An Afghan official says a roadside bomb killed at least nine security forces during an ongoing operation in the northern Balkh province.
Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the provincial governor, said Sunday that several other forces were wounded the night before in the Chimtal district, where they are battling Taliban insurgents. He says five insurgents have been killed and dozensRead more
An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked a military checkpoint in a southern province, killing three Afghan soldiers, the ABC News reported Monday.
Provincial spokesman Dost Muhammad Nayab says the attack took place in Uruzgan province on Monday morning and that four other soldiers were wounded in the attack.
Nayab says 13 Taliban were also killed in the battle,Read more
An Afghan official says gunmen on a motorbike opened fire at the house of a former Taliban leader in the capital, killing at least one person, ABC news reported on Saturday.
Fraidoon Obaidi, the head of the Kabul police's criminal investigation department, says the two gunmen attacked Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef's house late Friday, but he was not there.
Zaeef,Read more
An Afghan official says that at least six people, including five female government workers, have been shot and killed in southern Kandahar province.
Samim Khpolwak, the spokesman for the provincial governor in Kandahar, said Saturday that five female employees of the Kandahar airport were on their way to work when they were attacked by unknown gunmen.
All five were killedRead more
An Afghan official said one person has been killed after a sticky bomb targeted a district chief's vehicle in the country's east, the ABC News reported.
Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor in Nangarhar province, said Saturday that the bomb was attached to the vehicle of Ghalib Mujahid, chief of the Bati Kot district. Mujahid's driver was killed, andRead more