Suspected drones hover over Logar
PUL-E-ALAM (SW) – Locals in Logar have reported suspected drone hovering over the skies last night.
Category: Security
ACLED report details plight of civilians amid raging conflict in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) has said in a fresh report that since the fall of Kabul, civilians have continued to be targeted by the Taliban and the Islamic State (IS), as well as by unidentified armed groups.
Resurging string of terrorist attacks spark concerns
KABUL (SW) – The resurging string of terrorist attacks across the country has sparked concerns amongst the citizens.
Child rescued from kidnappers after nearly two years
MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – Abdul Rauf, the child kidnapped from Balkh, has been released from the clutches of the kidnapers after nearly two years, said officials on Saturday.
Additional security check posts planned along the Durand Line
KABUL (SW) – Additional security check posts would be established along the Durand Line with Pakistan, said officials on KABUL (SW) – Additional security check posts would be established along the Durand Line with Pakistan, said officials on Saturday.
Condemnations pour in against Mazar-e-Sharif mosque bombing
MAZAR-e-SHARIF (SW) – Widespread condemnation has poured in against Thursday’s deadly mosque bombing in Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province.
Roadside blasts claim 8 lives in Kunduz, Nangarhar
KUNDUZ/ JALALABAD (SW) – Roadside bomb blasts in Kunduz and Nangarhar provinces on Thursday claimed at least eight lives, confirmed officials.
Mazar-e-Sharif: Blast in a mosque claims multiple lives
MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – Sources in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, have confirmed that at least 30 people were killed and more than 80 were injured following an explosion inside a mosque.
20 Afghan children killed in air strike by Pakistan
KABUL (SW) – The UN children agency UNICEF has confirmed the deadly air strike by Pakistan killing scores of civilians, including children in Afghanistan without naming the aggressor.
Survivors of the school bombing blame IE for failures in security
MONITORING (SW) – “His father was disabled, but I was happy to have him as an elder son… I will die for you (my son)”, sighed the grieving mother who lost her 18-year-old son Milad in an explosion at the Abdul Rahim Shaheed school in western Kabul on Tuesday.
Probe ordered into increase in the number of beggars
KABUL (SW) – Mohammad Hassan Akhund, head of the cabinet of ministers, has directed relevant authorities to investigate the reasons for the increase in number of beggars on the streets in Kabul.
44 killed and 1,700 injured in surging road accidents
KANDAHAR (SW) – In less than a month, 44 people, including women and children, have been killed and more than 1,700 injured due to the evidently surging road accidents.
