IS gets active in Northern Afghanistan; Moscow upset over Pak role in promoting terror on Afghan soil"Fighters of some international terrorist organizations, including those from the CIS countries, have become active on the territory of the...
15 Sep, 2022, 06.58 PM IST
Islamic State claims rockets fired from Afghanistan into TajikistanThe Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) news agency reported that an IS press release claimed the militants fired seven rockets from the Khawaja Gha...
08 May, 2022, 06.55 PM IST
Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33: TalibanNo one immediately claimed responsibility, but Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate on Friday claimed a series of bombings that happened a...
23 Apr, 2022, 10.46 AM IST
At least 100 dead, wounded in northern Afghanistan mosque blast targeted at ShiitesIf confirmed, the death toll in Friday's attack would be the highest in an attack by militants since U.S. and NATO troops left Afghanistan ...
08 Oct, 2021, 07.09 PM IST
Nearly four lakh people newly displaced in Afghanistan by conflict since start of year: United NationsThe US has already pulled back most of its forces from Afghanistan and is looking to complete the drawdown by August 31, ending nearly two-...
12 Aug, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
3 more provincial capitals fall to Taliban: Afghan officialsThe fall of the capitals of Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces to the northeast and Farah province to the west put increasing pressure on the...
11 Aug, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
Taliban press on, take another Afghan provincial capitalThe militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking large swaths of ...
09 Aug, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e PulIn recent days the Taliban have escalated attacks on northern provinces, which lie outside their traditional strongholds in the south but w...
08 Aug, 2021, 05.21 PM IST
Taliban seize provincial capital Kunduz in northern blitzKunduz is the third provincial capital to fall in the past three days, but the most significant Taliban gain since the insurgents launched ...
08 Aug, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
Fighting rages in centre of major Afghan city KunduzThe fall of the northern city would be a major blow for the central government, which has largely abandoned fighting in the countryside to ...
08 Aug, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Afghan forces deploy to counter Taliban assaultTroops and pro-government militiamen were deployed in the northern provinces of Takhar and Badakshan where the Taliban have captured swathe...
06 Jul, 2021, 03.47 PM IST
Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of gainsFighting around Imam Sahib district began late Sunday and by midday Monday the Taliban had overrun the district headquarters and were in co...
22 Jun, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
Prison doctors among five killed in Kabul bombingThe blast happened in a southern district of the city as the doctors travelled to the Pul-e-Charkhi prison where they worked, Kabul police ...
22 Dec, 2020, 03.08 PM IST
Taliban attacks kill 20 army, police, hours after Trump call: Officials"Taliban fighters attacked at least three army outposts in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz last night, killing at least 10 soldiers and four ...
04 Mar, 2020, 02.28 PM IST
Gunfights after resurgent Taliban threaten new Afghan cityAfghan forces repelled the brazen assault yesterday, but it rang security alarm bells as the largely rural insurgency threatens large citie...
13 Oct, 2015, 02.57 PM IST
Suicide attack targets foreign forces convoy in KabulNo group has claimed responsibility for the powerful blast, but it comes just days after the Taliban overran northern Kunduz city.
11 Oct, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
- Pak denies arrest of close aide of top Taliban commander
Pakistani authorities today dismissed a claim by the governor of Afghanistan's Kunduz province that a close aide of top Taliban commander M...
19 Feb, 2010, 04.41 AM IST