Tag Archives: Afghanistan

The Taliban have attacked a convoy of US troops in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, a couple of days after American airstrikes killed a commander of the militant group and several other militants in the country. A roadside bomb struck one of the armored vehicles of the US forces in …

Twenty-seven members of a peace group who were kidnapped as they traveled in western Afghanistan have been released, local media say. The People’s Peace Movement (PPM) disappeared after entering Farah province two days ago as part of a march demanding a ceasefire. The Taliban were suspected of being behind it. …

Three judges and a court staffer were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday after Taliban militants stopped their car in the latest attack on the judiciary, officials said. Abdullah Hasrat, a spokesman for the governor in eastern Paktia province where the judges worked, told Reuters the incident took place in Mohammad …

At least 62 people were killed and “nearly 60” others were wounded in two blasts inside a mosque in Nangarhar province during Friday prayers, TOLOnews reported, citing Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the local governor. The mosque is in the Jaw Dara area of the Haska Meyna district of Nangarhar. Explosives …

A truck bomb exploded near a police station in eastern Afghanistan has left at least three people dead and some 27 others injured, officials say. The blast, which took place outside the police headquarters in Laghman Province, also partially destroyed a nearby religious school, wounding nearly 20 children, Asadullah Daulatzai, …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the United States has fueled terrorism in the Middle East, slamming US policies for spreading chaos and radicalism across the region. Joining Fox’s Chris Wallace for an interview that ran on Tuesday night, Rouhani rejected any notion that Iran was on a “fanatical” quest for …

Hundreds of Afghans marched on Tuesday (September 24) in protest against the deaths of at least 40 wedding party guests who were caught in the crossfire of a clash between Afghan government forces and Taliban. With presidential elections due this coming Saturday (September 28), the killings and the many more …

The US forces in Afghanistan have admitted that a drone attack that killed at least 30 pine nut farmers in Nangarhar province on Thursday was conducted by them. At least 40 others were injured in the attack in Wazir Tangi area of Khogyani district that was previously attributed to the …

Taliban suicide bombers killed 48 people in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the deadliest taking place near an election rally by President Ashraf Ghani, though he was unhurt. The attacks happened 11 days before Afghanistan’s presidential election, which Taliban commanders have vowed to violently disrupt, and follow collapsed …

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that peace negotiations with Afghanistan’s Taliban are dead and that Washington will not enter any future agreement without “commitments” from the militants. Appearing on a round of cable news shows Sunday morning, Pompeo told Fox News that negotiations with the Taliban are …

Taliban have abducted at least six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organizations in eastern Afghanistan, government officials and the militant group said. Local Afghan officials said on Saturday that the reporters were abducted the previous day while they were traveling together from neighboring Paktika province to Paktia …

A US military jet unexpectedly released a rocket during what was supposed to be a routine training flight near Tucson, Arizona, according to military officials quick to add that the white phosphorus munition hit a deserted area.​ An A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft flying a training mission between Tucson and Phoenix …

A major Taliban suicide attack on an affluent area of Kabul has killed at least 16 people and injured more than 100 others. The attack came just hours after the US said it had agreed on a deal “in principle” with the Taliban for the withdrawal of around 5,000 troops …

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan were being reduced to 8,600 but that American forces would remain in the country even if Washington reaches an agreement with the Taliban to end the 18-year war. “Oh yeah, you have to keep a presence,” Trump …

Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering closing Pakistan’s airspace to India and blocking its eastern neighbor’s land trade route to Afghanistan, the science and technology minister in Islamabad said on Tuesday. Pakistan reopened its airspace to India in mid-July, having closed it in February after an attack by a Pakistan-based …

At least 63 people have been killed after a powerful blast rocked a wedding reception in the western part of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. Nearly two hundred people have been injured. The explosion that ripped through the wedding hall bustling with guests claimed 63 lives, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahim confirmed …

At least 18 people were killed and over 100 others, including women and children, were injured in a car bomb explosion in Kabul on Wednesday morning, according to the Public Health Ministry. The blast targeted police headquarters in the west of Kabul during rush hour on Wednesday morning, TOLOnews said. …

At least eight people have been killed after a bomb detonated near university premises in Afghanistan’s capital on Friday, officials said. Wahidullah Mayar, the Health Ministry spokesman, wrote on Twitter that another 33 people were wounded in Friday’s explosion. Reports said the blast took place near Kabul University’s southern entrance. …

At least a dozen people have been killed and about 90 others wounded when Taliban militants attacked police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar. Baheer Ahmadi, the Kandahar governor’s spokesman, said on Thursday that 12 people had been killed, including nine civilians and three police officers. Another 89 were …

Ancient artifacts that have been looted from Iraq and Afghanistan after recent conflicts and illegally exported to the UK will be returned to their country of origin. The British Museum is working with the UK Border Force and other Government law enforcement agencies to help to return the seized items, …