Tag: Afghanistan
17 killed, over 50 wounded in market place blasts in Afghanistan’s Bamyan
At least 17 people were killed and over 50 others wounded after twin explosions hit a market place in Bamyan city, capital of...
Report: 26,000 child casualties between 2005 and 2019 in Afghanistan
The conflicts in Afghanistan have killed and wounded 26,025 children between 2005 to 2019, Britain-based charity Save the Children said in a report released...
UN refugee agency chief urges international community to remain committed to Afghanistan
Visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi on Tuesday urged international community to remain committed to Afghanistan, calling for greater...
Trump to order further drawdown from Afghanistan, Iraq: media
U.S. President Donald Trump will issue a formal order to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq as soon as this week, according to...
At least 19 killed in attack on Kabul University claimed by IS
At least 19 people were killed on Monday after gunmen stormed the campus of Kabul University, in an attack later claimed by the Islamic...
UN: 30 per cent fewer civilian casualties in Afghanistan this year
Thirty per cent fewer civilians were killed or wounded in Afghanistan's long-running conflict in the first nine months of this year compared to the...
Continued fighting shrinks Afghans’ hope for peace
The persistent militancy and violent incidents in Afghanistan amid ongoing peace talks have undermined the hope of many locals for lasting peace in the...
7 civilians killed, 5 wounded in improvised bomb explosions in Afghanistan
Seven civilians were killed and five others wounded in two improvised bomb explosions in Afghanistan on Friday, authorities confirmed.
In western Ghor province, a minibus...
![Image provided by Noticias Telemedellin shows rescuers inspecting the site of the crashed plane carrying the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, in La Ceja municipality, near Medellin, in the department of Antioquia, Colombia, on Nov. 29, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]](https://i1.wp.com/newsghana.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/b8aeed990a5819a8687f02.jpg?resize=218%2C150&ssl=1 "2 pilots killed in military helicopter crash in North Afghanistan: government")
2 pilots killed in military helicopter crash in North Afghanistan: government
Two Afghan Air Force pilots were killed after a military helicopter crashed in the country's northern restive Baghlan province on Thursday, Defense Ministry...
6 civilians killed, 12 injured as fighting intensifies in Afghanistan
At least six civilians were confirmed dead and 12 others injured in Afghanistan on Thursday as fighting escalated in the militancy-battered country, officials...
53 security forces killed as violence escalates in Afghanistan
At least 53 members of the Afghan security forces were killed in overnight attacks by the Taliban in five provinces, officials said on...
23 soldiers, 31 militants killed in clashes in Afghanistan: officials
At least 23 Afghan soldiers and 31 militants were killed and several fighters wounded in separate clashes in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar and western Badghis...
8 drug traffickers, 9 criminals arrested in Afghanistan – government
Police in Afghanistan have arrested 48 drug traffickers and nine suspected criminals, authorities said on Tuesday.
"Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) and...
Afghan experts brand U.S.-led war on terror in Afghanistan as failure
Afghan political experts have described the U.S.-led war on terror in Afghanistan as a failure.
"The so-called U.S.-led war against the Taliban,...
22 militants killed in east Afghanistan’s Khost province
Afghan forces in crackdowns against militants have killed 22 Taliban fighters in the eastern Khost province, said a statement of the provincial police...
Motorbike bombing at wedding party kills 4, wounds 8 in Eastern Afghanistan
Four people were killed and eight others injured as a motorbike bomb struck a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Thursday, provincial...
Rotary Club of Ho supports polio immunisation
Rotary Club of Ho has donated bottled water to the Ho Municipal Directorate of Health in support of the select immunisation of children under...
25 militants killed, 8 wounded in airstrike in eastern Afghanistan
At least 25 militants were killed and eight others wounded after Afghan security forces repelled a Taliban attack in eastern Laghman province during...
The Gambia expresses dismay over U.S. sanctions on ICC officials
The Gambian government expressed its dismay on Saturday over the U.S. government's decision to impose sanctions on two senior officials of the International Criminal...
15 militants killed, highway reopened in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province
Afghan forces have reopened the highway linking the western Badghis province with Herat after heavy fighting and killing 15 militants, deputy to Baghis police...
Police discover drug, arrest 2 in Afghanistan northern Kunduz
The Counter-Narcotic Police in crackdown on drug smugglers captured two persons and found 14 kg drug including 8 kg heroin from their possessions...
Death toll in Afghanistan’s floods rises to 190
The floods triggered by heavy rains and onrush of water in the mountainous eastern Afghan region has killed 190 people and injured 172 others...
Targeted attacks continue to take toll in August in Afghanistan
At least 35 people were killed and many others wounded in targeted attacks across Afghanistan in August, according to official figures.
The...
6 killed in car bomb blast, gunfight in eastern Afghanistan
At least three Afghan police and three assailants were killed in a suicide car bomb blast and ensuing gunfight outside a police camp in...
Airstrikes destroy militants’ base, kill 12 in North Afghanistan
Fighting planes struck a Taliban gathering inside their base in Qargan area of Afghanistan's northern Faryab province on Friday, destroying the base and...
13 civilians killed in improvised bomb blast in South Afghanistan
Thirteen civilians, including six children, were killed in an improvised bomb explosion in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Friday, a hospital source told...
![Syrian army soldiers inspect the site of a series of attacks in the district of Sayyidah Zaynab, south of Damascus, Syria, Feb. 21, 2016. The death toll in the triple bombings that rocked a Shiite district in Damascus on Sunday has risen to 83, state news agency SANA said. As many as 178 others were injured in these serial attacks. [Xinhua/Yang Zhen]](https://i1.wp.com/newsghana.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/b8aeedd129f01834a8e908.jpg?resize=218%2C150&ssl=1 "6 killed in truck bomb explosion in Northern. Afghanistan, Taliban claims responsibility")
6 killed in truck bomb explosion in Northern. Afghanistan, Taliban claims responsibility
Six people, including an assailant, were killed and 32 people wounded after a Taliban militants' suicide truck bomb blast took place outside a...
Air force kills 10 militants in Afghan restive province
At least 10 militants were killed and five others wounded after Afghan Air Force pounded militants' position in the country's northern Kunduz province early...
10 pro-government militiamen, 7 militants killed in pre-dawn clashes in N. Afghanistan
Ten pro-government local militiamen and seven Taliban militants were killed in pre-dawn clashes in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province on Thursday, a provincial government spokesman...
Afghanistan marks 101st anniversary of independence
Afghanistan on Tuesday marked the 101st anniversary of its independence from the British occupation amid the worsening security situation.
At an official celebration to commemorate...