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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 12 Taliban insurgents including a key commander of the group were killed in two air strikes by the Resolute Support forces in Ghazni province, local Officials said on Sunday. Arif Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor told Ariana News that the air operations were conducted in Nani …

At least 19 Taliban militants including the group’s shadow district governor were killed in air operations jointly conducted by the Afghan and foreign forces in Badghis province, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, the air strikes were conducted in Abkamari district …

At least seven Taliban insurgents were killed in several airstrikes conducted by foreign forces in central Ghazni province on Saturday evening, a local official said. Mohammad Arif Noori a spokesman for the provincial governor told Ariana News the operations were conducted in Gero and Andar districts on Saturday evening. According …

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 …

The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke separately with the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan and urged them to avoid “further military activity” following an air strike by India inside Pakistan. Pompeo spoke with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to stress on the priority of de-escalating current …

Indian military aircraft violated the Line of Control as they intruded from Muzaffarabad sector in the Kashmir region, a spokesman for Pakistan’s Army said on Tuesday. The Indian aircraft “released payload in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot”. There were “no casualties or damage,” Pakistan Army spokesman Asif Ghafoor wrote …

10 Taliban militants were killed and four others wounded as airstrikes targeted them in the northern Kunduz province, said local authorities. Nematullah Temori, spokesman of Kunduz governor told Ariana News that the airstrikes were carried out last night in Imam Saheb and Aqtash districts of the province. He added that …

More than 50 armed militants of Islamic State or Daesh and Taliban have been killed and 17 others wounded in two separate incidents in the northern Jawzjan province, said local authorities. The authorities further noted that 10 Daesh terrorists including two foreign families have been arrested by Afghan forces in …

12 terrorists affiliated with the terror group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria also known as Daesh, were killed  and four others wounded as the result of airstrikes and internal conflict between the militants. The militants of Islamic State were killed and wounded yesterday, March 16, in Haskamina and Naziyan …

25 militants were killed and 14 others wounded as the result of airstrikes conducted by Afghan Air Force in the southern Kandahar province, said local security officials. “The airstrikes were carried out last night after the militants attacked a security outpost in Surkhbed area of Meyaneshin district”, said Zia Durani, …

13 terrorists including two Uzbek citizens affiliated with the terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) locally known as Daesh were killed in coalition airstrikes , said local authorities of the Northern Jawzjan province. According to Mr. Abdulhafiz Khashi, security head of Jawzjan Police Chief, the airstrikes were …

Three key members of the Islamic State terror group were killed along 11 terrorists as the result of airstrikes carried out by Afghan Air Forces in Laghman province, said the Ministry of Interior through a statement. “Afghan Air forces targeted Islamic State terrorists yesterday with airstrikes after identifying and locating …