KABUL: Taliban forces have arrested a suspected Daesh militant who allegedly planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said Friday. Daesh has claimed responsibility for the bomb blast that tore through the Seh Dokan mosque during midday ...

The Taliban killed eight resistance fighters from a national opposition group in a firefight in the north of Afghanistan, police said on Friday. Since storming back to power in August the Taliban have flatly denied facing organised resistance, but the gun battle on Thursday night may demonstrate ...

In Afghanistan, two female army officers have been killed and two officers and their driver were wounded in an attack in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province. Meanwhile, an employee of a local bank has been killed after an assailant fired on him with a silenced weapon in eastern ...

- Local officials in Balkh province said, on Tuesday Taliban fighters first captured and then shot seven Afghan National Police members. Munir Ahmad Farhad, a spokesman for the governor of Balkh, told the media on Wednesday, that the incident took place at around 12:00 pm yesterday in Chahar ...

ISLAMABAD-In Afghanistan, eight Taliban were killed during clashes with security forces at Dawlat Abad district of Balkh province on Thursday. According to district governor, eight security forces personnel were also killed and over a dozen injured.

KABUL: A week-long, partial truce appeared to be largely holding across Afghanistan on Saturday, with jubilant civilians celebrating in the streets to mark a potentially historic turning point in the war, even as isolated attacks threatened to undermine the process. The Taliban, US and Afghan ...

ISLAMABAD - Afghan Military Airstrike plays havoc upon civilians in Afghanistan, media has reported. Seven civilians were killed in an airstrike by government forces in the northern province, saying three children were among the victims. Balkh residents said the airstrike was carried out in ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Nooruddin watched helplessly as his flock of 100 sheep began to die from hunger and thirst on the dry drought-ravaged hillsides of Balkh province. Rather than let more of the prized creatures die a slow death on the dry hillsides of Balkh province in the north, he made the ...

ISLAMABAD - Seven Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a base in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, as local and international forces brace for another deadly winter. According to the Afghan defence ministry, “terrorists” attacked a joint military base in Dawlat ...

JAWZJAN: An explosion in northern Jawzjan province killed or wounded at least 31 people including many Taliban militants and ordinary civilians. The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the incident took place at around 3:00 pm on Wednesday in BazarakJangalAregh Village of ...