Afghanistan: Child killed, another child and their mother injured in explosion in Nangarhar

A child was killed andkwhen an unexploded shell detonated in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, Taliban officials said Thursday. The Taliban’s provincial police command said in a statement that the blast occurred in the Hisar Shahi village of Rodat district after Read More …

Afghanistan: Two Children Killed, 10 Others Injured In Explosion In Zabul Province

t least two children were killed and 10 others sustained injuries in an explosion that took place in Zabul province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, 26 July. An official has claimed that a group of children found an object which appeared Read More …

Afghanistan: Grenade Explosion at an Islamic Seminary in East Afghanistan Wounds Eight People

According to the Taliban’s security officials, eight people were wounded on Saturday when unidentified assailants threw a hand grenade into a religious seminary in Nangarhar province, in eastern Afghanistan. The grenade explosion targeted an Islamic religious school called Zunoorain Usman, Read More …

Afghanistan: Mortar shell explosion kills 9 children near the border with Pakistan

An explosion in eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan has killed at least nine children and wounded four others, according to local officials. The blast on Monday took place when a cart selling food items struck an old, unexploded Read More …

Afghanistan: Bomb Explodes In Eastern Nangarhar Province

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said a bomb ripped through a crowded mosque in eastern Nangarhar province Friday during afternoon prayers, wounding at least 15 worshippers. Provincial government spokesman Mohammad Hanif told VOA the explosive device was planted inside the mosque, Read More …

Afghanistan: Roadside bomb targets Taliban, kills 2 in Jalalabad

A roadside bomb struck a Taliban patrol in a stronghold of Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding three, witnesses said. Wednesday’s bomb went off in the city of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar Read More …

Afghanistan: Child among at least two killed in roadside bombing targeting the Taliban in Jalalabad

A roadside bombing targeting a Taliban vehicle in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least two civilians, including a child, Taliban and health officials said. Two bombs detonated in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, as a Taliban vehicle was passing by on Read More …

Afghanistan: 3 Taliban members wounded in roadside bomb blast in Nangarhar

Afghan media quoted Taliban officials as saying that an explosion in Nangarhar province and an armed attack in Laghman province wounded Taliban members and Afghan civilians. This explosion happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday near Qala-e-Akhund in Kameh District Read More …

Afghanistan: ISIS affiliate claims spate of attacks on Taliban in Jalalabad

The eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan has seen a spate of attacks against the Taliban this week by the group IS Khorasan (ISIS-K), an affiliate of ISIS. ISIS-K claimed three attacks in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. Through Read More …

Afghanistan: Several dead as second deadly bombing strikes Jalalabad in 2 days

Witnesses say an explosion targeted a Taliban vehicle in the provincial city of Jalalabad, the second such deadly blast in as many days in a Daesh stronghold. The Taliban and Daesh extremists are enemies, and fought each other even before Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 killed 19 wounded in consecutive explosions in Nangarhar

Three consecutive explosions targeting rangers of the Taliban killed 2 and wounded 19 more among them women and children in Police District 5 of Jalalabad city of eastern Nangarhar province. Health officials of the provincial hospital in Jalalabad city said Read More …

Afghanistan: An explosion in the city of Jalalabad injured four civilians.

An explosion in the city of Jalalabad injured four civilians. Farid Khan, spokesman for the Nangarhar police chief, told RFE / RL that the blast took place at around 2pm on Tuesday in the Do Sarkeh area of the 7th Read More …

Afghanistan: 1 Civilian Killed, 4 Wounded in Nangarhar Blast

At least one civilian was killed and four more were wounded–including two women–in a blast that targeted a vehicle in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Monday morning, local security officials said. The blast took place in PD5 of Jalalabad Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 Civilians Killed, 10 Wounded in Jalalabad Blast

At least two civilians were killed, and 10 other people were wounded in a blast targeting a security force convoy in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning, the provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said. The blast occurred in the Bargeno Read More …

Afghanistan: District Governor Wounded in Bomb Blast in Nangarhar

Sharifullah Fazli, the district governor of Kama, and two of his security guards were wounded in a blast in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Thursday morning, a security official, who wished not to be named, said. The incident happened Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban blow up a bridge in Nangarhar province

Officials in Nangarhar province say a Taliban blew up a bridge in the province, disrupting communications in at least four districts. The Nangarhar provincial press office told RFE / RL that the Taliban destroyed a bridge in the Bawli area Read More …

Afghanistan: Policeman Killed in Nangarhar Roadside Mine Blast

A policeman was killed in a roadside bomb blast that targeted a police vehicle in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning, security sources said. The blast occurred in Jalalabad city when the vehicle of the police chief of PD8 of Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban demolishes bridge, launches offensive in Herat province

Local officials said that Taliban launched attacks on Obe district in western Herat province. Waheed Qatali Herat’s governor said Tuesday that the Taliban launched their attacks by demolishing a bridge that connected Obe district with other parts of the Herat Read More …

Afghanistan: 6 civilians injured in Nangarhar explosion

An explosion in Nangarhar targeted the country’s power distributor company’s ‘Da Afghanistan Breshna Shekrat’ (DABS) employees, sources told media. Four employees of DABS were injured when their vehicle when an IED blast targeted a vehicle. According to reports the incident Read More …