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Unidentified militants set ablaze a girls’ school on Sunday night in western Farah province, a local official confirmed. Sadiq Halimi, deputy head of the Farah Education Directorate told Ariana News that armed men entered the “Shahid Binafsha” Girls High School and placed explosives inside the building and detonated it afterward. …

On Sunday government officials, writers, poets, and people from different parts of the country gathered at Gul Ghondi Hill in northern Parwan province to celebrate the National Arghawan festival. Speaking at the event, Muzhgan Mustafavi, Information and Culture Deputy Minister for Tourism said Afghanistan is not a place to be …

Taliban militants have looted a flock of sheep in northern Sar-e Pol province of Afghanistan, a local official claimed on Sunday. Ghulam Sakhi Veera, the governor of Gosfandi district in Sar-e Pol province told Ariana News that Taliban militants launched a widespread attack on Gosfandi district last night but faced …

Two villages in Sancharak district of northern Sar-e-Pul province collapsed to the Taliban militants on Saturday night, a local official confirmed. The District Governor for Sancharak, Naqibullah Daqiq told Ariana News that the Taliban insurgents attacked the Khwaja Sorkh and Archto villages in the district on Saturday night. Daqiq confirmed …

A number of parliamentary election candidates from Logar province accused the Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan of asking bribe from the candidates. Khalid Mohmand, one of the candidates who was on the winners list when the preliminary results for Logar announced said that he had received phone calls from …

Afghan security forces have pushed back a Taliban attack over the capital of northern Kunduz province, an official said on Saturday. Enamuddin Rahmani, a spokesman for Kunduz police said that Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack from four directions over Kunduz city early on Saturday morning. He added the fighting …

At least eight Taliban militants were killed and nine others wounded in clashes between the insurgents and the Afghan forces in western Farah province, a military official said on Saturday. Hashmatullah Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Afghan military in Farah told Ariana that the Taliban militants attacked an army outpost …

The Taliban militants attacked a security outpost in the provincial capital of Ghazni province, killing at least four Afghan soldiers, a local official said on Friday. Ghulam Sakhi Zabuli, a Provincial Council member told Ariana News that the Taliban stormed Lashmak outpost at Bakawol area of Ghazni city on Thursday …

Taliban bans operation of World Health Organization (WHO) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in areas until their control until further notice. Zabihullah Mujahid the Taliban spokesman said in a statement on Thursday that the group can’t guarantee the safety of these organizations across the country. The group …

At least 40 villagers including women were injured in Guzargah Noor district of Baghlan province after clashes between the residents of two villages erupted over a pasture. Some residents of Guzargah Noor district claim that they have been attacked by Alborz villagers. They further say that the police have also …

18 Taliban militants were killed during a special operation conducted by the Afghan special forces in western Urozgan province of Afghanistan, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Thursday. According to a statement released by NDS, the operation was carried out over Mawlawi Sharafuddin military hideout who is the …

Mohammad Ajmal Faiz has been appointed as new police chief of Balkh province, a security source told Ariana News on Wednesday. The new police chief of Balkh is endorsed by Ata Mohammad Noor the Chief Executive of Jamiat-e-Islami party. Recently the government appointed General Abdul Raqib Mubaraz as Balkh police …

The Taliban militants stormed a security outpost in Waghiz district of Ghazni province, killing 4 Afghan soldiers and wounding three others, the provincial police HQ confirmed in a statement. In a statement released on Wednesday, Ghazni police said that the Taliban insurgents attacked the Delaware-3 outpost in Waghiz district of …

At least eight civilians including three women were injured in an explosion in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. Provincial governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told Ariana News that the incident took place at around 3:30 pm in PD1 of Jalalabad City. He added that a sticky bomb …

The Taliban attacked a security outpost in Sancharak district of Sar-i-Pul province, killing at least five Afghan soldiers and wounding eight others, a security source said on Tuesday. A security source told Ariana News on a condition of anonymity that the Taliban militants attacked the Shola Kam outpost in Sancharak …

The NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in a statement confirmed that three U.S. service members were killed, and three others wounded by an improvised explosive device on Monday near Bagram Airfield in Parwan province of Afghanistan. According to the statement, the contractor, an Afghan citizen who was reported as killed is …

At least 99 Taliban insurgents were killed and 35 others injured in an operation conducted by the Afghan Forces in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province, the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. In a statement released on April 8, MoD said that the Afghan forces conducted a clearance operation …

Kamil Karimi, head of Kunduz Taekwondo Federation and Fitness Champion was killed in an armed attack by unknown gunmen on Sunday in northern Kunduz province, local officials confirmed. Karimi was shot dead at Spinzar road in Kunduz by unknown gunmen on Sunday night. The provincial security officials confirmed the incident …

At least 35 Taliban militants were killed and 22 others wounded in several airstrikes conducted by the Afghan and coalition forces in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province,  the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. In a statement released on Sunday, MoD said that the Afghan and coalition forces carried …

Bala Murghab district of Badghis province has not fallen to the hand of Taliban militants, the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement on Saturday. Earlier today, reports emerged that Taliban militants have captured the police headquarter of Bala Murghab district after two days of fierce fighting. But …