Provinces

AT-KABUL: As many as 21 Islamic State fighters (Daesh group) were killed in Achin district of Nangarhar province by drone strike of Coalition Forces, said 201st Silab Corps in a statement. The statement said that last night at 9: pm the Coalition Forces launched drone strike against safe haven of …

AT-KABUL: Ten Daesh fighters were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar, said officials Tuesday. “Ten Daesh fighters including three commanders were killed in drone strike in Achin district last night,” said provincial spokesman Ataullah Khogiani. He said that Daesh hideout was target last night in Kargani area of the …

AT-KABUL: An Afghan border policeman was “martyred” and five others were wounded after heavy clashes occurred between Afghan border police and Pakistani forces in Torkham gate of eastern Nangarhar last night, said officials. “Clashes started between Afghan and Pakistani forces while Pakistani militiamen struggled to build a gate inverse to …

AT-KABUL: At least five militants, loyal to the Islamic State, known as Daesh, were killed in an airstrike in Nangarhar province, the security official said on Tuesday. In a press statement, the Ministry of Defense, said that the strike was carried out by the Afghan Air Force in the Kot …

AT-KABUL: Sholgara district police Chief was killed as the result of mine explosion in Balkh province, said a provincial security official. Shirkhan Durani, for provincial police Chief Spokesman said that Sholgara district police chief was killed and his two bodyguards injured by improvised mine inside their vehicle. “The mine was …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The presence of local and foreign insurgents in north-eastern Badakhshan province caused huge obstacles against polio vaccination drive as more than hundreds children were deprived from polio vaccine, provincial health official said. Dr. Noor Mohammad Khawari, provincial public health director, said that the presence of foreign insurgents …

AT-KABUL: At least 40 Taliban insurgents were killed and 18 others wounded in different crackdowns with past 24 hours, said Ministry of Defence on Wednesday. In a press release issued here, the ministry said that Afghan security forces had conducted operations against insurgents in different areas of Kunar, Paktia, Paktika, …

AT-KABUL: At least five civilians have been killed when their vehicle blew up by a roadside bomb in southern province of Kandahar. Kandahar governor spokesman, Samim Khpalwak, said four other people were also wounded in the blast that took place in Shahwalikot district early on Tuesday. No group including Taliban …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents on Saturday shot dead a tribal elder in the capital of southern Kandahar province, an official said. “The tribal elder, Hidayatullah, was gunned down in the Aino Mina area at around 10am,” provincial governor’s spokesman Samim Khpalwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News. The assaulters fled …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Foreign insurgents fighting alongside Taliban are hampering the anti-polio drive in northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial officials said on Tuesday. The foreign militants did not allow the vaccinators to drop polio to the children, officials added. “20 families of the foreign insurgents had settled in the Khastak locality …