Kandahar

Taliban fighters overran a district in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, killing the district police chief and threatening strategically important province in the south, a member of parliament said on Saturday. Abdul Wadod Popal, a member of parliament from Helmand province said Taliban fighters have taken the control of Nawa …

At least 13 people including four children and three women were injured in a car accident in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, an official said. Samim Ikhpelwak, the provincial governor’s spokesman, told Ariana News a 303 passenger bus crashed in Maiwand district, causing the casualties. According to …

A Taliban roadside bomb has killed two Afghan civilians in Shah Wali Kot district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Sunday. The blast targeted a civilian van on Sunday morning and killed both its driver and a passenger on the vehicle, said Samim Ikhpelwak, the spokesman for the …

Heavy clashes have been erupted between the Afghan security forces and Taliban militants in Tarinkot City, the capital of Urozgan province in south of Afghanistan since Tuesday, local officials said. Provincial governor spokesman Dost Mohammad Nayab said currently the insurgents are threatening the areas around the City, but Afghan  security  …

At least 35 people were killed and 25 others wounded after a passenger bus crashed with a fuel tanker along a highway in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan on Sunday, local officials said. Provincial governor Besmillah Afghanmal told Ariana News that the accident took place in Kabul – Kandahar highway …

Security officials in Kandahar province have reported that 6 Pakistani Nationals whom were working in Kandahar without proper documentations were expelled and sent back to Pakistan. Security police Spokesman Zai Durani said,” 60 Pakistani workers were expelled from Kandahar province for having no documents and this process will continue to …

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 …