ISLAMABAD-In Afghanistan, Taliban have killed at least 23 people and wounded 45 others within the past seven days in the country. According to the data released by Afghan National Security Council said that the violence happened in 16 provinces, including Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Herat.

The United Nations has warned that the civilian casualty toll from airstrikes by pro-government forces in Afghanistan continues to rise. UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in a statement said that in the latest raids occurred this week in Helmand and Kunar provinces, killed at least 14 Afghan ...

KABUL - According to a UN report at least 23 civilians, including women and children, were killed by a US air strike in Southern Afghanistan earlier this week. The strike occurred during a firefight between afghan special forces working with us advisors and Taliban insurgents late Tuesday in ...

KABUL: In Afghanistan, thirty Afghan civilians have been killed in U.S. airstrikes in Helmand province.  Officials and residents of the area told Reuters that Afghan government forces and U.S. advisers called in air support, after coming under attack, but the victims of the strikes were ...

MazariSharif: Eight civilians, including women and children, were killed in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday when a roadside bomb apparently targeting security forces ripped through the vehicle in which they were travelling, officials said. Another six people were wounded in the early morning ...

KABUL - The number of Afghan civilians killed in the country s long-running conflict hit a record high in the first six months of 2018, UN figures showed Sunday, with militant attacks and suicide bombs the leading causes of ...

NEW DELHI:The United Nations has said more than ten thousand Afghan civilians were killed and wounded in the war-torn country last year. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein said in a statement that overall civilian toll last year was 3,438 killed and 7,015 wounded. Women and ...

LASHKARGAH: As many as 12 civilians were killed in an airstrike conducted in Musa Kala district of Helmand province on Monday.Former Deputy Chairman of Helmand council, Mullah Majeed Akhundzada told media persons that the airplanes targeted the house of a local resident, identified as Habibullah, ...

In Afghanistan, three Afghan civilians have been killed when American troops opened fire after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in east of the country.A spokesman for the Nangarhar governor Attaullah Khogyani said a man and his two sons were killed at their home in Ghani Khel district of the ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (APP) - At least 11 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb ripped through their vehicle in the restive southern Afghan province of Helmand, officials said Saturday. The blast occurred when the passengers were travelling from remote Nawa district to the provincial capital ...