Tag: Afghanistan
Top army commander, 24 others killed in another air crash
An army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people on board, including a top commander. Taliban insurgents…
Taliban bomb maker, wife, 2 kids killed in blast
A Taliban bomb maker, his wife and two children were killed as his device exploded prematurely in his home in…
Election in Afghan province to be delayed for 1 week
Parliamentary elections in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, due to be held on Saturday will be delayed by one…
Blast injures 5 children in Afghanistan
Five people were injured in a blast that rocked Faizabad district in Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday, a police…
Bomb blast kills 5 in wedding party
Afghan officials say at least five civilians were killed when in a bomb exploded during a wedding ceremony in eastern…
Afghanistan rejects proposals to privatise war
Afghan officials on Friday reacted angrily to speculation that foreign military contractors could take over training and advising the Afghan…
Afghanistan launches polio vaccination in high-risk provinces
The Afghan Public Health Ministry launched a five-day campaign to give immunity vaccination dose to 6.4 million children under the…
Fresh Polio case detected in Afghanistan
A fresh positive Polio case, affecting a 14-month boy, had been detected in Afghanistan’s Southern province of Kandahar.
At least 20 die as twin blasts hit Afghanistan
A Suicide Bomber blew himself up at a wrestling club in a Shi’ite neighbourhood of the Afghan Capital, Kabul, on…
Afghanistan: U.S. Soldier killed in apparent “insider attack’’
A U.S. Service Member has been killed and another injured in Afghanistan in what the military described as an apparent…
Taliban militants kidnap dozens of bus passengers in Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents kidnapped dozens of passengers after stopping three buses in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, a government official said on…
Roadside bomb kills 8 in Afghanistan
At least eight civilians, including children, were killed in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Wednesday after their vehicle hit a…
Afghanistan launches polio vaccination campaign
The Afghan Government, with the support of WHO and the UNICEF, on Monday, launched a nationwide five-day campaign to give…
Afghanistan to hold presidential election in April 2019
Afghanistan will hold presidential election on April 20, 2019, six months after parliamentary and provincial council polls, the Country’s Electoral…
Afghanistan attackers take dozens hostage
Gunmen stormed a government building in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, taking dozens of hostages after a suicide…