Andarabi said that the Taliban is “conducting targeted attacks” to create attention in the media and affect people’s trust in the government. A new unit of the security forces comprised of Afghan police, Afghan army and the National Directorate of Security has started its operations, a unit that will act when it is informed about any movement by militants, the […]

President Ashraf Ghani praised the security forces’ activities and said they are the pride of the nation. President Ashraf Ghani on Monday reiterated that there will be no compromise on security and the defense forces in the peace negotiations and that the troops have given the “highest sacrifice” in the last six years.

A Taliban group leader was among 13 newly released insurgents killed in an Afghan Air Force air raid in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday.

Nine policemen have been killed in an insider attack in the Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Monday.

At least 28 Taliban were killed and seven others were wounded in Zherai and Arghandab districts of Kandahar province, the Ministry of Defense stated on Sunday.

HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Afghanistan Saeed bin Mubarak Al Khayarin.

Taliban shadow governor for Sangin district of southern Helmand province has been killed in an airstrike by the Afghan forces, the Defense Ministry (MoD) claimed.

The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) said at least 130 criminals have been arrested in the past three months in Herat.

At least five people were killed and nine wounded in an explosion in Kapisa province on Sunday afternoon, a local official confirmed.

The deputy spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that the reason why the US has not suffered casualties among its forces in the past 10 months is because the foreign forces are no longer fighting in Afghanistan.