Tag Archives: Baghlan

At least 18 Taliban militants were killed in two separate airstrikes during the last 24 hours in northern Baghlan province, a local official said on Monday The provincial police spokesman Ahmad Jawed Bisharat told Ariana News that the Afghan Forces have conducted air operations in Dahn-i-Ghori and Baghlan-i-Markazi districts of …

An Afghan security official was killed and three soldiers were wounded in a Taliban attack in northern Baghlan province, a local official said on Monday. The incident happened this morning in Kilagay area of Doshi district. Mohammad Safdar Mohseni the Head of Baghlan Provincial Council told Ariana News that the …

A local police commander for Dahna Ghori district has been killed along with a bodyguard in a Taliban attack in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Thursday. According to the official, the Taliban militants hit his vehicle with an RPG near his house in Hussainkhail area of Pul-e-Khomri city. …

 A magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit Baghlan province in the north of Afghanistan on Wednesday night, injuring nine people and damaging 60 residential houses. Mohammad Naseer Kohzad, Natural Disaster Management Director in Baghlan province, told Ariana News that the epicenter of the jolt was Hindu Kush mountains range, 14 kilometers far …

Afghan commandos backed by the foreign forces have launched an operation a bid to retake the Dahan-i-Ghori and Dand Ghori districts in northern Baghlan province, officials said Monday. The provincial police chief General Ikramuddin Saray said the military operation was being conducted in three steps backed by NATO-led Resolute Support …

In the wake of a wave of peace movements and cross-country convoys to propagate nonviolence in war-torn Afghanistan, People’s Peace Movement activists on Friday said that they have been insulted and humiliated by the Taliban in northern Baghlan province. A Spokesman of the People’s Peace Movement Bismillah Watandost told Ariana News that …

A vehicle packed with 300 kilograms of explosives has been seized by Afghan intelligence operatives in northern Baghlan province, local officials said Sunday. According to the officials, the explosives were transferred from Kabul to Dand-e-Ghori and Pul-e-Khomri cities before being discovered and seized by the security forces in Doshi district …

The Taliban has taken control of Tala wa Barfak district in northern Baghlan province, following days of clashes with the Afghan security forces, local officials confirmed Tuesday. Baghlan’s Provincial Council Chief Mohammad Safdar Mohseni said that the district was collapsed the Taliban today at around 03:30 pm. Local authorities also …

The Interior Ministry says measures underway to rescue the kidnapped seven Indian engineers worked for the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) that operates a power station in northern Baghlan province.  The Interior Ministry Spokesman Najib Danish told Ariana News that the Taliban have kidnapped the Indian engineers along with their …

The Taliban has abducted seven Indian engineers and one Afghan national who were working for a power plant in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan, local officials said Sunday. Baghlan’s provincial council chief Mohammad Safdar Mohseni said that the Taliban kidnaped eight employees of an Indian Infrastructure Company who were engaged …

At least 14 Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a Taliban attack in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan last night, a local official said Thursday morning. Safiullah Amiri, a member of the Kunduz provincial council told Ariana News that the incident has taken place in …

At least four people were killed and six others injured after a car ran over a roadside bomb in northern Baghlan province, local officials said. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in Khwaja Alwan area of Pul-e-Khumeri City, the capital of Baghlan province. According to the local officials, all …

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the country’s national power company, on Monday said that it has “temporarily” reconnected the electricity supply to the capital Kabul. Last night, the anti-government insurgent groups blew up a power transmission line in Dasht-e-Kilagay area of northern Baghlan province. Today, the Afghan security forces supported …

An explosion took place at the vicinity of Pul-e Khomri city of Baghlan province on Monday, local officials said. Confirming the incident, security officials said at least eight people were wounded and a vehicle was burnt down. Meanwhile, head of Baghlan Public Health department claimed at least 13 people were …

The Taliban militants attacked police checkpoints in Baghlan-Samangan highway early on Thursday morning, officials said. A security official told Ariana News that Taliban retreated after one of their militants killed and three others injured. He also confirmed the dead of one policeman during the clashes. Police says the highway is …

The power line from Tajikistan to capital Kabul was cut due to today’s clashes in northern Baghlan province, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said. According to DABS statement, the Monday clashes between the government forces and the insurgents in Dand-e-Shahab, Pul-e-Khumri and Dasht Kelagai areas of Baghlan damaged 150 megawatt …

Two brothers and their three nephews have been killed, following a dispute over water in northern Baghlan province, officials said Monday. The incident took place in Jula area of Nahrin district when cousins engaged in brawl over water,  according to District Governor, Fazluddin Muradi. He said that no one is …

At least 14 people were killed and 26 more injured after a passenger bus crashed in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan on Sunday. The incident happened when the bus traveling on Kunduz-Baghlan highway deviated and crashed into Kelagai area of Doshi district. According to Provincial Public Health Chief, Mohibullah Habibi …

The Taliban provokes underage Afghans to commit suicide attacks and plant mines, said the Police Chief of northern Baghlan Province on Wednesday. General Abdul Akramuddin Sare, the Police Chief of northern Baghlan Province, said that the Taliban misleads mostly teenage boys by misinterpreting Islam to them, and provoking them to …

Afghan security forces arrested the Taliban shadow governor for Khost Fereng district of Baghlan province early this morning. A statement released by the interior ministry on Monday said,” today early morning, three armed Taliban including a Taliban shadow district governor for Khost Fereng district of Baghlan province arrested following a …