An explosion occurred close to the police HQ of Balkh district in the northern province of Balkh on Sunday afternoon, said Adil Shah Adil, a spokesman for the provincial police chief. There are preliminary reports that gunmen attacked security forces at the scene following the blast, Adil said. “There are security force members and civilian casualties from the attack, but […]

At least 14 security force members, including Saifurrahman Dehzad, the police chief for Qaisar district of Faryab were killed in clashes with Taliban on Saturday night, said Nader Saeedi, a member of provincial council. Taliban launched attack on the police HQ and other parts of the district on Saturday night and “have taken 37 security force members as captive,” Saeedi […]

Britain’s war in Afghanistan has cost UK taxpayers £22.2billion ($31.3 billion), the United Kingdom’s government has revealed. According to a report in the UK’s Mirror on Monday, is likely to be even higher because the bill disclosed by Defence Minister James Heappey only counts cash from a special Whitehall fund for the conflict. Revealing the cost in a written parliamentary […]

As concerns deepen for the safety of Afghan translators who worked alongside US and NATO forces for 20 years, once foreign troops have left the country, the Taliban on Monday issued a statement urging them not to leave Afghanistan. In a statement issued by the group, the Taliban said it “invites them to return to their normal lives and serve […]

The district headquarters, the bazaar, the police headquarters and the National Directorate of Security (NDS) compound in Gizab district in Uruzgan province have fallen to the Taliban after days of fighting, local officials said Monday. Uruzgan provincial council secretary Abdul Karim Khadimzai said more than 60 soldiers had been trapped in a residential property in the district for the past […]

Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, has urged Afghan leaders and politicians to start “serious negotiations” with Pakistan in order to resolve the Afghan peace issue, sources said. A number of Afghan politicians, who have recently met with Khalilzad, stated that Khalilzad has urged Afghanistan to send a high-ranking delegation to negotiate with Pakistan. Pakistan has played a […]

At least 150 Afghan troops have been killed or injured in the last 24 hours in a surge of attacks by Taliban militants, senior government officials told Reuters on Monday. According to the officials, fighting is now raging in 26 of the country’s 34 provinces. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity as the Afghan government does not give total […]

At a dusty bus station on this city’s outskirts, ticket hawkers call out for passengers to the southern city of Kandahar. It’s a 300-mile route — and the Taliban control key parts of the highway. There are gun battles along the route, and the Taliban undertake violent ambushes of Afghan forces. But for bus driver Jan Mohammad, the highway seems […]

The US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has led to increased violence in Balochistan by Pakistan Taliban. The revival of the Pakistani Taliban is not only linked with the growing turmoil in neighbouring Afghanistan caused by the US troop withdrawal but also to growing differences between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban, including over Pakistan’s growing new strategic engagement with the US, […]

At least eight security force members, including police chiefs for two districts of Baghlan, were killed in a Taliban attack on Julga district in Baghlan province on Friday night, a security official who wished not to be named said. Taliban attack started after midnight on Friday from different directions towards the center of Julga district in the northern province of […]