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New York: Afghanistan has seen record-high levels of civilian casualties in the third quarter of 2019, stemming mainly from the violence between rival political party supporters, the UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) revealed in a report published Thursday, which concluded that more must be done to protect the country’s people. more
Afghanistan: Car bomb blast leaves 2 dead in Laghman

Kabul: A car bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province on Wednesday left at least two people dead, media reports said.

Election-related violence claims 85 lives in Afghanistan: UN report

New York: Eighty-five people were killed and another 373 injured during attacks related to the recent presidential election in Afghanistan, a report by the UN Assistance Mission in the co ...

Taliban militants kill district governor of Afghanistan's Wardak province

Kabul (Sputnik/UNI) The Taliban militants on Sunday killed Raz Mohammad Waziri, the governor of the Jaghatu district of Afghanistan's central province of Wardak, a Sputnik corresponde ...

Afghanistan probe: ‘at least 60 civilians’ killed after US military airstrikes on alleged drug labs

New York: “Multiple” airstrikes by the US military on alleged methamphetamine drug labs in a remote area of western Afghanistan earlier this year, killed or injured dozens of ...

Afghanistan: Blast inside Ghazni University, 19 hurt

Kabul: An explosion rocked inside Ghazni University in Afghanistan on Tuesday and left 19 students hurt, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Jalalabad blast leaves 10 killed

Kabul: At least 10 people were killed in an explosion that rocked Afghanistan's  Jalalabad area on Monday, media reports said.

Five IS militants killed in drone strikes in E Afghanistan

Jalalabad, Afghanistan (Xinhua/UNI) At least five Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in NATO-led coalition drone strikes in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, the pr ...

Child killed, nine civilians injured in missile attacks in southern Afghanistan

Kabul (Sputnik/UNI) Missile attacks in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan resulted in the death of a child, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday, adding that nine people wer ...

Afghanistan: Security forces arrest would-be suicide bomber in Taloqan city

Kabul: Afghanistan security forces have arrested a would-be suicide bomber during an operation in Taloqan city of Takhar province in Afghanistan, media reports said.