Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 16, 2018 Afghan government forces have pushed back the Taliban from Farah city, the capital of Farah Province in western Afghanistan, close to the Iranian border, Afghan officials say. The attack, the first major assault targeting a provincial capital since the Taliban announced its annual spring offensive, began early on
Press TV May 9, 2018 Militants have engaged in a gunfight with police after setting off at least three explosions in two districts of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. At least six people were wounded in the violence, Afghan Health Ministry spokesman Wahidullah Majroh, said on Wednesday. He added that the casualty toll would likely go up.
William Gallo VOA News May 7, 2018 An Afghan Air Force attack on an open-air religious gathering killed 30 children and wounded 51 more last month, according to a United Nations investigation published Monday. At least six adults also were killed and 20 wounded when Afghan helicopters attacked the site in Kunduz province, where a
VOA News May 6, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A powerful bomb ripped through a crowded mosque being used as a voter registration center in southeastern Afghanistan, killing at least 17 worshipers and wounding 33 others The attack came hours after unknown gunmen in a northern Afghan region kidnapped seven engineers, mostly Indian nationals. The mosque bombing occurred
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 30, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A twin suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul Monday killed at least 26 people, including nine journalists. At least 50 other people were wounded, including five journalists. Islamic State through its “Amaq” news agency claimed responsibility for the deadliest ever assault on media workers in Afghanistan. Local
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 29, 2018 A group of children have set off an unexploded mortar round in a residential area in eastern Afghanistan, causing an explosion that killed a woman and two children. Attahullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, says another seven children were wounded
Press TV April 28, 2018 The Taliban militant group has seized a district center in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz and launched a bomb attack on an army base in the southern province of Helmand, killing at least six people, officials say. According to Sayyed Assadullah Sadat, a provincial council member in Kunduz, the militants
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 28, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, has slammed the Taliban for pushing ahead with its so-called annual spring offensive, despite his “most generous” offer of peace talks. The Taliban on Wednesday unleashed its new military campaign, code named “Al Khandaq” or the Trench. The action has since led
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, April 28 (Xinhua) — At least six people including the attacker have been confirmed dead and 10 others injured as a suicide bomber blew an explosive-laden car next to a military base in Nad Ali district of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, spokesman for provincial government, Omar Zawak said. “A
William Gallo VOA News April 23, 2018 The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan dropped more bombs during the first quarter of 2018 than it has in the same period in any of the last 15 years, according to Pentagon data. The increased bombing is the latest evidence the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan is significantly intensifying since