Category: Security

Spike in fighting displaces 50,000 people

ASSADABAD (SW) – Spike in fighting in Kunar has displaced at least 50,000 people, said officials on Monday.

New program on the cards to resettle vulnerable Afghans in the US

MONITORING (SW) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will launch a new program to resettle certain Afghans as refugees in the United States, reported Reuters.

President Ghani: Fighting the aggressors is a national duty of all

KABUL (SW) – President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, in a special joint session of the parliament, said that Afghanistan has been invaded and the current war is imposed on the country, so the fight against the aggressors is a national duty of all citizens.

Lashkargah on the verge of collapse

KABUL (SW) – For the past two days, there has been intense fighting between security forces and the Taliban in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province.

UNAMA demands Taliban to provide answers for compound attack

KABUL (SW) – The UN in Afghanistan on Sunday demanded the Taliban to provide answers to Friday’s deadly assault on its compound in western Herat province bordering Iran.

Daesh takes responsibility for killing traffic warden in Kunduz

KUNDUZ (SW) – The pro-Daesh or so-called Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) has taken responsibility for killing a traffic warden after abduction in Kunduz province.

Taliban briefly abduct two journalists in Herat

HERAT (SW) – The Taliban insurgents briefly held two journalists captive in the Herat city amid ensuing violence here.

Analysts say poor governance behind the Taliban advances

KABUL (SW) – Political commentators believe weak planning and poor management by the government has led to the advances of the armed Taliban insurgents across the country.

Religious affairs minister lashes out at those propagating for Taliban

KABUL (SW) – The Haj and Religious Affairs Minister on Saturday vehemently condemned propaganda and praises for the Taliban insurgents amid ensuing violence in the country.

20 lives lost in 2 accidents on Kabul – Jalalabad highway

JALALABAD (SW) – At least 20 people got killed in two road accidents on the main Kabul – Jalalabad highway in Laghman province, confirmed officials on Saturday.

UN condemns Taliban attack on its office in Herat

HERAT (SW) – The United Nations in Afghanistan condemned in the ‘strongest terms’ the attack today on its main compound in Herat that resulted in the loss of life of an Afghan police guard and injuries to other officers.