Provinces

AT-KABUL: As many as 38 Daesh fighters were killed and 12 others wounded in separate airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province, said officials. Deputy Spokesman for Ministry of Defense, Mohammad Radmanish, told Afghanistan Times that 23 Daesh fighters were killed and 12 others wounded in Nangarhar province in the past 24 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan border police had arrested nine Taliban militants in Nazyan district of eastern Nangarhar province, said an official on Tuesday. Commander of the 301st Border Police Zone, Col. Mohammad Ayub Hussain Khail, told media in Jalalabad city that the rebels were apprehended in Marwo area. They were …

AT-KABUL: A traffic accident in southern Zabul province left four people dead, while six others injured, said an official. Gul Islam Sial, spokesman for Zabul governor office, told Afghanistan Times on Sunday that the incident took place on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Tazeerabad area of Shahjoi district around 2:30 pm on …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Islamic State (IS) militants have left Borka district of northern Baghlan province, said an official source. Hajji Muhammad, a representative of the district in Baghlan Provincial Council (PC), told Azadi Radio: “Daesh previously had presence in the province, but after that conflict between the group and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 11 civilians including children and women have sustained injuries when a rocket shell struck the residential area in Marja district of Helmand province on late Monday, the official said. The rocket was fired by the Taliban militants during their attack on security checkpoint. The provincial …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen have killed an ex-director of Hajj and Religious Affairs in southwestern Nimroz province, it has been reported. According to the reports the ex-director Sayed Nazir Sadat was going back to his home from mosque when unknown gunmen killed him in Zaranj, the provincial capital of …

AT-KABUL: Governor of the eastern Nangarhar province, Salim Khan Kunduzi, barred government officials from depositing budgetary allocations in their personal bank accounts. The governor said that no one was authorized by the government or law of the land to deposit the budgetary allocations in their own bank accounts. The warning …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 28 schools still remain closed in the southeastern Paktia province due to different reasons, said local officials. The provincial education director, Loqman Hakim Hakimi, told Radio Azadi that due to security threats and several other problems around 28 schools still remain closed in the province. …

AT-KABUL: As many as 22 Taliban militants have been killed and nearly 30 others injured in an operation by security forces in northern Sar-i-Pul province, said official sources on Tuesday. Provincial Police Chief, Abdul Qayum Baqizai, said that 22 militants were killed and 30 others injured in an operation that …

AT-KABUL: As many as 70 Taliban insurgents have been killed and dozens suffered injuries during the past two weeks of security offensive in Gereshk district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Saturday. The governor of Gereshk district Mohammad Fahim Musazai said that 70 Taliban have been killed and dozens …