16m per unit manufactured by…
Police Officer Opens Fire, Kills 9 Colleagues
An Afghan police officer opened fire on his colleagues, killing nine of them, at a checkpoint in northern Afghanistan, a…
24 killed in Afghan twin bombings
At least 24 people are dead after two bombs exploded Monday near the Afghan Ministry of Defense in Kabul, a…
Taliban hangs 3 Afghan soldiers, 3 others in Afghanistan
Six men, comprising three Afghan soldiers, two policemen and one civilian, were reportedly hanged by the Taliban in Afghanistan’s remote…
Plane crashes in Afghanistan, 7 dead
A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan says seven people were killed when a plane belonging to Silk Way Airlines of…
60 female students poisoned
The police in Afghanistan have confirmed that around 60 students of a girl school were mysteriously poisoned in Rustaq district…
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Lionel Messi seeks to meet Afghan boy in plastic jersey
Barcelona star Lionel Messi is hoping to arrange a meeting with an Afghan boy who shot to fame after pictures…
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Nigerian football star now coaching migrants in Sweden
Nigerian football star Perpetua Nkwocha knows what it’s like to find yourself many miles from home, making a new life.…
Afghan Taliban fighters attack Kandahar airport, kill 9
At least nine people have been killed in heavy fighting at the airport in the Afghan city of Kandahar, reports…
We shot down US C-130 plane, killed 11, Taliban says
AFP – The Taliban on Friday claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with…
White House condemns abuse of boys by Afghan soldiers
The White House Monday said it was ‘deeply concerned’ about reports that Afghan boys were being sexually exploited by Afghan…
Afghan War: Taliban claims victory over NATO
The Taliban responded scornfully Monday to the formal end of NATO’s war in Afghanistan, describing the US-led mission as a…
News analysis: US plagued by doubts as it exits $1trillion Afghan war
by Dan De Luce/Washington After 13 years, the United States is winding down its war in Afghanistan, plagued by doubts…