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Kabul, June 2 (JEN) Armed men killed nine employees of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Afghanistan's Zare district on Tuesday. more
Afghanistan: Suicide bomb blast kills 18 in Khost

Khost City, Apr 2 (JEN): At least 18 people were killed and 64 others were injured after a suicide explosion hit the southeastern Khost province in Afghanistan on Thursday, media reports sai ...

Afghanistan: Logar attack kills 20 policemen

Kabul, Feb 17 (JEN): A group of insurgents stormed the police headquarters in Afghanistan's central Logar province which killed at least 20 policemen on Tuesday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: 5 militants killed

Kabul, Feb 10 (JEN): At least five militants were killed as they attacked the police headquarters in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Taliban commander killed in drone strike

Kabul, Feb 9 (JEN): A Taliban commander has been killed during a US drone strike in Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan: UN-backed mine clearing project reports 34 killed during 2014

New York, Jan 16 (JEN) The United Nations-supported Mine Action Programme in Afghanistan (MAPA) has said on Thursday that while 2014 could prove to have been a major turning point in the cou ...

Afghanistan: Security Council backs agreement on new non-combat NATO mission

New York, Dec 13 (JEN) Amid ongoing violence in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council on Friday welcomed the agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and t ...

Afghanistan: UN strongly condemns suicide bombing at volleyball match

New York, Nov 25 (JEN) A brutal terrorist attack which killed at least 50 civilians in Afghanistan over the weekend is an “atrocity” and may amount to a war crime, the top United Nations ...

UN deplores deliberate killing of civilians in Afghanistan's Farah province

New York, Sept 2 (JEN) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned the deliberate killing of 12 civilians in the western province of Farah for which t ...

Afghanistan: UN envoy praises international troops after deadly attack

New York, Aug 6 (JEN)A “tragedy” is how the top United Nations official in Afghanistan summed up an attack on international forces on Tuesday outside of Kabul in which a man wearing an A ...