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A number of the Balkh citizens say that the Taliban group are punishing and fining the people who use SIM-card of the Salaam telecommunication in Balkh province. Ebadullah, an elder in the Dawlatabad district of Balkh province, says that the Taliban insurgents took eighth people away from the district’s route …

Three civilians were killed and three others wounded after mine went off in the central Ghazni province on Sunday, the provincial media office said in a statement. The incident has taken place at PD3 of the provincial capital, Ghazni city, at around 8:35 am on Sunday. The Taliban had planted …

At least 44 Taliban militants were killed in clashes with Afghan security forces in eastern Paktika province on Friday afternoon, police said. The provincial police chief Aimal Niazi told Ariana News that the clash between Afghan forces and the Taliban intensified after dozens of insurgents attacked security outposts in Faqiran …

At least three Afghan security forces were killed and 12 others wounded in a car bomb explosion in central Ghazni province, the provincial media office said in a statement on Saturday. The incident took place in Ab Band district of Ghazni at around 4:30 am after a suicide bomber detonated …

One National Directorate of Security (NDS) employee was killed in an attack by unknown armed men in northern Parwan province, a local official said. The incident has taken place at Dosarake Bagram, Dari name, area of the province at around 5:25 am on Saturday. Wahida Shahkar, a spokesperson for the …

At least three Afghan security forces including the acting district police chief of Khogyani, Ghazni, were killed in Taliban attack on Khogyani police command, the provincial government media office said in a statement. According to the statement, the Taliban militants stormed Khogyani police headquarters at around 10:30 on Thursday night. …

At least 72 Taliban insurgents were killed and 34 others wounded in clashes with Afghan forces in southern Kandahar Province, police said. The Kandahar police chief Tadin Khan said in a statement that the clashes between Afghan security forces and the militants broke out after Taliban fighters attacked several parts …

Three suicide bombers were killed and a car bomb of them was destroyed in an airstrike by Air Forces in Ghazni province, Ministry of Defense said. The airstrike has taken place in Giro district of the province at around 8:40 pm on Monday night. According to the statement, three suicide …

At least two civilians were killed after a car bomb went off in Mata Khan district of eastern Paktika province, police said. Shah Mohammad Aryan, a spokesman for provincial police told Ariana News that the incident has taken place at Patani area of the district at around 12:30 pm on …

A number of the Maidan Wardak province residents warn of cutting the government off and boycotting the upcoming presidential election if the military operations are not stopped in the civilian areas. The residents say that the airstrikes and nightly operations conducted by the government continually hurt civilians. According to them, …

At least eight people were killed and six others wounded in an airstrike by the foreign forces in Barakibarak district of eastern Logar province, local officials said. The district governor of Barakibarak Wais Abdul Ramzai told Ariana News that the incident has taken place at Dasht-e-Khahk area of the district …

The Officials in northern Balkh province on Monday suspended activities of the mobile phone companies after they refused to resume their nighttime coverage in the province. The provincial officials have sealed off their offices as well. The Taliban militants have ordered mobile phone companies in Balkh to shut down their …

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, is supposed to meet with Donald Trump, the U.S. President, to talk on the Afghan peace process and other regional issues on Monday. Meanwhile, the Presidential Palace says that Pakistan has not taken any measures in action for contributing to the Afghan peace and ending …

At least 16 Taliban insurgents were killed and seven others wounded in operation by Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The operations were conducted in Marja district of the province. According to the statement, several parts of Marja including Camp …

The 42 health centers of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) that were closed in Maidan Wardak province have been reopened on Friday, the Ministry of Public Health said. Wahidullah Mayar, a spokesman for the Health Ministry said in a tweet that the organization has resumed its normal activities on …

At least eight people were killed and 33 others wounded in an IED blast close to the Kabul University in PD3 of the city, officials confirmed. Fardaws Faramarz, a spokesman for Kabul’s police confirmed the incident adding that the security forces have also defused an IED attached to a vehicle …

A car bomb went off around 4:30 pm on Thursday near to the internal gate of Kandahar’s Police Commanding Directorate.   The local officials say that first, a car bomb went off in the southern gate of the police Commanding Directorate and then two armed attackers started clashes with the …

The Taliban militant group have forced the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) to close dozens of its clinics and health centers in six districts of Maidan Wardak Province, the organization said on Wednesday. In a statement, SCA said that this affect provision of health services to hundreds of thousands of …

At least 25 Afghan commando forces were killed in clashes with the Taliban militants in Badghis province, local officials said. Abdul Ghafoor Malikzai, the provincial governor told Ariana News that the Taliban fighters ambushed Afghan commando forces at Maida Qul area in AabKamari district on Monday night. He said, as …

Pakistani Police arrested Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba insurgent group in Punjab province on Wednesday, Pakistani media reported. According to Geo TV, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police arrested Hafiz Saeed from Lahore when he was on his way to Gujranwala. Saeed has been reportedly presented in …