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18th Sep 2019

Afghanistan: Explosion targets Afghan president’s rally, 24 killed

By Riyaz ul Khaliq (AA): At least 24 people were killed in Afghanistan in a Taliban-claimed bomb attack on a campaign rally by President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday, local media reported. “An explosion occurred midday as President Ghani began … Continued

13th Sep 2019

Afghanistan: Taliban suicide bombing kills 4 soldiers in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A Taliban-claimed suicide car bombing killed at least four soldiers and injuring three in the Afghan capital Kabul near the headquarters of the army’s commando forces, an official statement said Thursday. A minibus … Continued

6th Sep 2019

Afghanistan: Taliban bombing rocks diplomatic enclave in Kabul kills 12

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A massive suicide car bombing by Taliban rocked Afghan capital Kabul’s diplomatic enclave on Thursday, an official said. The Health Ministry has confirmed 12 people were killed, 10 civilians and one US … Continued

3rd Sep 2019

Afghanistan: Truck bombing by Taliban kills 16 civilians in Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The Taliban claimed responsibility for a truck bomb that killed 16 people here in the Afghan capital, an official confirmed Tuesday as US signs a peace deal with the Taliban. Interior ministry spokesman … Continued

18th Aug 2019

Afghanistan: 63 killed in suicide bombing at Shia Muslim wedding party

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Authorities in Afghanistan on Sunday confirmed over 63 Shia Muslims were killed and nearly 200 injured in late last night’s suicide attack at a wedding party in the capital Kabul. Interior Ministry … Continued

31st Jul 2019

Afghanistan: Roadside IED blast kills 34 bus passengers

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A major roadside landmine blast in Farah, western Afghanistan, bordering Iran, killed at least 34 people on Wednesday morning, an official confirmed. A passenger bus coming from the neighboring Herat province hit … Continued

22nd Jul 2019

Afghanistan: Car bombing kills 4 people in SE Afghanistan

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A massive car bombing in the southeast of Afghanistan targeting a local security officer killed at least four people, an official and local media confirmed on Sunday after a spate of terrorist attacks … Continued

20th Jul 2019

Afghanistan: 8 killed, 30 injured by IED at university

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): An IED blast inches away from the main entrance of Kabul University in the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed eight people and injured more than 30, officials confirmed. The IED, placed … Continued

19th Jul 2019

Afghanistan: 9 dead, 60 injured in Kandahar car bombing

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A massive suicide car bombing followed by gunfight at the police headquarters on Thursday killed at least nine people in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, a hospital source said. Meanwhile, an explosion occurred … Continued

2nd Jul 2019

Afghanistan: 10 killed as huge explosion rocks Kabul

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 10 people were killed and 65 more injured in a suicide bombing followed by a gunfight at a Defense Ministry installation in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, officials and … Continued

14th Jun 2019

Afghanistan: 8 killed, incl children, in suicide attack

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least eight people were killed in a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, an official confirmed. Governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told Anadolu Agency the bombing took place in the family … Continued

21st May 2019

Afghanistan: Airstrikes kill 5 civilians in Helmand

[Archive photo: US bombing in Kunduz wounded many Afghanis being treated in Mazar-e-Sharif Regional Hospital in Balkh, Afghanistan on 4 October 2015. Photographer: Syed Khodaberdi Sadat/AA] Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Airstrikes killed five civilians in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand … Continued

7th May 2019

Afghanistan: Taliban attack kills 25 soldiers in Farah province

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A Taliban attack killed 25 soldiers in western Afghanistan, an official confirmed on Monday. Defying Afghan government’s calls for truce during the holy month of Ramadan, the Taliban assaulted a military check … Continued

29th Apr 2019

Afghanistan: Eight police killed in Taliban attack

By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – A Taliban attack on police station Sunday killed eight police and left five others wounded in western Ghor province of Afghanistan, according to local officials. Speaking to the press, Habibuhlah Radmanish, … Continued

10th Apr 2019

Afghanistan: 3 US military personnel killed by Taliban

By Umar Farooq and Shadi Khan Saif WASHINGTON (AA): Three U.S. service members were killed and three more injured in a Taliban-claimed suicide car bombing on Monday near a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, officials confirmed. The wounded were … Continued

25th Mar 2019

Afghans protest civilian deaths in alleged US air raid

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Carrying dead bodies, residents of Afghanistan’s Kunduz province on Saturday protested a deadly air raid in the war-ravaged country allegedly committed but denied by U.S. forces. Accusing the the Taliban of deliberately … Continued

25th Feb 2019

Afghanistan: Highest civilian casualties in 2018

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The UN on Sunday said it has documented nearly 11,000 civilian casualties across Afghanistan in 2018, the highest ever figure in the war-torn nation. A total of 10,993 civilian casualties, including 3,804 deaths … Continued

6th Feb 2019

Afghanistan: 58 die in fresh clashes between Taliban, Afghan forces

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL (AA): At least 36 members of the Afghan security forces and 22 Taliban terrorists have been killed in fresh clashes in the country’s north, officials and local media confirmed Tuesday. The renewed fighting coincides with … Continued

4th Feb 2019

Afghanistan bleeds with 1,700 casualties in January

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Afghanistan saw a bloody start to the new year with over 1,700 war-related casualties in January alone. Figures compiled by Anadolu Agency suggest more than 900 people were killed and at least … Continued

25th Jan 2019

Afghanistan: US airstrike kills scores of civilians

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): At least 16 members of a single family have been killed in an airstrike by U.S. forces in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province, officials and local media confirmed late Thursday. Helmand Governor Mohammad … Continued

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