Provinces

AT-KABUL: Rodat district chief urged security forces to reinforce security of the candidates in Rodat district of eastern Nangarhar province. According to a statement Rodat district chief Nasim Shenwari on Sunday said that candidates and their campaign security is the most priority. Speaking at a session titled candidates protection, he …

AT-KABUL: The internally displaced families in the western province of Herat are selling their child daughters to make money and save other members of the families, local official said Saturday. “We have so far registered 72 cases of girls selling by their parents in Herat and other adjacent provinces under …

AT-KABUL: At least 15 people were killed and 35 wounded on Friday morning as a passenger bus collided with a fast-moving truck on a highway in Bakwah district of western Farah province, an official said. A passenger bus en route from Farah province to Kabul rammed into a truck, a …

AT-KABUL: The chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah accused those who want the Afghanistan-United States bilateral security agreement be reviewed of having personal goals, saying such demands would not help for security improvement. A number of parliament members had earlier called on the government to review the security pact with the United …

Members of the Meshrano Jirga have conveyed their support to opposition parties for closing regional offices of the Independent Election Commission in several provinces. Supporters of the majority opposition alliance on Saturday closed provincial offices of the IEC in Kandahar, Balkh and Herat provinces in protest to the ‘government’s disregarding …

AT-KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned Wednesday’s twin attacks that targeted civilians at a Kabul sports centre, killing at least 22 civilians and wounding more than 75 others. The first attack occurred when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the gym during a wrestling event. Soon …

AT-KABUL: At least 35 militants were killed and14 others wounded in multiple extensive military operations launched in the past 24 hours, security official said. In a press release, Ministry of Defense, said Sunday that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate …

KABUL- Taliban fighters have attacked and killed a man and several members of his family after accusing him of working with the Americans in southwestern Afghanistan. Taliban fighters attacked the house of Najeebullah and killed the man along with his several family members on Saturday in Lashkargah, capital city of …

AT-KABUL: Senior Taliban commanders have been killed in military operations in northern Samangan province, said the National Directorate of Security on Tuesday, in the wake of worsening of security situation in several provinces. Kamyab, Insurgent commander in charge of Samangan’s Aibak city and Anas,Taliban shadow deputy governor for Khoram Sarbagh …

AT-KABUL: Ajristan district of Ghazni province is, according to a local authority, highly likely to fall to the Taliban insurgents. Ajristan district chief warned on Saturday that the district could fallto the insurgent Taliban if reinforcements are not dispatched to buffer the Taliban push. District chief Hamdullah warned that all …