KABUL, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon and was felt in capital Kabul, causing panic among residents. The tremor struck northeastern parts of Pul-e-Alam, capital of eastern Logar province, 60 km south of Kabul, according to local officials. “The initial information by our disaster officials found no casualties have
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 1, 2016 Afghan officials say at least to eight people have been killed — including at least six Taliban fighters — as a result of a militant attack on a district governor’s office in Logar Province. Logar Province Governor Mohammad Halim Fedayee told RFE/RL that Afghan security forces killed
VOA News August 13, 2016 Pakistani officials say the crew members of a Pakistani helicopter that crash landed in Afghanistan earlier this month have been released by their captors and the crew has returned home safely. A Foreign Ministry statement Saturday said “The six-member crew of Punjab government helicopter that went missing in Afghanistan on
VOA News June 5, 2016 Taliban militants opened fire in a courthouse in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, killing seven people and wounding 21. Officials say the court’s newly appointed prosecutor was among those killed in the attack in Puli Alim in Logar province, just south of the Afghan capital, Kabul. All three gunmen were killed by
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 7, 2016 Afghan officials say three health workers involved in vaccinating Afghan children against polio have been killed in the eastern Kunar Province. Local government spokesman Abdul Ghani Musamim said on February 7 the bodies of the health workers were found in Kunar’s Ghaziabad district late on February 6, almost
Press TV / February 7, 2016 At least one policeman was killed and eight other people were injured in a roadside bomb explosion Sunday in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Logar. A vehicle transporting provincial court staff toward their office in the provincial capital of Pul-i-Alam hit the bomb, a local official said, adding that an investigation has
AOPNEWS | February 2, 2016 Badakhshan: Twenty-one Taliban fighters have been captured in Tishkan district, Afghan security officials said today. Badghis: An insider attack in Qadis district left 4 policemen dead, according to government officials. The attackers were 9 fellow policemen who, after shooting their fellow officers, took their weapons, abandoning their check post. Helmand:
AOPNEWS | January 28, 2016 Khost: One civilian and five others were wounded when an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) went off inside a drug store in the provincial capital around midday today. Baghlan: A teenage girl was injured after three rockets were fired by militants into a residential area of Pul-e Khumri. Jowzjan: Dozens of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 3, 2016 Officials in Kabul say an Afghan National Army helicopter has crashed in the province of Logar to the south of Kabul, killing three Afghan soldiers. Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said the Russian-built Mi-17 helicopter crashed on January 3 as a result of technical problems. He said two