Ariana News: At least 36 Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes with the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province on Thursday, police said. Jamal Nasir Barikzai, a spokesman for Kandahar police told Ariana News that the clashes took place in the Bagh-e-Pul area at the outskirt of the provincial capital Kandahar city. Click here
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 30, 2020 ISLAMABAD – An Afghan air force pilot was gunned down Wednesday in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. Police confirmed to VOA the killing of a member of the military but did not share any other details. A security source, who did not want to be named, said
1TV: As many as 300 security checkpoints in southern Kandahar province have deliberately been evacuated to be seized by the Taliban, an investigation by the Senate reveals. The Senate team which carried out the probe did not say who ordered the security forces to evacuate their checkpoints. Hashim Alokozay, head of the delegation, said it
Radio Free Afghanistan December 14, 2020 Taliban militants have killed at least 10 members of the Afghan security forces in the northern province of Kunduz, officials said on December 14, as the government announced that peace talks will resume next month. The attack occurred in the Imam Sahib district of the province, local counsellors Ghulam
A radio station run by women for women in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has been awarded the 2020 Reporters Without Borders Prize for Impact. VOA’s Azizullah Popal reports from Kandahar.
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 7, 2020 ISLAMABAD – A car bomb attack wounded at least 35 people, including women and children, in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province early Monday. Provincial officials said the attack near the headquarters of Daman district police was carried out using a Mazda mini truck. The bombing damaged parts of the building
Jamila is 35 years old, a mother of six, and says her drug-dealing husband got her addicted to heroin. In the southern Afghan city of Kandahar where she lives, there are an estimated 300,000 drug addicts and only one treatment center that offers no places for women.
There are an estimated 300,000 drug addicts in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, and authorities say that number is rising. The city is unable to help them all, as VOA’s Azizullah Popal reports from Kandahar. Bezhan Hamdard narrates.
WION: Kandahar has never seen anything like this. A gym only for women has opened in the Afghanistan capital. This is something first of its kind in the country. At least 50 women come here everyday. They exercise their right to life, their right to be healthy. Click here to read more (external link).
AA: At least 14 members of a family have been killed in two landmine blasts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, officials said on Friday. The incident took place in the Spin Boldak district along the border crossing with Pakistan, police spokesman Jamal Nasir told Anadolu Agency. He said a van and a truck carrying civilians struck