Nangarhar

Two Daesh militants have been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, local official said Wednesday. Provincial governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said that the airstrike was carried out in Manogan area located in Haska Mina district of the province during the last 24 hours. He added that two …

The U.S. military says an American soldier was killed and several other U.S. and Afghan forces were injured while battling Daesh militants in eastern Afghanistan. According to a statement by the U.S. military, the Afghan and U.S. forces suffered casualties during a “partnered operation” on Wednesday. The statement does not …

A civilian was killed and five others wounded by a Taliban-fired rocket in Surkh-Rod district of Nangarhar province on Wednesday afternoon, local officials said. Provincial governor spokesman Ataullah Khogyani told Ariana News the incident occurred during clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in Fatah Abad area of the district …

A 12-year-old girl has lost two of his legs in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday. According to a statement released by Nangarhar media office, the bomb went off while the girl was collecting woods in Sangina area of Chaparhar district. The …

Unidentified gunmen shot dead a famous poet and his friend in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, said the provincial government in a statement. According to the statement, three gunmen armed with silenced pistols shot dead poet Esmatullah Bashari and Qudrat Ullah in a shop and escaped with motorbikes they …

A roadside bomb struck a foreign troops’ convoy Sunday night in eastern Nangarhar province, a provincial official said. The attack took place at around 1:00 a.m. in Ghani Khail district, the provincial governor spokesperson Attaullah Khogyani said. Two children and their father lost their lives as foreign forces opened fire …

A senior government official survived life attempt in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday. The governor of Khogyani district, Haji Zalmay, was driving from Jalalabad city toward his office when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives packed vehicle in Sara Kala area of the district at around 10:30 pm this morning. …

11 Daesh militants including Pakistani and Iranian nationals have been arrested by Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, police said on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, the police chief of Nangarhar said,” In addition to the deceived Afghans or those who are the servant …

Four Daesh rebels attacked a  national TV building in eastern Jalal Abad city of Nangarhar province on Wednesday, killing six people including two police officers. The Afghan security forces have eliminated all four terrorists and ended a three-hour siege in TV station. The governor of Nangarhar, Gulab Mangal in a …

Daesh radio station was destroyed and 34 militants were killed in air raids carried out by Afghan air forces in Nangarhar province, Afghan interior ministry said on Monday. “In past 24 hours, 34 Daesh terrorists killed and a radio station run by Daesh terrorists destroyed after Afghan Air Forces targeted …

Following the Mother of All Bombs ‘MOAB’ dropping on apparently ISIS cave tunnels in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, some claims that the bombing was an arsenal test. A team from Ariana News quotes military officials in the scene that MOAB has actually dropped in a remote village named Mommand Dara …

Haji Ghalib, governor of Bat-e-Kot district of Nangarhar province on Saturday wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan. Officials confirmed the incident, adding that four people including the district governor, police chief, intelligence in charge and a security guard were wounded after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb. …

Four heroin producing factories have been destroyed by police forces during a raid in the Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province, the Afghan interior ministry said on Wednesday. According to the statement released by the interior ministry, the counter-narcotics police of Afghanistan has discovered and eliminated four large heroin processing …

Officials of Ministry of Public Health in Nangharhar province launched a polio vaccination campaign in eastern parts of Afghanistan, saying one million children age 0 to 5 year old will be vaccinated by the cooperation of 4480 health workers in Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan provinces of Afghanistan. They also …

The Islamic State militants have beheaded two teenagers in Achin district in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Essa Khan Zwak, the governor of Achin district on Saturday said that the teenagers were 16 and 17 years old and they were residents of ‘Maamand’ area. “ISIS beheaded them in accusation of …

At least two students were killed and six others including a teacher injured after a mortar shell hit a school in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said. The attack happened this morning in Basram area of the provincial capital city, Mehtarlam, provincial governor spokesman Sarhadi Zwak said. …

At least 12 Daesh militants were killed in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement the militants were killed during “Shaheen 25” military operations during the last 24 hours in the vicinity of Haskamina district in Nangarhar. …

Afghan intelligence has arrested two Taliban militants in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement on Tuesday said,” NDS special forces arrested two armed Taliban terrorists who were plotting to carry out terror and destructive attacks and assassinate local elders in Mehtarlam city …

A number of young Afghans whom were arrested by the Afghan security forces confessed that Daesh militants recruited them through Facebook exaggerations to fight against Afghan forces in districts of Nangarhar province. 18 year old Zubair from Kunar province said, “I was using Facebook that Daesh militants encouraged and provoked …

Huge number of the religious scholars, local residents of Kot district of Nangarhar province in gathering has declared Jihad against Islamic State of Iraq-Syria (ISIS) militants who decapitated several residents of the following district and burned dozen houses last year. The Ulema chief district Mawlawe Mohammad Amin said, “We as …