Tag: War in Afghanistan
Three Afghans beheaded, school torched in suspected Islamic State attack
JALALABAD: Unidentified gunmen beheaded three men and torched a boys’ school in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan late on Saturday, in an attack officials...
Afghan forces resume operations against Taliban, airstrike kills 12 militants
Afghan Air force airstrike on Friday night killed at least 12 Taliban fighters, according to police
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a formal...
Taliban kill 16 Afghan soldiers, kidnap engineers after ceasefire ends
KABUL: Taliban militants killed at least 16 Afghan police and two civilians in western Badghis province after their three-day ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr...
Taliban kill 30 Afghan soldiers in first major attack since ceasefire
KABUL: Taliban militants killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial governor said,...
After Afghan ceasefire gamble, prospects rise for US-Taliban talks
KABUL: Prospects have risen for negotiations between the Taliban and the United States after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called a ceasefire and allowed militants...
Afghan Taliban leader calls for talks with Eid message
KABUL: Taliban leader Mullah Hehbatullah Akhundzada said in an Eid message that the group's fight is to ensure the US military vacates Afghanistan, TOLO...
Taliban kill Afghan officials as government’s ceasefire kicks in
KABUL: Taliban fighters killed a district governor in northern Afghanistan and kept up the pressure to seize control over some parts of Faryab province,...
Afghan Taliban offer surprise Eid holiday ceasefire
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a surprise three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday in the middle of June, their first offer of...
Afghanistan announces ceasefire with Taliban for Eid
KABUL: Afghanistan announced Thursday an apparently unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban for Eid, the holiday that caps off Ramadan, though operations against other groups...
Nangarhar bomb blast kills at least three children
KABUL: A roadside bomb blast in the Deh Bala region of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province killed at least three children on Sunday, TOLO News reported.
Nangarhar's governor office said...
Nearly half Afghan children out of school, number rising for first...
KABUL: Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising...
Afghan archaeologist killed near Buddhist site, home to giant copper reserve
KABUL: A roadside bomb killed an Afghan archaeologist near an ancient Buddhist excavation site, also home to the country’s largest copper reserve, raising concerns...
Rocket strike kills 50 Afghan Taliban leaders; Interior ministry attacked
KABUL: More than 50 senior Taliban commanders were killed in an artillery strike on a meeting in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, a US...
Nine civilians killed in eastern Afghan province
JALALABAD: At least nine civilians were killed in a night operation by Afghan security forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar late on Monday,...
Minibus bomb causes heavy casualties in southern Afghan city, at least...
KANDAHAR: A minibus packed with explosives blew up in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday causing dozens of casualties, officials said, as...
Watchdog finds little progress in Afghanistan, despite US military optimism
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s South Asia strategy has shown few signs of progress this quarter, a US government watchdog report said on Monday, despite...
Eight killed in Afghanistan cricket stadium blasts
JALALABAD: As many as eight people were killed and dozens more wounded by multiple explosions at a sports stadium in the eastern city of...
