(Afghanistan Times): Security officials in southern Kandahar province confirmed that 88 Taliban rebels have been killed in latest military stings carried out by the Afghan security forces in Panjwai, Arghandab, Maiwand, Shah Wali Kot and Jiri districts. Provincial Police Chief Spokesman, Jamal Nasser Barakzai said Afghan National Defense and Security Forces with support of Afghan
(KHAAMA Press): People’s Peace Movement (PPM) will March Kabul on Wednesday to protest the recent attack carried on Kabul University, and will camp out near the United States Embassy in Kabul until warring sides declare a comprehensive ceasefire, according to a statement. The movement is composed of various tribes in Helmand province that together voice
(TOLO News): The Afghan Army Chief Gen. Mohammad Yasin Zia on Friday said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have retaken the Arghandab district in the southern Kandahar province from the Taliban days after the group attacked some areas in the district. Zia told TOLOnews that at least 200 Taliban militants were killed in
(TOLO News): Salahuddin Rabbani, head of Jamiat-e-Islami party, at a gathering of his supporters in Kabul on Friday said that lack of consensus in the country on the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar and absence of Afghanistan's influential politicians in the process have overshadowed the negotiations. Rabbani, who addressed his supporters, alleged
(BNA): A well-known Taliban leader was killed in Badakhshan Shahr-e-Bozorg district along with five others yesterday. Badakhshan police spokesman Sanaullah Rouhani told BNA that Mohammad Aslam and four others were killed after attacking military bases in the village of Espukhah in Shahr-e-Bozorg district. The leader of Taliban played a key role in insecurity the Shahr-e
(TOLO News): Three people, including former TOLOnews anchor Yama Siawash, were killed in an explosion in Makrorayan-e-Char area in Kabul’s PD9 on Saturday morning, his family confirmed. Kabul police said the explosion happened at around 7:30am on Saturday morning. The explosion was a magnetic IED blast that targeted a vehicle carrying the former journalist and
(TOLO News): At least 900 civilians were either killed or wounded as a result of Taliban violence in the last 50 days, the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) said on Saturday, adding that the group conducted roughly 2,000 attacks during this period. The Interior Affairs Ministry said that 261 Afghan civilians were killed and 602
(KHAAMA Press): Kandahar security officials say more than 100 Taliban fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in the province overnight. Kandahar police spokesman Jamal Naser Barakzai told the media that 101 members of the militant group had been killed in clashes between security forces and Taliban fighters in the Arghandab and Zherai
(KHAAMA Press): The Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed that Qatar will play a role in facilitating peace talks and advising negotiators to both sides. Sources in Doha says after the government and the Taliban failed to resolve their differences, it was decided that Qatar should play a mediative role. According to the reports,
(TOLO News): At least three policemen were killed and two others including a civilian were wounded in an explosion near a police checkpoint in the city of Herat on Sunday morning, local officials said. The bomb was placed on a motorbike and was detonated near to a police checkpoint, said Abdul Ahad Walizada, a spokesman