Tag: War in Afghanistan
Taliban battle into west Afghan city in new crisis for government
HERAT: Taliban fighters with heavy weapons and night-vision equipment fought their way close to the center of the western city of Farah on Tuesday,...
Taliban fighters close in on provincial city in western Afghanistan
HERAT: Taliban fighters threatened the provincial capital of Farah in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, with fighting underway on the outskirts of the city where...
Multiple blasts hit eastern Afghan city, gun battle underway
JALALABAD: Afghan security forces battled a group of attackers who stormed a government building in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday in a...
Taliban kill dozens of police in western Afghan province
HERAT: Taliban fighters attacked Afghan bases in the western province of Farah, killing more than 30 police, officials said on Friday, as the insurgents...
Attackers launch coordinated strikes in Afghan capital with bombs, bullets
KABUL: Gunmen set off at least three explosions in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday and then battled the security forces from buildings they...
Afghan police shoot would-be suicide bomber in Kabul
KABUL: Afghan police shot dead a suicide bomber on Monday as he was apparently preparing to attack an outdoor blood donor facility in a...
Afghan security forces see drop in numbers as security deteriorates
WASHINGTON: The number of Afghan security forces decreased by nearly 11 percent in the past year, the US government’s top watchdog on Afghanistan said...
Taliban announce spring offensive, dismiss peace overtures
KABUL: The Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive on Wednesday, dismissing an offer for peace talks by President Ashraf Ghani but...
Afghan media safety in the spotlight as gunmen kill journalist
KANDAHAR: Gunmen killed an Afghan journalist on his way to work in the southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, officials said, an attack that...
Tehmina, Wells discuss Pak-US ‘common grounds’ on Afghan strategy
Pakistan shows concerns over slow return of Afghan refugees, trade of narcotics, cross-border attacks
US urges Pakistan to take action against Haqqanis, help bring...
Taliban kill 10 security forces in Afghan province of Herat
HERAT: Taliban militants attacked Afghan security posts in the western province of Herat on Thursday, killing nine soldiers and one police officer, a district...
New Zealand launches inquiry into 2010 military raid in Afghanistan over...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Attorney General David Parker on Wednesday announced his government was launching an inquiry into a 2010 operation in Afghanistan involving New...
Turkey to deport nearly 600 Afghan migrants, says interior ministry
ANKARA:- Turkish authorities will deport close to 600 illegal Afghan migrants in eastern Turkey back to Kabul this weekend, the interior ministry said on...
‘Over 100 killed’ in Kunduz airstrike
--UN launches probe amid ‘disturbing’ reports of serious harm to civilians
--Afghan government claims 59, while Taliban say ‘150, mostly children, were wounded, killed’...
Uzbekistan offers to host talks between Afghan government and Taliban
TASHKENT: Uzbekistan offered on Tuesday to host peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, a move that could make Tashkent a player...
Russia denies aiding Afghan Taliban in wake of US general’s comments
KABUL: Russia has rejected comments by NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan that it has been supporting and even supplying weapons to the Taliban, in...
Suicide bomber kills at least 26 near shrine in Afghan capital
KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a Shi’ite shrine in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 18, officials...
