8am: Local sources in Logar province have confirmed that at around 1:00 AM Monday night anonymous armed men attacked a Taliban base in Pol-e Alam city, the center of Logar province. This is the first armed attack on Talibans’ base in Logar province since the Taliban returned to power. Click here to read more (external
8am: The Taliban-led government has asked businessmen and shopkeepers in Pul-e-Alam, Logar, to offer their daily prayers in congregations and mosques. The Department of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil has also instructed the barbershops in the city of Pul-e-Alam that taking money and shaving the beard is forbidden and should be avoided. Click
Afghan mixed martial arts champ Hussain Bakhsh Safari plans to auction some of his medals to raise cash for the families of students killed in attacks in Kabul and Logar Province.
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 1, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan attacked and overran a key army base in southeastern Ghazni province Saturday, capturing dozens of soldiers and killing several others. The latest attack came on a day when the United States and NATO partners formally began withdrawing their militaries from the country
Radio Free Afghanistan April 30, 2021 A huge car-bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Logar killed at least 26 people on April 30, officials said. The blast at a guest house in the provincial capital of Pul-e Alam also injured 60 people, said Hasibullah Stanekzai, the head of Logar’s provincial council, and police officer
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 24, 2021 Officials in Afghanistan on April 24 described a wave of attacks that killed at least 22 people in five provinces over the previous 24 hours as violence continued to plague efforts to hammer out a path to peace. Bombings by Taliban militants have surged since U.S. President Joe
Ariana: Taliban militants have captured the Charkh district of Logar province, an area about 130 km south of Kabul city, sources confirmed Monday. Local officials said government compounds and the military base in the district have been abandoned. According to the officials both the Taliban and Afghan forces suffered casualties in the clashes. Click here
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 30, 2020 Afghan officials say at least eight people were killed and dozens injured in a bomb attack in the eastern province of Logar on July 30, just hours before a three-day cease-fire was to begin for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. The suspected car bomb went off in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 6, 2020 A female Afghan politician and her driver were wounded in a gun attack in the morning of July 6, in her native province of Logar, local police said. Gunmen targeted the vehicle carrying Nafisa Hijran, a provincial council member, in Logar’s capital, Pul-i-Alam, said Shahpoor Ahmadzai, a spokesman
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 13, 2020 Afghan officials say at least 17 people have been killed in a string of attacks across the country. There was no claim of responsibility for the series of attacks on June 13. Violence in the country has spiked in recent weeks despite progress toward the launch of direct