Kandahar

Afghan security officials have reported about the foothold of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in Helmand battlefields. Lashkar-e-Taiba is an active terrorist organization based in Pakistan whose goal is to challenge India’s sovereignty over Jammu and Kashmir. Afghan authorities who are battling Taliban insurgency to win Helmand province in south of Afghanistan …

36 militants were killed and six others wounded in Afghan Air Forces (AAF) air attacks in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, Afghan ministry of defense said in a statement released on Tuesday. According to the statement the attacks were performed by Afghan forces in Sangin, Nahr-e-Saraj, Marja, and Gershk districts …

12 Taliban militants including two Pakistani nationals were killed in a drone strike in Gailan district of Ghazni province, police says. Provincial police chief general Aminullah Amarkhail said a group of Taliban had entered from Nawa district to Gailan planning to perform suicide attacks in Ghazni city. According to report …

Taliban militants have kidnapped dozens of passengers in Greshk district of Helmand province from Herat-Kandahar highway, officials said on Tuesday. Helmand provincial police chief Aqa Noor Keentoz said that Taliban militants have taken four vehicles with at least a hundred passengers from Muhajer Bazar area of Greshk district early this morning. …

Taliban shadow governor for Ghazni province has been killed in an airstrike last night, Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan announced on Saturday. In a statement released by the MoI said during an airstrike, four Taliban militants were killed including the Taliban so-called governor for Ghazni province named Mullah Qasim and …

In a new effort to strengthen the lines against the Afghan security forces, Taliban have launched to recruit men by force in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. Abdul Majeed Akhundzada deputy of the Helmand provincial council told Ariana News that Taliban are strengthening their forces near Lashkargah city and at …

Taliban shadow governor for Daikundi province and the group Chief of Military Commission were killed in Urozgan province in south of Afghanistan, Afghan Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday. According to a statement released by the MoD the Taliban shadow governor for Daikundi province and the group Military Commission Chief …

At least 23 civilian inmates were released from a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, local officials said. Provincial governor spokesman, Omar Zwak said that the inmates were released last night from Koro Charaee area in Marja district in an Afghan National Army (ANA) military raid. Three Taliban …

Officials in Ministry of Information and Culture have during an official letter have declared the recent decision of the Kandahar Governor on banning the female mimics and songs to be published within the local radio stations in the entire province, contrary to Afghanistan’s constitution, and freedom of speech principle. After …

At least three Afghan Local Police (ALP) were killed and 12 others injured as a car bomb targeted a police training center in Marja district of the southern Helmand province on Saturday, provincial governor spokesman, Omar Zawak said. Local authorities said that a car laden with explosives was detonated inside …

50 people were killed and more than 70 others injured in a traffic accident on Kabul-Kandahar highway, police official said on Sunday. “The incident occurred early this morning on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Muqor district of Ghazni province,” a provincial traffic police official, Muhammadullah Ahmadi, told Ariana News. A 303 long-distance …

Two Romanian soldiers were killed and another was wounded on Saturday in an insider or “green-on-blue” attack, when two members of a local police unit they were training opened fire on them before themselves being killed, officials said. Resolute Support, the NATO mission in Afghanistan, confirmed that two soldiers were …

A roadside bomb has killed four small children of a single family in the southern Zabul province of Afghanistan, an Afghan official said Saturday. Wazir Mohammad Jawadi, Shah Joy district governor, said another child from the same family was wounded in the blast, which took place late Friday. At the …

Afghan intelligence forces have arrested Taliban shadow governor for southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan. According to a statement released by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s spy agency, Qari Yousuf, the Taliban shadow governor for Ghazni province was arrested during a military opeartion in Shikh Amir village, Gurbuz …

8 people were killed and 48 others were injured in a horrific traffic accident in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, a local official said on Monday. According to the local officials, the incident took place after a 303 type passenger bus overturned in Dalkhak area of Washir district of Helmand …

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s spy agency has thwarted a deadly suicide attack by killing the attacker before reaching to the destination in Kandahar city. According to a statement released by the Afghan intelligence agency a terrorist with explosive device on his body wanted to target security …

The National Directorate of Security – Afghanistan’s Intelligence Agency has arrested four terrorist networks in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. According to a statement released by the Afghan spy agency on Tuesday, the NDS members have arrested these four networks contained 19 members during a special military raid. The groups …

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s spy agency has released a group of 14 prisoners including teenagers from a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, NDS announced on Monday. A statement released by NDS said that four Taliban group members who were operating as the group’s …

Taliban shot dead Mohammad Anwar Rahmani, the head of municipal court, in Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The incident took place when Mr. Rahmani was on his way from Kabul to Ghazni. Taliban stopped his vehicle in Salar area of Wardak and shot him to dead, a police statement said. But …

  Afghan security forces retake control of Khanshin district in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, Sediq Sediqi Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman said on Sunday. Sediqi added the district has been fully cleared of militants during operations conducted jointly by Afghan army and police forces. Taliban militants took the control …