Tag: War in Afghanistan
Political rows, worsening security greet Mattis in Afghanistan
KABUL: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Kabul on Friday to meet the new commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan and discuss progress...
New US general arrives in Afghanistan with peace still distant
KABUL: US Army General Scott Miller assumed command of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces in Afghanistan on Sunday, arriving as Washington faces growing...
Tajik or Russian plane has bombed an Afghan border area in...
KABUL: A Tajik or Russian plane bombed Afghanistan’s Durqad district in northeastern Takhar province on Sunday after clashes erupted near Tajikistan’s border, an Afghan...
Suicide attack near election office in Afghanistan’s east kills three, official...
KABUL: A suicide attacker killed at least three people on Saturday by detonating explosives near the office of Afghanistan's election commission in the eastern...
Taliban release 160 civilians but keep at least 20 others captive
KABUL: The Taliban released more than 160 civilian passengers a day after they were kidnapped from three buses in northern Afghanistan but kept at...
Hours-long battle ends in Kabul after militants killed
KABUL: An hours-long battle in the Afghan capital involving insurgent rocket attacks and military airstrikes ended Tuesday with the death of two militants, authorities...
Taliban kidnap 170 passengers from buses in Afghanistan’s north, official says
KABUL: Taliban insurgents kidnapped 170 passengers after stopping three buses in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, a government official said on Monday.
Esmatullah Muradi, a spokesman...
Afghan president congratulates armed forces for Ghazni victory
KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani congratulated Afghanistan’s armed forces in Ghazni on Friday for their victory over Taliban insurgents in the strategically important city after...
New US training unit in Afghanistan faces old problems
CAMP DAHLKE: Captain Joe Fontana, a team leader with the US army’s 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, is part of a new unit but...
Six girls killed in Afghanistan blast
A Taliban attack in Northern Afghanistan on Tuesday night killed 45 Afghan security personnel
KABUL: Six girls died during an explosion in Afghanistan's Langhman...
Afghan Taliban considering Eid holiday ceasefire
PESHAWAR: The Taliban are considering announcing a ceasefire during next week’s Eid holiday, despite heavy fighting seen over recent days in the central Afghan...
Taliban militants overrun Afghan army base, capture dozens of soldiers
KABUL: Taliban militants overran large parts of an army base in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 soldiers, wounding 15 and capturing dozens more...
Afghan special forces sent to bolster threatened city defences
KABUL: Afghan special forces units moved to embattled Ghazni overnight to try to beat back Taliban insurgents who have come close to overrunning the...
Kabul suicide bombing kills one, injures another
KABUL: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives close to Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission's office in Kabul on Monday, TOLO news reported.
Kabul police chief's spokesperson Hashmat...
Intense fighting in Afghan city Ghazni as Taliban presses
KABUL: Taliban insurgents attacked police headquarters and other government buildings in Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Sunday and were threatening to seize control of...
Afghan Taliban delegation visits Uzbekistan to talk security, power lines
KABUL: A delegation from the Afghan Taliban met officials in Uzbekistan during a five-day trip to the country last week to discuss issues including...
Taliban fighters storm Afghanistan’s Ghazni
GHAZNI: Heavily armed Taliban fighters attacked Ghazni city in central Afghanistan early on Friday, burning police checkpoints, shelling houses and business areas and seizing control...
