At least 13 civilians killed in Pakistani raids in Afghanistan, says UNAMAThe United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has confirmed that Pakistani airstrikes carried out on the night of February 2...
25 Feb, 2026, 03.27 PM IST
Over 80 people killed in Pakistan's cross-border airstrikes on AfghanistanPakistan launched airstrikes in Afghanistan hitting seven locations. These strikes targeted militant camps in Nangarhar, Paktika, and Khost...
23 Feb, 2026, 06.38 AM IST
Taliban internet ban spreads across Afghanistan as more provinces are shut downThe Taliban has imposed a nationwide ban on fibre-optic internet in Afghanistan to curb “immorality,” cutting Wi-Fi access for homes, offic...
18 Sep, 2025, 02.39 PM IST
Two powerful aftershocks hit Afghanistan after earthquakes killed 2,200Eastern Afghanistan was struck by two powerful aftershocks within 12 hours, exacerbating the devastation caused by previous earthquakes. Wi...
05 Sep, 2025, 10.08 AM IST
Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba back with Taliban, set up 11 camps since takeover: UNSC ReportThose familiar with the details told ET that JeM and LeT have drawn specific mention in report like this after a gap of at least over five ...
30 May, 2022, 12.29 AM IST
Taliban: Bomb hits mosque in Afghanistan, wounds at least 15A Taliban provincial spokesman says a bomb exploded in a mosque during Friday prayers, wounding 15 people in eastern Afghanistan, where Isl...
12 Nov, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
At least three killed, 15 injured in blast at Afghan mosqueThe Afghan branch of the Islamic State group, which first emerged in Nangarhar in 2015, has claimed responsibility for a series of bloody a...
12 Nov, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Three killed in blasts in Afghan city of Jalalabad: SourcesThe fatalities occurred during a series of five blasts, the sources, who said they had received information from hospitals and eyewitnesses...
18 Sep, 2021, 11.22 PM IST
Firing by Taliban and stampede amid Independence day rally kills several in Afghan cityAs people rally under the national Afghan flag on the 'Independence Day', clashes between the Taliban and protestors results into violence ...
19 Aug, 2021, 02.08 PM IST
Taliban seize Jalalabad, cut off Afghan capital from eastAbrarullah Murad, a lawmaker from the province told The Associated Press that the insurgents seized Jalalabad after elders negotiated the f...
15 Aug, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
Roadside bombs kill five, wound seven civilians in AfghanistanNo one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Afghanistan has seen a nationwide spike in bombings, targeted killings, and ...
02 Apr, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Pak-based banned terror group Lashkar-e-Islam picks its new leaderZala Khan Afridi, a close associate of Bagh, was named as the new head after members of the group held a meeting at Bander area in Khyber P...
30 Jan, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
Thousands of Pakistan nationals from LeT & JeM fighting alongside Taliban in Afghanistan: UNThe report referred to three major Pakistan-based groups active in Afghanistan -- the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (Tehrik-e-Taliban...
04 Jun, 2020, 11.50 AM IST
Taliban suicide bomber kills 7 troops in eastern AfghanistanA suicide bomber in a stolen military Humvee targeted a base in eastern Afghanistan belonging to the country's intelligence service early o...
18 May, 2020, 03.02 PM IST
US, Afghan forces come under 'direct fire' in eastern Afghanistan: US officialThe nature of the violence was not immediately clear. One Afghan official said the two sides had "clashed", while another source told AFP a...
09 Feb, 2020, 07.35 AM IST
India, Pakistan, China, Russia discuss Afghanistan situationIndia has been a major development partner of Afghanistan and has been favouring an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process for the war-r...
11 Jul, 2018, 04.40 PM IST
Wife of IS jihadi informs father-in-law about his death in drone strike in AfghanistanMughira informed Mohammed Haider, through Whatsapp text messages sent on April 12 and 13 from Afghanistan that his son and her husband Murs...
15 Apr, 2017, 01.28 PM IST